Year: 2016
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Hyperconvergence Plus SDI Redefine the Data Center
Categories: Tech AnalysisThere are two emerging classes of technologies inside the data center that are transforming the way solutions are being crafted. The first is the rise of hyperconverged systems that unify the management of compute, storage and networking. The second is the rise of software-defined infrastructure (SDI) that is enabling all those resources to be managed… Read more
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How the Cloud Is Changing the IT Business Climate
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud innovation How the Cloud Is Changing the IT Business Climate The cloud is starting to dominate the IT landscape, and half the workload in the cloud represents use cases that were not available in the client/server era. The Size of the Greater Cloud IDC predicts that greater cloud spending will exceed $500 billion by… Read more
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Your Customer Community: The Most Important Asset
Categories: News and Trends“Membership has its privileges.” “You want to go where everybody knows your name.” We could go on forever rattling off slogans that espouse the value of belonging. It’s one of the most fundamental of Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It’s also a crucial in channel marketing. It can be the blade with which you can… Read more
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Peeling Back the Private Dell Curtain
Categories: Tech CompaniesWhile it’s always difficult to gauge what’s happening inside a private company, one thing that is clear for Dell is that the company is highly committed to gaining market share before and after its merger with EMC. The question most solution providers are struggling with is figuring out the degree to which Dell may be… Read more
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Xerox Aims to Give Partners More Workflow Control
Categories: Tech CompaniesXerox aims to make it simpler for managed service providers to customize the application services it makes available to its channel partners. With the release of version 3.0 of Xerox App Studio, partners can now customize an application service to reflect a specific task versus, for example, the brand of the vendor partner that Xerox… Read more
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Why CXOs Need a Better Cyber-security Education
Categories: SecuritySecurity threats Why CXOs Need a Better Cyber-security Education Despite growing threats and a shortage of IT pros with security skills, only one-fourth of CXOs see recruiting and retaining security pros as a top priority. More Frequent Attacks More than 60% of CXOs said their companies have experienced at least one attack in the last… Read more