Recent Articles
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Oracle Extends Its Cloud Reach in the Channel
Oracle formed an open cloud community and will be making a raft of cloud services available via a two-tier distribution program that includes Tech Data, Arrow Electronics, Avnet and NextGen, Oracle announced at its OpenWorld 2014 conference this week. The company wants the various types of channel partners that are converging on the cloud to…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Sept. 28
Arrow, Rackspace Ink Distribution Agreement Arrow Electronics added Rackspace, a managed cloud company, to its cloud service portfolio in the United States and Canada. Under the agreement, Arrow solution providers can join the Rackspace reseller program that provides volume discounts, pre- and post-sales support and access to help desk and financing services. The Rackspace managed…
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IT Investments Matter, but Cloud, Analytics Face Resistance
IT investments Technology ‘Pioneers’ Lead the Way But customers in North America are more likely to be “followers” than “pioneers.” About a third of the respondents identified themselves as technology pioneers. ‘Pioneers’ Reap the Rewards A full 64% of the “pioneers” say they are ahead of their competitors. Among the “pioneers,” 20% are growing at…
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Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud Create Formidable Combo
Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud Create Formidable Combo Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Come to the Mainstream Significant deployments of cloud and social technologies tripled in two years. Adoption of social, mobile, analytics and the cloud reached at least 70%. Investing in SMAC The opportunity for the channel is just hitting its stride. Three-fourths of enterprises…
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Federal Agencies Are at a Cloud Crossroads
Cloud vendors Cloud Use Plans Agencies want to double their cloud use for infrastructure (from 23% to 43%), platform/middleware (from 19% to 41%) and software/apps (from 27% to 49%), but 89% of IT respondents feel apprehensive about migrating to the cloud. Steps Toward Data Governance Only 44% of IT respondents said their agencies have “mature”…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Sept 21
Avnet Unveils New Converged Infrastructure Offering Avnet Technology Solutions has introduced its next generation of converged infrastructure offerings powered by the 3rd Generation Intel Core Processors called Ivy Bridge. These new offerings, featuring SAP HANA, Cisco data center technology and industry-leading storage, allow companies to store, process and analyze large data sets in real time. The converged infrastructure…
