Year: 2014
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Small-Business Execs Are ‘Content but Cautious’
Categories: CareersSmall-Business Execs Are ‘Content but Cautious’ Guarded Optimism Prevails 52% described the health of small businesses as “not well, but not bad.” Yet only a small percentage said small businesses were faring poorly or very poorly. Lackluster Feelings About Growth Small-business owners ranked growth in the next 12 months at 56 on a 0-to-100 scale,… Read more
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HP Teams Up With Airwatch on Mobile Management
Categories: Mobile DevicesMobile application and device management represents a major new opportunity for solution providers. To help its partners take advantage of that opportunity, Hewlett-Packard inked an alliance with AirWatch, the enterprise management mobility arm of VMware. AirWatch is ideal for IT organizations looking for a standard mechanism to address the mobile application and device management of… Read more
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Oct. 19
Categories: Managed ServicesAvnet Distributes Lenovo Enterprise Products Avnet Technology Solutions is now an authorized global distributor of Lenovo enterprise products. Under the agreement, Avnet is distributing Lenovo’s System x (x86) servers and related solutions, following the transition of IBM’s System x server business to Lenovo effective Oct. 1. Lenovo products include System x, BladeCenter and Flex System… Read more
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Big Data Plus IoT: Opportunities Too Big to Ignore
Categories: Tech AnalysisInternet of Things and big data Investments in Big Data Analytics Already Substantial Just over half (51%) reported that 21% to 30% of their IT budget is allocated to big data analytics. Another 22% said it’s more than 30%. Analytics Tops Big Data Investments On average, organizations report that analytics consumes about 36% of their… Read more
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Aruba Networks Extends PartnerEdge Program for SMBs
Now that Aruba has extended its product portfolio into the small and midsize enterprise space, the company is looking for solution providers to help take those products to market. Aruba Networks this week extended its PartnerEdge Program, which now provides solution providers that sign up for the program access to a dedicated channel account manager… Read more
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Nine Important Facts About Android Malware Risks
Categories: Mobile DevicesSMS Trojan Overall Malware Detection During the 12-month study period, more than 3.4 million malware detections were reported by Kaspersky Lab security products on devices owned by more than 1 million users. Increases Over Eight-Month Period From August 2013 to March 2014, the number of monthly malware attacks increased nearly tenfold. Starting at 69,000 detections… Read more