Year: 2013
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Managed Services Thrive in the Cloud Era
By Michael Vizard Conventional wisdom held that cloud computing would lead to a centralization of IT resources in a way that would ultimately lead to the demise of managed services. Instead, we’ve seen an explosion in complexity that is about to create more demand for managed services than ever before. The major issue customers are… Read more
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Making Sense of IT Consumerization’s Nuances
Categories: Cloud ComputingTypes of Apps Accessed in Last 12 Months Without IT Intervention These numbers would suggest that the consumerization of IT is not as rampant as thought. Cloud Storage Applications: 14%, Social Media Applications: 13%, Office Applications: 11%, Marketing Automation Software: 11%, Security Applications: 10%, Communications Software: 9%, Other: 37%, None of the Above: 52% Read more
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ISVs Explore New Routes to Market
Once upon a time, the only route to market for software vendors was to deploy their applications on either servers or appliances. But with the arrival of the software-as-a-service phenomenon in the cloud, the number of routes to market for software vendors suddenly exploded, and with that, the relationship between independent software vendors (ISVs) and… Read more
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Software Approach, Revamped Data Center Are Key for Channel
When it comes to IT infrastructure in the data center, it hasn’t always been the best of times for the channel lately. Most of the activity in the data center has focused on consolidation, which doesn’t create a lot of upgrade opportunities because it targets leveraging technologies such as virtualization to increase utilization rates. But… Read more
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iIT, Artisan Deal Promotes Channel-Only Offering
Sharing a channel-only philosophy, independenceIT (iIT) and Artisan Infrastructure have formed a partnership that gives their channel partners more control over their cloud service offerings and pricing models. Together, iIT’s Cloud Workspace Suite, a desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering, and Artisan’s wholesale infrastructure as a service (IaaS) are expected to help drive recurring revenue for channel partners.… Read more