Year: 2016
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Navigating the Software Licensing Conundrum
Categories: Tech AnalysisSoftware licensing Navigating the Software Licensing Conundrum While software is crucial to the survival of most solution providers, there’s a great deal of room for improvement in how software licenses are managed. State of Software Licensing Almost three out of four (73%) producers claim their pricing and licensing policies are effective. Yet 51% of those… Read more
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VMware Study Points to Windows 10 Adoption Paradox
Categories: News and TrendsWindows 10 migration The Windows 10 Adoption Paradox: VMware Study A VMware study finds that most firms won’t have Windows 10 on three-fourths or more of their machines until the end of 2017 at the earliest. Top End-User Computing Priorities Windows 10 migration is at the top the list, at 64%, but maintaining existing Windows… Read more
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Inside the OpenStack Distribution Wars
For some time now, tension has been building among providers of curated distributions of the OpenStack cloud management framework. On one side, there are providers of commercially supported instances of OpenStack such as Mirantis. On the other, are providers of Linux distributions such as Red Hat that are tightly coupling OpenStack and Linux together. At… Read more
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SAP Moves to Simplify Cloud Transactions
Categories: Tech CompaniesWhen it comes to the cloud, SAP executives have made it clear that the channel is a core element of its overall strategy. Now SAP is aiming to make it simpler for channel partners to make that transition by providing them with the option of having the company manage cloud transactions on their behalf. A… Read more
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13 Key Facts the Channel Should Know About IoT
Categories: NetworkingIoT profits 13 Key Facts the Channel Should Know About IoT Forget the hype. The internet of things offers significant money-making opportunities for the channel. Big Opportunities in IoT The number of things connected to the Internet will reach 34.8 billion in 2016 and 50.1 billion by 2020, according to CompTIA. Total services spending for… Read more
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Accelerating Microsoft Cloud Migrations
At this juncture, it’s clear to channel players that Microsoft is anxious to accelerate the rate at which customers are making the transition to the cloud. Yet, what often gets overlooked in terms of making that shift occur is how long it takes to migrate data from an on-premise environment into an instance of Microsoft… Read more