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IBM Offers Its Take on IoT Opportunities for Partners
In our continuing search and analysis of Internet of things-related channel opportunities from vendor-partners, IBM skipped right past the “sensors and controls” that others talk about and focused on the data and the analytics behind those sensors. Sandy Carter, IBM general manager for cloud ecosystems and developers, sees four foundational areas where the Internet of…
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Cisco Plans to Buy Jasper to Help Pave IoT Path
While the Internet of things (IoT) represents a multibillion dollar opportunity for the channel, how these technologies will find their way to market will vary widely. In fact, while it’s clear there will be lots of embedded systems, gateways and networks involved, how those devices will be managed is less clear. Although many IT organizations…
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Enterprise Interest in SDN Adoption Picks Up Steam
Enterprise Interest in SDN Adoption Picks Up Steam Enterprise Interest in SDN Adoption Picks Up Steam Driven by the need to reduce costs and increase IT agility, enterprise adoption of software-defined networking is rising rapidly, a new study finds. Rate of SDN Adoption The study finds that 28% already use some form of SDN, 21%…
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HPE: Need for Agility to Accelerate NFV Adoption
While much of the initial interest in software-defined networking (SDNs) and network-functions virtualization (NFV) software is driven by a desire to reduce costs, it looks like a crucial need for more agility may be speeding up IT service providers’ adoption of these emerging technologies. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has seen a marked shift in the rate…
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Get Ready for the Shift to Cloud UC
Cloud UC Get Ready for the Shift to Cloud UC Cloud unified communications market share is expected to increase by a factor of six in the next five years, according to a new survey by BroadSoft. Market Penetration Respondents believe cloud unified communications (UCaaS/hosted PBX) market share for new lines shipped will increase nearly sixfold…
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Reading the Tea Leaves for IoT Solution Providers
Cisco executives expect the Internet of things (IoT) to be a $19 trillion opportunity by 2020. They also call it the Internet of everything. McKinsey projects that IoT will be as much as a $33 trillion opportunity by the year 2025. AT&T, Intel, Cisco, GE and IBM call it the Industrial Internet Numbers and names…
