Recent Articles
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Managed Services Reality Check
As much discussion as there is surrounding managed services I find it useful to periodically sit back and have a bit of a reality check. Now, perhaps more than ever before, there are a great diversity of opinions about managed services. Personally, I think a lot of these ideas are not entirely based in reality…
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Hosted UC Market Poised for Fast Growth
Recognizing the value of offering hosted unified communications, a handful of industry giants—Microsoft, IBM and Cisco—have taken the plunge to offer such services, and many solution providers have also pursued that path. Even as managed service providers rate Microsoft’s cloud initiatives as the biggest threat to their businesses, plenty of solution providers are already cashing…
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Accenture: Price Under Pressure, Outsourcing Stronger than Consulting
Technology outsourcing and consulting giant Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) financial results fell very much in line with that of other technology companies during this phase of the current recession—declines across the board, but characterized as strong when considering the current economic environment. For Accenture that has meant pricing has come under pressure for both systems integration…
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Gartner Zooms in on Key Cloud Computing Attributes
Cloud computing is moving into mainstream adoption, and Gartner has identified its five attributes, which can be used to see how strongly a cloud solution or service adheres to the cloud computing model. "When approaching cloud computing, providers of cloud services and potential consumers of cloud services must examine the attributes of cloud computing to…
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Video MSP Provides Live Feeds for 2009 NBA Draft
For basketball fans watching tonight’s 2009 NBA Draft live on television to see which team gets Blake Griffin, there’s no tolerance for lost video signals, dropped video or audio or anything else going wrong with the broadcast. For the fifth year in a row, video conferencing managed service provider Glowpoint service will be making sure…
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Fujitsu Inks First Deal in North American Outsourcing Push
When you think of the major players in IT outsourcing and professional services in North America, IBM Global Services and EDS (now HP) typically come to mind. Now there’s a new player with a familiar name looking to break into the space: Fujitsu America. After consolidating its business units last year, the well-known Japanese giant…