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Tech Data Rolls Out TDCloud Globally
Tech Data Rolls Out TDCloud Worldwide Tech Data announced the global launch of TDCloud, powered by StreamOne, the company’s end-to-end provisioning, billing and marketing engine for solution providers. The Tech Data Cloud Solutions Store is now available to partners in Canada, France and the United Kingdom, and will be launched across Europe in a phased rollout over…
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Social Business Applications Ride a Growth Wave
Enterprise collaboration Social Business Applications Ride a Growth Wave One of the fastest growing tech sectors, the social business applications market is forecast to grow rapidly from 2014 to 2019, according to 451 Research. Upward Growth in Social Business Applications From 2014 to 2019, social business applications revenue is expected to jump more than 2.5…
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HP Knows Importance of Open Infrastructure APIs
One of the things IT organizations are most frustrated with is how long it takes them not only to stand up IT infrastructure but also how prone to human error those system configurations really are. To address this issue, providers of IT infrastructure are now embracing REST application programming interfaces (APIs) that essentially turn servers,…
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Security, Skills Gap Concerns Dampen IT Outlook
Cyber-security Security, Skills Gap Concerns Dampen IT Outlook A sweeping report from CompTIA paints a bright future for IT spending and hiring but shows rising concerns about cyber-security among business and IT execs. Improving Business Conditions 62% of global execs said business conditions are improving, but in the United States, the number is even higher…
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Cisco Plans to Acquire Piston Cloud Computing
Cisco to Acquire Piston Cloud Computing Cisco plans to acquire Piston Cloud Computing to help boost the product, delivery and operational capabilities of Cisco Intercloud Services. The Intercloud is a globally connected network of clouds, designed to deliver secure cloud services and built by Cisco and its partners. In a company blog post, Hilton Romanski,…
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Why It’s Important to Know What’s Troubling CIOs
Why It’s Important to Know What’s Troubling CIOs Why It’s Important to Know What’s Troubling CIOs By Michael Vizard How CIOs Spend Their Time More than half spend more than 50% of their time reactively—with network downtime/availability as one of the most likely causes of unexpected disruptions. Half of CIOs lose around 1,000 working hours…
