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Itopia Simplifies WaaS Adoption for the Channel
One of the biggest challenges facing solution providers in the age of the cloud is finding ways to add value around commodity services, such as Microsoft Office 365. Against that backdrop, Itopia has launched Cielo Suite, a set of tools that makes it simpler for managed service providers (MSPs) to deliver and monetize the company’s…
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Multiple Flavors of Cloud Computing Become IT Norm
Cloud computing choices Multiple Flavors of Cloud Computing Become IT Norm There’s lots of diversity in cloud models. A new study shows the use of multiple private and public clouds is becoming the new IT norm. Use of Cloud Computing 95% are using some form of the cloud; only 6% are using private cloud only…
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Partner Value Potential: Cutting Cloud Complexity
Cloud services Partner Value Potential: Cutting Cloud Complexity Enterprise buyers are looking for help with cloud deployments, but channel partners must deliver value—reducing complexities, for example. Worthwhile Partnerships 85% of IT execs said they’d pay a small premium to hire a channel partner, if it would make it less complex to buy public cloud services.…
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Revenge of the Hyperconverged On-Premise Server
Much of the attraction of public cloud services can be attributed to how comparatively simple it is to spin up and then manage virtual machines. In contrast, much of the management of on-premise systems is downright manual. For that reason, interest in the rise of software-defined data centers is high, even though actual adoption of…
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Confidence in the Cloud Keeps Growing
Cloud confidence Confidence in the Cloud Keeps Growing A new survey reveals some of the trends changing the role of IT as more businesses move to the cloud and what organizations are doing to reduce security risks. Rising Confidence in the Cloud 64.9% of IT leaders think of the cloud as secure or more secure…
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SimpliVity Extends Hyperconvergence to the Cloud
SimpliVity has extended the concept of hyperconvergence into the cloud by becoming a member of the Microsoft Cloud Alliance. With plans to go public by year’s end, SimpliVity has been riding high on a software approach to hyperconvergence that enables IT organizations to embrace hyperconvergence across the data center, without having to acquire new classes…
