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Software Vendors, Solution Providers Eye SAAS Disruptive Threat
IT solution providers aren’t the only businesses keeping a watchful eye on the potential disruptive threat from software-as-a-service offerings. Software vendors have been watching the trend too, as companies such as Salesforce.com have made a splash in the SAAS market and put established business applications players such as SAP and Oracle scrambling for a defensive…
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Avnet Adds Microsoft SharePoint to SAAS Offerings
Looking to add another revenue stream and business model to the mix, more IT solution providers are considering software as a service as an option to offer their end customers, and IT distributors are making it easier to do that. Case in point: Avnet Technology Solutions recently added Microsoft SharePoint to its SAAS portfolio, available…
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Ingram Micro Partners with Microsoft on Recession-Busting SAAS Program
Distributor Ingram Micro and software behemoth Microsoft believe they have found a way to help solution providers and their customers fight the recession blues—software as a service. The companies have partnered to extend the vendor’s Service Provider License Agreement to Ingram Micro’s solution providers, specifically those selling into the SMB market. Click here to read…
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Guide to Cloud Storage Vendors
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Storage Solutions Head for the On Demand Cloud
With customers re-evaluating their capital IT budgets, but still seeing the need for more and more storage and storage solutions every year, cloud storage is generating a lot of buzz among solution providers looking to on demand storage. The technology can offer cost savings, incredible scalability, high availability and the flexibility of on-demand capacity. In…
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Going Green, from Desktop to Data Center
The plunge in oil prices couching the ongoing economic downturn could foster complacency about going green, but IT vendors are doing their best to prevent that. From the desktop to the data center, vendors are pushing technology and services that reduce power consumption and boost technology performance. It may be cheaper to drive than it…
