The VAR Guy

Is IBM revisiting a potential x86 server business sale, and a potential SoftLayer cloud data center acquisition? Both rumors are back just as Memorial Day Weekend kicks off. Here's the update from The VAR Guy....More

There are right ways and wrong ways to save IT costs. Then there are also just plain ugly ways. The role of the solution provider is probably the most crucial in the area of helping organizations, regardless of size, invest in the right technology and avoid wasting precious dollars. Many companies adopt a strategy of delaying IT purchases or implementations during tough economic times in an effort to keep spending at bay. The problem here though, can be twofold....More

Don’t ask Lenovo about a PC market downturn. And, forget any idea that Lenovo’s consistently stellar results are some sort of illusion....More

Is McAfee about to update its endpoint security strategy for channel partners? McAfee's Channel Blog sure seems to be dropping a lot of clues to that point....More

Midmarket backup solutions provider STORServer has released version 5.0 of its Virtual Machine Backup software, featuring IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Virtual Environments and designed to protect VMware vSphere backup machines....More