Year: 2015
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Solution Providers to Vie for Tight IT Dollars
Categories: News and TrendsIT spending IT Budgets Holding Steady On average, IT professionals surveyed plan to invest $291,062 on IT products and services this year. Only 33% of respondents expect 2015 budgets to increase from 2014 levels. Top Drivers of IT Spending More than two-thirds (67%) of IT pros cite end-of-life support as the driving force behind new… Read more
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10 Key Factors Driving Semiconductor Market Growth
Categories: Tech Analysiscloud confidence High Hopes The semiconductor confidence index is 59, up from the most recent low of 46 in 2011. A value above 50 for the next year is considered optimistic. Sales Surge 81% of semiconductor senior executives said they expect their companies’ revenue to grow over the next year, compared with 77% a year… Read more
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Lenovo Unveils New Service Provider Program
Lenovo rolled out its first partner program for cloud and managed service providers (MSPs) following the acquisition of the IBM System x server business. The Lenovo Service Provider Program offers competitive prices, unique financing plans and a diverse product portfolio. Lenovo is launching the program first in North America and in other regions over the… Read more
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Avnet Launches New Maintenance Services Program
Categories: Managed ServicesAvnet Launches Maintenance ServicesNow To assist U.S. partners in capturing lost revenues related to maintenance services, Avnet Technology Solutions launched a service aimed at helping its solution provider and supplier partners renew and sell maintenance services. Maintenance ServicesNow by Avnet, available in the United States, is a customized service that enables partners to engage with… Read more
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10 Facts the Channel Should Know About Windows 10
Categories: Tech Analysis10 Facts the Channel Should Know About Windows 10 The Last Upgrade Windows 10 is a service that can be continuously upgraded for free at the discretion of the end user. The concept of new versions will be no more. Windows 10 Will Have Two Browser Options The new Spartan browser will ship with Windows… Read more
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IT Security Game Becomes a Race Against Time
Categories: SecurityIT security has become a race against the clock. In all probability, most organizations have already been compromised by some type of malware. The challenge is to discover that malware before it becomes active or, at the very least, contain it as quickly as possible once it does. Malware has become sophisticated enough to get… Read more