Year: 2013
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Avnet Launches Big Data Practice
Categories: Tech CompaniesBy Gina Roos Avnet Technology Solutions has launched a big data and analytics practice in the United States and Canada. The Avnet Practice+ for Analytics helps Hewlett-Packard’s channel partners implement and manage big data initiatives based on HP Vertica Analytics and Converged Infrastructure platforms. The practice bundles technology products and services with enablement and go-to-market… Read more
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Cisco Makes a Managed-Services Move
The number of managed-services platform options in the channel has continued to grow now that Cisco has formally unveiled the Cisco Meraki Managed Services Dashboard. Based on the managed-services platform that Cisco gained when it acquired Meraki last year, the Meraki managed-services platform, under the umbrella of the Cisco Cloud Networking Group, has now been… Read more
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Top Global Software Players ‘Caught in a Conundrum’
Categories: Tech CompaniesMicrosoft (www.microsoft.com) Software revenue: $57.7 million, SaaS revenue: $788,000, Total revenue: $72 million, Software revenue as a percentage of total: 80%, SaaS revenue as a percentage of software revenue: 1.4% Read more
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12 Troubling Issues for Tech Firms
Categories: News and TrendsRegulation Situation 96% of companies cite pressures from federal, state and local regulations as a risk—topping the BDO list of concerns for the first time since 2008. Read more
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sTec Debuts Its Free Cache Profiler
Categories: StorageBy Gina Roos sTec Inc. has introduced a free cache performance profiler that helps IT managers identify the optimal caching strategy for specific data center workloads. This is expected to help IT organizations boost performance and maximize their existing investments in solid-state or rotating-disk hardware, according to the global provider of solid-state storage solutions. The… Read more
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SMB Spending on IT Hits Three-Year High
Categories: PartnersAverage Planned Budget Over Time The average annual IT budget is now $192,000, up $30,000 from the second half of 2012. Read more