Oracle's
Value
Added Distributor re-marketer program
, launched last year, has picked up
the business of more than 250 new resellers doing business through 25 VADs,
the company said. Oracle's 1-Click ordering process has also taken more than
1,000 orders for Oracle software in less than a year.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/14/20080 comments
Keeping in mind, as always, that very few people actually
know
what's going on
with this deal, Microsoft and Yahoo continued their awkward
courtship this week after Yahoo's rejection of Microsoft's first buyout overture.
With Valentine's Day approaching, this story has
all the makings of a romance that wobbles at first but then blossoms, like
something out of a lame but popular romantic comedy (actually, is there any
other kind?). With a major Yahoo investor telling Microsoft to up
the ante a bit, we basically have the female lead's (Yahoo's) eccentric
but influential best friend encouraging a potential beau (Microsoft) to keep
calling and sending flowers -- or something like that. We can hear it now: "She's
very independent! You've got to win her love!" (Um, we're not screenwriters,
OK?)
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Posted by Lee Pender on 02/13/20081 comments
Some years ago, in the World's Most Exciting City (New York, in case you were
wondering), your editor worked briefly and mostly unsuccessfully in the dark
arts of public relations. (Journalism has turned out to be a much better gig,
fortunately.) Much of what came out of the PR experience was negative, honestly
-- but there were a few positives, such as a lasting friendship or two and a
greater understanding of just how the "business world" really works.
Now, some of you might have been involved in mergers and acquisitions already
-- and, by involved, we mean actually sitting at the table at which decisions
are made, not just waiting to hear whether you still have a job after a new
owner comes in. For everybody else, though, this short story might be of interest.
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Posted by Lee Pender on 02/12/20080 comments
Microsoft's Office Live product, which isn't really a Live version of Office,
has some
new
features
and support options.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/12/20080 comments
Microsoft has a
deal
with the phone maker
, which will use Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating
system in a device for the first time.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/12/20080 comments
Danger! Danger, Steve Ballmer! Microsoft is
buying
the company
that makes the T-Mobile Sidekick phone.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/12/20080 comments
Well, using the words "recession-proof" might be stretching a point,
but apparently the channel has already weathered a downturn in the services
industry.
RCP
Editor in Chief Scott Bekker
explains
.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/07/20080 comments
3K Computers is a computer manufacturer, not just 3,000 random computers that
suddenly and shockingly got to together to start a VAR program. Anyway, read
more
here
.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/07/20080 comments
You folks in health care might be interested in
this
.
Posted by Lee Pender on 02/07/20080 comments
You know the story: Microsoft says that Vista's raking in the dough, and lots
of users still say that they don't like it and won't touch it. That pretty much
sums up Vista's first year.
So, into that fractured atmosphere stumbles (or will stumble, in March, anyway)
Vista
Service Pack 1, the possible savior of -- or possibly irrelevant follow-up
to -- the embattled operating system. Apparently, from a technical perspective,
SP1 is no small deal; there will be some fairly serious changes, including a
revised
kernel. There might also be some sneaky
fixes that Microsoft doesn't bother to document.
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Posted by Lee Pender on 02/07/20084 comments