Year: 2015
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Avnet Expands Its HPE Portfolio
Categories: News and TrendsAvnet Expands Its Hewlett Packard Enterprise Portfolio Aiming to offer a one-stop shop for its Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) partners in the United States, Avnet is now stocking select build-to-order (BTO) servers from HPE. This will give partners more sales opportunities, increased outbound sales efforts, and the ability to leverage Avnet’s BTO, configure-to-order (CTO) capabilities… Read more
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Big Data Opportunities Loom Large for the Channel
Categories: Tech AnalysisBig data analytics opportunities appear to be in the eye of the beholder. While the hype surrounding big data has been generally high, the ability of most organizations to implement an analytics strategy that incorporates most of their data has been fairly limited. Data fragmentation poses a major challenge. In a new survey of 402… Read more
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Opportunity: Software Licensing Revenue Recovery
Categories: Tech AnalysisSoftware licensing Opportunity: Software Licensing Revenue Recovery For software vendors and, by extension, their channel partners, the lack of visibility into how software is being used creates revenue leakage. Best Sources of Upside for ISVs Mobile apps (51%), virtualization (45 %), subscription-based licensing (43%), embracing public cloud computing (41%) and the Internet of things (37%)… Read more
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Slow Response to Incidents Points to Poor Planning
Categories: News and TrendsIncident response Slow Response to Incidents Points to Poor Planning Channel providers need to beef up their communications portfolios to help their customers quickly resolve major IT incidents to reduce business disruptions. Incident Classification 81% of respondents said length of outage is a leading factor in determining a major IT incident. Other key factors include… Read more
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Companies Move More Critical Apps to the Public Cloud
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud spending Companies Move More Critical Apps to the Public Cloud Spending on the public cloud is increasing as more companies are committing to public clouds for enterprise applications, including ERP and CRM. Sharing Data on the Cloud 85% of IT pros polled believe it is valuable to share cloud consumption metrics with the business.… Read more
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Flowroute Launches Reseller Partner Program
Categories: PartnersFlowroute Launches New Reseller Partner Program Flowroute, an IP carrier providing advanced calling and messaging services, formally launched its Flowroute Reseller Partner Program to provide IT and managed service providers (MSPs) with the tools, training and support to deliver communication solutions to enterprises. Flowroute has enrolled more than 50 North American partners into its Reseller Partner… Read more