Year: 2014
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Oracle Extends Its Cloud Reach in the Channel
Oracle formed an open cloud community and will be making a raft of cloud services available via a two-tier distribution program that includes Tech Data, Arrow Electronics, Avnet and NextGen, Oracle announced at its OpenWorld 2014 conference this week. The company wants the various types of channel partners that are converging on the cloud to… Read more
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Sept. 28
Arrow, Rackspace Ink Distribution Agreement Arrow Electronics added Rackspace, a managed cloud company, to its cloud service portfolio in the United States and Canada. Under the agreement, Arrow solution providers can join the Rackspace reseller program that provides volume discounts, pre- and post-sales support and access to help desk and financing services. The Rackspace managed… Read more
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IT Investments Matter, but Cloud, Analytics Face Resistance
Categories: Cloud ComputingIT investments Technology ‘Pioneers’ Lead the Way But customers in North America are more likely to be “followers” than “pioneers.” About a third of the respondents identified themselves as technology pioneers. ‘Pioneers’ Reap the Rewards A full 64% of the “pioneers” say they are ahead of their competitors. Among the “pioneers,” 20% are growing at… Read more
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Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud Create Formidable Combo
Categories: Cloud ComputingSocial, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud Create Formidable Combo Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Come to the Mainstream Significant deployments of cloud and social technologies tripled in two years. Adoption of social, mobile, analytics and the cloud reached at least 70%. Investing in SMAC The opportunity for the channel is just hitting its stride. Three-fourths of enterprises… Read more
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Channel Makes Slow Progress in Big Data Race
Categories: StorageBig data will offer significant business opportunities—to one degree or another—for just about every solution provider in the channel. However, it just may be a little while longer before the projects that will drive those opportunities become more commonly deployed. A recent study conducted by Dell Software found that the vast majority of IT organizations… Read more
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IT Outsourcing Landscape Continues to Shift
Categories: CareersOutsourcing Application Hosting: Most Outsourced Function Large organizations are spending a median 7.4% of their IT budget on outsourcing, compared with 6.1% for small organizations and 4.6% for midsize organizations. Application hosting was the fastest-growing type of outsourcing, thanks to the growing adoption of software as a service (SaaS). IT Sector Outsourcing Best in Help,… Read more