Year: 2015
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IndependenceIT Upgrades Its Cloud Workspace Suite
IndependenceIT Upgrades Its Cloud Workspace Suite IndependenceIT enhanced its Cloud Workspace Suite (CWS) with new workflow management enhancements. With version 4.0, IT service providers and enterprises can centralize and automate multi-data-center administration from a single interface. The Workspace-as-a-Service platform is designed to eliminate the need to manually configure large, distributed deployments. CWS allows IT administrators… Read more
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Nine Key Facts About Docker Container Adoption
Categories: Cloud ComputingNine Key Facts About Docker Container Adoption Familiarity With Docker Containers Half of respondents are evaluating Docker containers, and one-fifth are using them. Meanwhile, 31% report they have already deployed them in production environments. Likelihood of Docker Adoption Among those not using Docker today, 24% said it is highly likely they would use the container… Read more
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IT Services, Other Tech Sectors See Jobs Growth
Categories: News and TrendsTech Jobs in the US Significant Player The tech industry accounts for 7.1% of the total U.S. gross domestic product. U.S. Tech Industry Employment: Overall An estimated 6.5 million workers were employed in the U.S. tech industry in 2014, up from about 6.4 million in 2013. U.S. Tech Industry Employment: IT Services IT services companies… Read more
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Getting a Quick Start With Hadoop
Categories: News and TrendsAlthough Hadoop represents a major opportunity for solution providers with big data expertise, setting up and configuring a Hadoop cluster can be a significant challenge. Looking to reduce that task’s complexity, MapR Technologies at the Strata + Hadoop World 2015 conference announced three Quick Start Solutions for its distribution of Hadoop. As part of a… Read more
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10 Key Facts the Channel Should Know About Lenovo
Categories: Tech CompaniesLenovo Yoga tablet Third-Quarter Revenue Rose 30% Lenovo’s net income reached $253 million on revenue of $14.1 billion in its third fiscal quarter. Profit was adversely affected by M&A-related charges in 2014. Recent Major Acquisitions Lenovo bought the x86 server business from IBM for $2.1 billion and Motorola Mobility’s mobile handset business for $2.91 billion… Read more
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How the App Landscape Is Changing in the Cloud Age
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud mobile device management Top Two Areas of Application Investment Mobile-device management apps (47%) topped the list of categories respondents said they are considering or planning to purchase. Business analytics/big data apps came in second (43%). Other Key App Investments A significant percentage of respondents are considering or planning investments in database/master data management apps… Read more