Year: 2014
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Alternative Open-Source SDN Platform Takes a Bow
Software-defined networking (SDN) is clearly about to have a major impact on all things related to enterprise IT. Although the technology has shaped up to be a battle between Cisco and rival vendors backing open-source approaches to SDN, another open-source SDN camp has emerged that has the backing of a large number of telecommunications carriers… Read more
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Nov. 2
Categories: News and TrendsPowa, Ingram Micro Sign Distribution Deal Ingram Micro signed a deal with Powa Technologies to distribute the PowaPOS T-series, an all-in-one tablet point-of-sale (POS) offering, in North America. The move is expected to help accelerate Ingram Micro’s recent expansion into the retail and finance vertical markets and support the company’s commitment to build out its growing POS… Read more
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Storage Purchasing Patterns Start to Shift
Categories: StorageVirtualization and storage The Virtualization Landscape A full 70% have ESX from VMware installed, but, by next year, 35% said they also will have Microsoft Hyper-V. Usage of Other Platforms Other platforms used by respondents include Xen and KVM with more growth expected in the use of KVM, rather than Xen, in the next year.… Read more
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IT Services Sector Continues to Add Jobs
Categories: CareersIT hiring Slight Uptick in Tech Jobs The U.S. tech industry grew by 1.9%, or nearly 119,000 jobs, in the first six months of 2014, employing 6.3 million people as of June 2014. This is slightly higher than the 1.8% growth during the same period in 2013. Fastest Growth R&D, testing and engineering services experienced… Read more
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SDN Will Transform the Delivery of IT Services
When it comes to IT these days most organizations are trying to become more agile. The problem they face in attaining that agility is that while a virtual machine can be provisioned in minutes, it still takes weeks to provision the associated subnets and VLAN resources. To solve that problem, IT vendors are pouring millions… Read more
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Enterprise Mobility Comes of Age Amid Challenges
Categories: Mobile DevicesEnterprise mobility Microsoft Dominates Collaboration Space Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint and Lync are the most widely used collaboration applications. Google Drive is the only non-Microsoft app cited that is anywhere near as high. Mobile Collaboration Usage File sharing, updating files, managing tasks/projects and instant messaging are the most common mobile collaboration activities. But, on average,… Read more