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Aruba Deal Helps HP Fill Wireless Networking Hole
While Hewlett-Packard has certainly become a lot more serious about networking ever since Cisco invaded the server category, wireless networking has always been a major hole in its portfolio. This week, HP moved to rectify that oversight via the acquisition of Aruba Networks for $3 billion. For HP partners, the significance of this acquisition goes…
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Mobile, M2M Devices Drive Surge in Network Traffic
Mobile data A Mass Wave of Mobile Adoption By 2019, there will be 5.2 billion mobile users (up from 4.3 billion in 2014). In 2014, nearly 59% of the world’s population (7.2 billion people) was made up of mobile users; by 2019, more than 69% of the world’s population (7.6 billion people) will be mobile…
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Extreme Networks Pushes Mobile App Out to Channel
Extreme Networks rolled out a mobile computing application for its channel partners that is intended to help them register deals faster and have a much closer relationship with the provider of network infrastructure equipment. The goal is to make Extreme Networks much easier to do business with for organizations that belong to the Extreme Partner…
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Aeris Launches Affiliate Program for IoT Partners
Networking vendor Aeris launched its Neo Affiliate Program designed to deliver recurring revenue streams to Internet of things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) partners. Under the no-cost program, IoT ecosystem partners, including device makers, distributors and solution providers, can integrate Neo, an online marketplace for IoT and M2M connectivity, into their offerings. Launched in October 2014,…
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Game-Changing Shift: The Hybrid Enterprise
Cloud and agility Disruptive Tech Survey respondents ranked the hybrid enterprise as the third most disruptive tech trend they’ve faced over the past 30 years. No. 1 is mobility followed by the Internet. Complex Computing 66% of survey respondents said they are involved with all three network models—VPNs running over public networks, public networks and…
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10 Ways Channel Partners Can Up Their Game in UC
10 Ways Channel Partners Can Up their Game in UC Understand the Business Drivers 45% of businesses do not have an integrated solution for voice, video and data. Among those businesses, only 11% are considering it. To leverage this business opportunity, channel companies need to understand the client’s needs on the business side. Build Relationships…
