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Analyst: Price a Wildcard for PC Maker Dell Next Year
Ahead of Dell s quarterly earnings release this week, one analyst firm provided a preview and analysis of Dell s challenges in the year ahead, including price erosion and lower revenues. In contrast, Dell competitor HP reported better than expected earnings and revenues in its most recent quarter.
Going Green, From Desktop to Data Center
HP and Kaseya are among IT vendors looking to reduce energy cost for IT organizations through new technology that also cuts costs. Because green strategies are often also budget saving strategies.
Making Money on Technology in a Recession
IT budget cuts, economic crisis headlines, talk of bailouts -- all if it may have your customers delaying their big IT projects. To keep those revenues coming in, focus on these 12 recession-resistant technologies.
Microsoft Kills OneCare Offers Morro as Free Replacement
After two years of lackluster performance by its all-in-one security and PC management service Microsoft OneCare, Microsoft said it would kill OneCare, replacing OneCare with free security software package Morro. The move by Microsoft to kill OneCare leaves the security service space wide open for competitors such as Symantec and its recent Messagelabs acquisition, McAfee, and Google and its Postini acquisition.
Businesses Slash Spending Across the Board
New Slideshow: Businesses large and small are cutting their spending—IT, staffing, marketing and sales—in response to either decreasing business or anticipation of lower revenues as a result of the recession. Here are some key areas where companies are cutting spending and, in some cases, opening new opportunities for solution providers.
Microsoft Launches Exchange, SharePoint Services
Following the announced plans to expand its presence in cloud-based computing, Microsoft officially unveiled new initiatives to bring Exchange e-mail and SharePoint collaboration applications to partners and users as a hosted-service offering.
NYSE Suspends Trading of BearingPoint Stock
BearingPoint s suspension caps another bad week for tech companies on Wall Street. Publicly traded tech vendors and solution providers were hammered again, with many stocks taking double-digit slides.
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Microsoft global channel chief Allison Watson says there's never been a more important time for business intelligence. Knowing your business and ensuring your customer's satisfaction will be critical to surviving the recession, she says.
Plenty of forecasters see IT budget cuts on the horizon, but here's a list of technologies that remain strong bets, especially in tight times.
The economic downturn has changed the business outlook, pressuring solution providers to help businesses get more out of IT.
There's no federal bailout for the channel. But solution providers can earn greater shares of vendors' marketing development funds. Here's a few tips on how.
 Bob WinterWhile the U.S. economy is shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs, the IT sector is adding jobs. Is now the time to retrain displaced workers?
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Symantec CEO John Thompson 
