Year: 2014
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Aug. 24
Ingram Micro Expands Services to Government Channel Partners Ingram Micro has increased its dedicated resources, support services and enablement tools to help its U.S. channel partners address the IT needs of the federal government during the fiscal year-end buying season. To help create bigger opportunities for qualified U.S. channel partners focused on federal government sales,… Read more
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Enterprise Service Management Hinges on the Role of IT
Categories: Tech AnalysisEnterprise service management Changing Roles 93% of respondents agreed the role of IT is changing from being an administrator of infrastructure to being a driver of enterprise services. Self-Service IT teams are starting to deliver automated enterprise-wide services through consumerized “self-service” portals that span across departments. These departments manage business processes, enact changes, address problems… Read more
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DataGravity’s New Storage Platform Bucks Tradition
One of the most tried-and-true ways of making money selling storage has been to sell a lot of management software on top of the core platform. The problem with that approach, of course, is that it can put the solution provider in the position of asking the customer to pay for the privilege of using… Read more
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A Dozen Reflections on Clouds, Mobility and More
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud migration Clouds Are Becoming Ubiquitous More than 90% of companies CompTIA surveyed claim some form of cloud computing. This percentage has continued to edge up in the past few years. What Is Spurring Move to Cloud? 41% of respondents said cloud computing is pushing them in new directions; 36% pointed to customer demand for… Read more
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Aug. 17
Arrow Teams Up With Information Builders Information Builders, a provider of business intelligence (BI) and analytics, information integrity and integration solutions, is partnering with Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions to help small companies leverage advanced BI solutions without the involvement of IT. Arrow will distribute Information Builders’ WebFOCUS Express offering, which provides advanced BI benefits typically limited to large… Read more
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Tech Job Growth by State: The Numbers May Surprise You
Categories: CareersTech jobs in the US Texas (5.99% Growth) Texas has the second-largest tech workforce, after California, according to Dice. Tech companies with headquarters in Texas include CompuCom Systems, Genesis Networks, Dell and EBS IT Solutions. Florida (Up 5.64%) Tech Data, UDT, Bridgevine and AppRiver are among the vendors/channel companies in the Sunshine State. And Dice… Read more