Recent Articles
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Windows Server 2016 Challenge Looms Over Microsoft
With Windows Server 2016 becoming generally available later this month, Microsoft needs to help channel partners convince small and midsize businesses that it’s time to upgrade their server operating systems or move to the cloud. A recent survey conducted by Spiceworks highlights the extent of the challenge. Only 20 percent of IT pros surveyed say…
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IT Budget Forecast for 2017 Mirrors 2016 Estimates
Cloud spending IT Budget Forecast for 2017 Mirrors 2016 Estimates While spending on cloud computing projects will be up for 2017, IT budgets overall are expected to be in-line with this year’s levels, a new survey from Spiceworks finds. IT Budgets Stay Flat for 2017 On average, IT budgets will be $294,081, up about 1%…
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WaaS Competitive Fight Comes to Head in Channel
There’s never been much love lost between telecommunications carriers and traditional channel resellers. Large swaths of the channel always felt that carriers were abusing their ability to buy network equipment in bulk and then resell a portion of it to corporate customers at price points that undercut resellers. Now, conflict between carriers and resellers that…
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Distribution Becomes Programmable
Thanks to APIs in the age of the cloud, just about everything, including infrastructure, is programmable. It only makes sense that the services a distributor provides to the channel should be made available in a similar manner. With that goal in mind, AppDirect has opened up the APIs it used to create its cloud commerce…
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End-of-Life Support: Continuing Channel Opportunity
Old technology End-of-Life Support: Continuing Channel Opportunity Using discontinued devices can increase a company’s risk of security breaches and network outages—problems that companies in the channel can help customers avoid. Health Assessment of Devices on Company Networks Organizations need to assess their network’s health by analyzing their infrastructure, assessing their disaster recovery plans and preparing…
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Channel Advantage: Diverse Tech in the Data Center
Cloud maintenance Channel Advantage: Diverse Tech in the Data Center Complexity has always been good to, and for, the channel. The days when solution providers could afford to specialize in a narrow segment of data center technologies are now long over. Use of Cloud Services to Deploy Applications 51% of companies now use IaaS, 22%…
