From the Editor: Forget the Tech
Vijay Ramachandran, ChannelWorldIndian companies no longer invest in technology, rather they fund business outcomes. Forget the tech, focus on your clients’ business drivers.
A weak economy is combining with a number of long-dormant issues to form a set of challenges partners needs to watch out for.
These product firms are hot on their heels with a long-term vision and extreme innovation. Are these 50 promising companies on the radar of enterprise partners?
Cloud printing isn't a total impossibility, but finding an accessible printer isn't as easy as these apps suggest.
As far as 99.9 percent of the world population is concerned, Microsoft is a stodgy, old-guard technology company. Its bottom line is fully leveraged against PC operating systems and business software--hardly the building blocks of a future-thinking portfolio, right?
In addition to a healthy interest in various sports, Rai tries to take time-out to play them whenever possible. He also likes to indulge in computer gaming and gadgets. At gaming, be it Nintendo or Playstation, he considers his 10 year-old-son, a worthy competitor.
Public speaking was a field that Nayar was not comfortable with initially. But this being an essential part of any leadership role, he decided to take the bull by its horns . He referred a number of books and participated in as many events as possible, before he could achieve the goal of speaking in front of a live audience.
Shrinivas Chebbi is an egalitarian and free-spirited individual. He also nurses a secret dream of becoming a vagabond—just breaking away and exploring the world as a backpacker. He wants to explore countries, meet different people, learn about their culture and way of life.
Lakshminarayanan believes that in his line of business, it is very important to think out-of-the box and come up with innovative ideas. His decision making and communication skills have kept him in good stead.
HP continues to lead the table in the MVP 2012 survey with an overall score of 76. Partners seem to have recognized the company’s effort on the channel front, with consistently high scores across most of the parameters.
HP’s announcement to spin or sell its PSG business could further diminish its market share. More importantly the announcement can bolster a much bigger business opportunity for PC makers like Dell, Acer Lenovo and their partners.
Apple, AT&T, Microsoft, Google and others are givens for being among the top newsmakers of 2011. Others will no doubt surprise us as we go along. While it's so much easier to look back at the end of the year and reflect on the newsworthiness of a technology industry event than to do so as the event is happening.
The EPA’s Energy Star program will help the environmentally conscious, but isn’t likely to change major buying patterns anytime soon.
The slowdown has compelled enterprises to look at Managed Pr
Welcome to the green world where any new improvement or addition is looked through a green lens.