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Service Providers Must Prep for Next Digital Revolution
Service providers need to prepare for changes in their industry as enterprises start to deal with new digital business technologies—including cloud computing, mobility, analytics and the Internet of things (IoT). Gartner Research says there is a digital business revolution under way and service providers need to make some dramatic changes to turn the changing landscape…
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Following the Hadoop Money
Once venture capitalists start throwing millions of dollars into a particular IT sector, it usually starts to attract the attention of the channel. Case in point is Hadoop. This week, Hortonworks announced it has picked up an additional $100 million in funding. That comes on the heels of Cloudera raising another $140 million earlier this…
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Nine Essential Facts to Consider About Windows XP Migrations
Nine Essential Facts to Consider About Windows XP Migrations Status of Windows XP Migration A large number of respondents report that the migration from Windows XP is still under way. In process of migration: 47%, Completed migration: 37%, Still on Windows XP: 16% When Migration Is Scheduled to Be Completed The Windows XP migration issue…
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HP Expands PartnerOne to Handle Channel Diversity
Recognizing that business models throughout the channel vary widely, Hewlett-Packard is opening up its Partner One channel program to include new types of partners. At the HP Global Partner 2014 Conference this week, company officials revealed that they are expanding PartnerOne to include service providers, systems integrators, independent software vendors, OEMs and distributors alongside traditional…
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What to Do When Apps Become Services
There’s no doubt “the times they are a-changin’” in the channel. Just about everywhere a solution provider looks somebody is trying to turn an application into a service. Google and Microsoft are leading that charge. The former wants to gain share at the expense of the other by getting customers to adopt Google Apps while…
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Getting Started With Big Data in the Channel
The challenge with big data in terms of actually trying to monetize it is that it is as much a concept as it is a set of technologies that companies in the channel can sell. As a result, it takes a lot of patience on the part of solution providers to get customers to the…
