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Social Networking Figures Heavily in B2B Buying Decisions
Social Networking Figures Heavily in B2B Buying Decisions The Power of Online Professional Networks For B2B buyers in the final stage of the purchasing process, online professional networks are their top information resource. This may be because online networks provide a faster route to accessing trusted resources than traditional routes. C- and VP-Level Buyers’ Social…
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Helping Channel Partners Step Up to the Cloud Plate
Most companies today have deployed the cloud in one form or another, but some firms many not have the resources to invest in—or the technical expertise to handle—all the cloud applications they need. In a recent survey, IT professionals said eight in 10 customers need professional services to get started with the cloud. The study,…
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Making the Application Migration to the Cloud
Just about every IT organization these days is wrestling, to one degree or another, with trying to figure out what existing application workloads might actually be able to run in the cloud. With new applications, the decision is relatively straightforward. But most existing applications were not designed to run in the cloud. As such, there…
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Tech Decision-Makers See Cloud as Key to IT’s future
Cloud future The Future Is the Cloud 88% of respondents believe that cloud computing is the future model of IT. In terms of believing in the value of the cloud, 67% said they are “cloud believers,” 19% said they are “unconvinced” and 13.5% need more information. Cloud Adoption Grows Servers/data centers, Microsoft Exchange and co-location/backup…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Sept. 7
Westcon Boosts Cloud Practice With Verecloud Acquisition Westcon Group, a value-added distributor, has acquired the assets of Verecloud, a developer of an advanced telecom carrier-grade channel distribution platform for cloud and services solutions. Westcon plans to incorporate Verecloud into its Cloud Solutions Practice, led by former Verecloud CEO John McCawley. The platform will become the foundation of Westcon’s…
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RackWare Brings Disaster Recovery to the Cloud
RackWare aims to address enterprise disaster recovery pain points—such as cost, flexibility and automation—with a new cloud-based DR offering that delivers server protection and failover at a lower cost than a fully replicated data center. RackWare has sold its offerings primarily through direct sales as well as cloud service and managed service providers that either…
