Year: 2015

  • Big Data Starts to Strain Data Warehouse Platforms

    Big Data Starts to Strain Data Warehouse Platforms

    Michael Vizard

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    Big Data Starts to Strain Data Warehouse Platforms Big Data Starts to Strain Data Warehouse Platforms As data warehouses strain under heavy big data workloads, data warehousing, BI software and advanced analytics will present opportunities for solution providers. Data Warehouse Platforms in Use 61% said their organizations used a traditional warehousing vendor, while 50% used… Read more

  • Price Concerns Drive Exclusive Distribution Deals

    Michael Vizard

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    One of the trends running under the channel radar these days is an increased tendency vendors are showing toward signing exclusive deals with distributors. Case in point is Ingram Micro’s alliance with Acronis, a provider of data protection software. Under the deal, Ingram Micro will gain exclusive distribution rights to Acronis products and services. The… Read more

  • Avnet Unveils New Partner Training Network

    Avnet Unveils New Partner Training Network

    Gina Roos

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    Avnet Announces New Partner Training Network  At this week’s partner summit, Avnet introduced its new training and enablement community, the Avnet Knowledge Network. The private community is a single source of solution and supplier sales information and training for Avnet’s independent software vendor (ISV), managed service provider (MSP), systems integrator (SI) and value-added reseller (VAR) partners in… Read more

  • Gear Up for a Cloud Boom

    Gear Up for a Cloud Boom

    Gina Roos

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    Cloud boom Gear Up for a Cloud Boom Key drivers of the transition to cloud services include personal cloud demands, public cloud services, virtualization in private clouds and more. Cloud Traffic Accelerates Global cloud traffic will grow from 2.1 zettabytes (ZB) in 2014 to 8.6ZB in 2019, outpacing the growth of global data center traffic,… Read more

  • ForeScout Brings Agentless Security to the Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    Looking to make it simpler for partners to resell agentless security software and employ it to deliver managed services, network security specialist ForeScout Technologies forged distribution agreements with Arrow Electronics and Westcon. Previously, ForeScout sold its software via only direct relationships with a limited number of channel partners. With the increasing popularity of bring-your-own-device (BYOD)… Read more

  • Integrating Multiple Data Sources Challenges CFOs

    Integrating Multiple Data Sources Challenges CFOs

    Michael Vizard

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    Data deluge Integrating Multiple Data Sources Challenges CFOs Not only is the amount of data that CFOs need to analyze increasing rapidly, most of the systems that contain that data are not well integrated. Amount of Data Being Accessed Nearly one-third of CFOs anticipate a 26% to 50% increase in the amount of data their… Read more