Year: 2014
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Citrix Aims to Make Creating Mobile Enterprises Easier
Categories: Mobile DevicesMuch to the frustration of everyone involved, most organizations have stumbled into mobile computing. The rate at which mobile computing applications and devices are being adopted caught many organizations and, by extension, their solution providers by surprise. The challenge that many of them now face is that creating a truly mobile enterprise is a fairly… Read more
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Oct. 26
Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program Adds New Partners Microsoft has selected Tech Data, a global IT technology distributor, and AppRiver, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of email messaging and Web security solutions and an original Office 365 syndicator, to participate in its Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program. The program is aimed at expanding “cloud sales opportunities… Read more
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The Channel Is Embracing New Business Models
Categories: Tech AnalysisTransformation Transformation Is the New Normal 55% reported that they have achieved a moderate level of business transformation. Only 22% said they have achieved a high degree of transformation. Drivers of Transformation Cloud computing was cited most often (41%) as a catalyst for change, followed by customer demand for new services (36%) and a need… Read more
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Avnet Centralizes Its IT Lifecycle Services
Categories: Tech CompaniesAvnet has opened its largest IT services facility worldwide in the Columbus, Ohio, area, to provide complete IT services in one location for its OEM, system integrator and VAR partners. The 580,000-square-foot CenterPoint Value-Added Services Center offers an all-in-one services model that includes engineering, integration, installation, product design, IT asset disposition, logistics, fulfillment, test and… Read more
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Desktop Virtualization 2010 The Time Is Now
Categories: VirtualizationDesktop Virtualization 2010 The Time Is Now Desktop Virtualization 2010: The Time Is NowDesktop virtualization offers the promise of so many benefits: centralized management, lower costs, lower power consumption, and simplified disaster recovery. And yet not many have realized those yet because the technology is still in the investigation stage for so many IT organizations.… Read more
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‘Generation Gap 2.0’ Heats Up at Work
Categories: CareersGeneration Gap “Generation Gap 2.0” Heating Up: Help Desk 58% of workers under 35 said younger employees help older ones learn how to use new technology, but less than half of those 35 or older agreed with that. “Generation Gap 2.0” Heating Up: Late Adopters 53% of workers under 35 said older employees are typically… Read more