Year: 2015
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IT Professionals Step Up Security Protection
Categories: SecurityIT Professionals Step Up Security Protection IT Professionals Step Up Security Protection In a new survey, a little more than seven in 10 IT pros expect their firms to be more secure in 2016. Their biggest concerns are malware and ransomware. Biggest Security Concerns 54% are very or extremely concerned about malware in 2016, followed… Read more
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IT Taps Outside Experts to Handle Cloud Complexity
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud services IT Taps Outside Experts to Handle Cloud Complexity Rather than eliminating the need for solution providers, the rise of the cloud is actually creating more demand for their services than ever. Top Cloud Business Benefits Surprisingly, the top business benefit cited by respondents was increased security (45%), followed by greater agility and cost… Read more
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Top Channel Partner New Year’s Resolutions
Categories: News and Trends“Always innovate” was one of the first big lessons a friend from IBM taught me way back in the 1980s. IBM had just announced the Dealer Service Option, the company’s service contract for the IBM PC line of business. At the time, I was working at The Computer Factory and I asked my IBM Channel… Read more
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How Open APIs Could Change Communications Services
As a class of technologies, communications software offered a lot of promise, but the complexities associated with deploying these products on-premise tended to limit adoption. With the rise of the cloud, however, it’s now possible to routinely invoke communications software as a service. Less clear now is whether those services will be primarily invoked via… Read more
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2016 IT Channel Outlook: Optimism and Obstacles
Categories: News and TrendsAs far as the 2016 IT channel business outlook is concerned, the coming year is starting to look like the usual best and worst of times for the channel. On one hand, there are more emerging technologies beginning to find mainstream acceptance than in any time in recent memory. This bodes well for mobile and… Read more
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NetApp-SolidFire Deal to Drive All-Flash DCs
As is often the case when there is a major technology disruption, incumbent vendors often wind up paying a premium to acquire rival organizations that are making inroads into their core markets. NetApp’s $870 million planned acquisition of SolidFire, a provider of all-flash arrays and associated management software, is no exception. NetApp CEO George Kurian… Read more