Year: 2015
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Buy-In From Top Execs Is Key for Big Data, BI Success
Categories: Tech AnalysisBusiness Intelligence Drivers of Data Projects Most data projects are driven from the top down: 63% of top performers said data initiatives are launched and driven by their corporate leadership, compared with 38% of bottom performers. Dedicated Data and Analytics Groups Emerge Companies with dedicated groups make for better prospects: 41% have a centralized data… Read more
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Asigra Adds Docker Container Support to Backup, Recovery Software
Categories: VirtualizationAsigra became the first provider of backup and recovery software to announce support for Docker containers, an alternative form of virtualization that is gaining momentum among application developers. “Containers make the deployment of applications so much smoother,” says Eran Farajun, executive vice president of Asigra. “It’s just too powerful a concept to ignore.” While there… Read more
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Programmer and Developer Jobs Still Tough to Fill
Categories: CareersIT hiring Critical IT Roles for Organizational Success For 2015, 48% of respondents ranked IT managers as most critical to organizational success, up from 21% in 2014. In the second and third spots were project managers, at 45%, and programmers and developers, at 43%. Skilled Workers Needed: Programmers and Developers For the third year running,… Read more
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Promisec Signs Distribution Deal With Synnex
Categories: PartnersPromisec Signs Distribution Agreement With Synnex Promisec inked a distribution agreement with Synnex to provide its endpoint security offerings to solution providers in the channel. These offerings include Promisec’s Endpoint Manager and Integrity cloud solution. Endpoint Manager provides a single dashboard to manage all IT and security operations on endpoints, and the Integrity software-as-a-service (SaaS)… Read more
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Following the Analytics Investment Trail
Categories: Tech AnalysisAnalytics spending The Analytics Gap 72% of CIOs surveyed are showing interest in assessing and developing analytics capabilities, but only 32% of CEOs express interest. Primary Advanced Analytics Stakeholders CIOs, line-of-business units and analytics staff top the list. External consultant and CEOs were neck-and-neck for fourth place. Advanced Analytics Spending Plans Two-thirds of midmarket organizations… Read more
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Synametrics Aims to Make Private Cloud Backup Easy
Synametrics Technologies aims to make it easy for channel partners to sell and use its Syncrify private cloud backup software. The New Jersey-based company typically partners with resellers that purchase the software in bulk licenses and resell to their customers and managed hosting providers that license and use the software to provide backup services to… Read more