Tuesday, November 10, 2009 3:50 PM/EST
The European Commission's rejection of the $7 billion Oracle acquisition of Sun is what some solution providers say is what Larry Ellison needs. Sun's been losing $100 million a month since the deal was struck, and observers say Oracle wants out. What happens to Sun and its partners then is anyone's guess.
Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:32 PM/EST
Want to know how Cisco's integration of its newly announced acquisition, video conferencing vendor Tandberg, will go? Polycom's new sales chief may have an idea. He has worked both as an executive at Cisco and as CEO of Tandberg. Now he will have his work cut out for him formulating a strategy and executing the plan to dominate the video conferencing market against this formidable combination of Cisco and Tandberg.
Friday, September 18, 2009 2:16 PM/EST
HP may have gotten all the buzz earlier this week with its plethora of managed print service announcements, but Xerox points out that it is still a leader in the market and that it has 10 years of experience. Who are you going to trust? Xerox asks customers.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 2:17 PM/EST
Delays in the completion of Oracle's acquisition of Sun have dogged Sun's sales ever since the deal was announced in April. Now, with a hold put on the deal by regulators in Europe threatening to further reduce Sun's sales, will Oracle remain committed to a less valuable Sun?
Sunday, July 26, 2009 7:14 PM/EST
M&A activity in the channel is heating up. A week of M&A activity shows that solution providers recognize the need to invest in order to grow.
Friday, May 23, 2008 10:48 AM/EST
EDS has served as a huge sales channel for Dell, but now that its larger competitor HP is buying the outsourcing company, where does that leave Dell?
Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:15 AM/EST
The European IT market continues to shrink as another UK VAR gets acquired by a Dutch counterpart.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007 7:33 PM/EST
Datalink's acquisition of fellow storage VAR MCSI creates one of the nation's largest storage resellers of Sun, EMC, IBM and Symantec, but the sum may prove to be more than that.