Year: 2016
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Tying IT Projects to Business Results Is Crucial
Categories: News and TrendsIT investments Tying IT Projects to Business Results Is Crucial With LOB execs having more influence on how IT budgets are allocated, solution providers must focus more on how IT projects provide better business outcomes. Top IT Investment Considerations IT security leads the list at 70%, followed by improving customer/client experiences and controlling costs, which… Read more
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Building Your Own Converged Infrastructure Platform
Categories: News and TrendsWhile there is no doubt that converged systems, in particular, and software-defined infrastructure (SDI), in general, are the hottest-selling class of products in the data center, solution providers today are generally forced down a particular vendor path to participate. Whether it’s platforms from EMC, Cisco or Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a solution provider today can’t mix… Read more
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Atera Makes Benchmarking Service Available to MSPs
Categories: Managed ServicesLooking to offer managed service providers a platform to manage their operations, Atera is making available a Benchmark service through which MSPs can employ a range of metrics to show how their organizations are performing in comparison to their competitors. Using data collected from hundreds of managed service providers that use the Atera platform, an… Read more
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SAP Looks to the Channel to Expand Its Cloud Reach
Categories: Tech CompaniesAt the SAP Global Partner Summit 2016 conference, SAP promised to create a dedicated channel program around its cloud applications and services as part of an effort to foster the emergence of a much broader SAP ecosystem. While details of the cloud channel program are still being worked out, Rodolpho Cardenuto, president, Global Channels &… Read more
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8 Key Facts About Security Risks in Windows Environments
Categories: SecuritySecurity advisory 8 Key Facts About Security Risks in Windows Environments Opportunities abound for channel firms to develop solutions to enable enterprises to monitor and mitigate security risks in the Windows environment. Here’s why. Improvements Needed 70% of respondents say their Windows environments are not completely secure from malicious attacks. Knowledge Gap 10% of IT… Read more
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Key Facts You Should Know About Lenovo’s Plans
Categories: Tech CompaniesLenovo tablet Key Facts You Should Know About Lenovo’s Plans Lenovo has much riding on data center products and services sold via the channel. Key to that strategy is training thousands of PC resellers to sell servers. Lenovo Financials After posting a loss in the second quarter, mainly due to restructuring costs following the acquisition… Read more