Recent Articles
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ISVs Explore New Routes to Market
Once upon a time, the only route to market for software vendors was to deploy their applications on either servers or appliances. But with the arrival of the software-as-a-service phenomenon in the cloud, the number of routes to market for software vendors suddenly exploded, and with that, the relationship between independent software vendors (ISVs) and…
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Software Approach, Revamped Data Center Are Key for Channel
When it comes to IT infrastructure in the data center, it hasn’t always been the best of times for the channel lately. Most of the activity in the data center has focused on consolidation, which doesn’t create a lot of upgrade opportunities because it targets leveraging technologies such as virtualization to increase utilization rates. But…
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iIT, Artisan Deal Promotes Channel-Only Offering
Sharing a channel-only philosophy, independenceIT (iIT) and Artisan Infrastructure have formed a partnership that gives their channel partners more control over their cloud service offerings and pricing models. Together, iIT’s Cloud Workspace Suite, a desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering, and Artisan’s wholesale infrastructure as a service (IaaS) are expected to help drive recurring revenue for channel partners.…
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Volatile Clouds Create Channel Opportunities
Not all clouds are created equal, which helps explain why there are so many of them. Many solution providers expect to see growth of cloud computing in the channel, but they wonder which vendors to go with. Like most emerging markets, the cloud computing space is volatile. IBM, for example, recently surprised many in the…
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How Government IT Spending Is Evolving
Worldwide IT Spending by Government Organizations Federal spending on IT is projected to total $449.5 billion in 2013. Previous forecast was for 0.2% growth over last year. But downgraded to a dip of 0.1% from 2012.
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Arrow Launches ArrowSphere Cloud Offerings
Arrow Electronics has introduced to the North American market its ArrowSphere cloud service brokerage and aggregation platform, which was initially launched in Europe last year. The North American launch includes a new suite of services designed to help Arrow’s service provider partners build and scale their cloud practices by simplifying the way they sell cloud…
