Year: 2014
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Avnet Intros Tool to Help Partners Manage Cloud Accounts
Avnet Technology Solutions has launched a new tool to help partners in the United States and Canada manage their cloud accounts. Avnet Cloud Toolset (ACT), a component of Avnet Cloud Solutions, helps managed service provider (MSP) and VAR partners consolidate, manage and track cloud accounts across multiple cloud providers. The tool is designed to ensure that… Read more
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Demand Soars for Mobile App Development Skills
Categories: Mobile DevicesMobile app development Mobile App Dev Backlog Builds A full 85% of enterprises have a mobile application development backlog of one to 20 apps; 50% have a backlog of 10 to 20 mobile apps. Mobile App Demand Explodes In the last 12 months, more than half (51%) have launched one to five mobile app dev… Read more
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IT Execs Confident in Industry’s Future, Yet They Worry
Categories: CareersIT confidence Overall IT Industry Picture The overall IT Industry Business Confidence Index is 62.1, up nearly two points from last quarter. Technology Sector vs. Overall Economy The rating of the tech-industry economy on the part of IT execs is 66, compared with a 54.1 rating for the U.S. economy among those IT execs. Full… Read more
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Keeping IT Infrastructure Financing Options Open
Although security is among the most common reasons organizations opt to deploy IT on-premise versus the cloud, the decision is more often than not driven by financial rather than technical issues. The simple truth is that many business executives would like to husband their capital by treating IT as an operating expense. However, the dilemma… Read more
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AWS Partners Tout New Cloud Offerings at re:Invent
At the annual AWS re:Invent conference, partners and supporters of Amazon Web Services (AWS) leveraged the show to introduce new products, capabilities and services. The AWS Marketplace is a channel for independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators (SIs) and VARs to sell their software as integrated solutions on AWS, helping them grow their recurring revenue… Read more
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Channel’s Cloud Reach: From Migration to Troubleshooting
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud computing Cloud Consulting Services Are Up 74% of IT channel firms are providing cloud consulting, compared with 67% last year. Cloud Migration Services Grow 72% said they’re overseeing services to migrate customers from one cloud to another, up from 53% in 2013. Managing Multi-Cloud Environments 67% are managing multi-cloud environments for customers, up from… Read more