Recent Articles
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Cloud Challenges Are On Tap for the Channel in 2014
Solution providers in the channel greet every new year with equal measures of optimism and trepidation. What makes 2014 different is that the gulf between those two extremes has never been wider. On the optimistic side of the IT ledger there have never been more emerging technologies converging around private cloud computing, which customers clearly…
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Centrify Revamps Partner Program
Centrify, a provider of Unified Identity Services across data center, cloud and mobile applications, has rebranded its partner program to better support the needs of its solution providers—including resellers, distributors, integrators and consultants—as the company continues to move into the cloud and mobile markets. “We have always been channel-centric,” said Nathan Adams, director, Centrify North…
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Arrow Launches a Global Training Alliance
Arrow Electronics launched its Global Training Alliance with the announcement that Fast Lane, a provider of advanced IT training courses, is the first to join the global program. The alliance is designed to extend Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions education coverage and infrastructure with select partners. “When IBM decided to change their model with regard to…
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Semiconductor Industry to See Less Volatility Long Term
Semiconductor Industry to See Less Volatility Long Term Semiconductor Revenue Is Expected to Rise, but Slowly 77% of respondents say their company will see semiconductor revenue growth in the next year, compared with 75% a year ago. Small Percentage of Execs Expect Big Revenue Gains Only 22% of the respondents expect revenue to increase more…
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The Snowden Effect on the Channel
It’s pretty clear that Edward Snowden’s revelations concerning the extent to which the National Security Agency (NSA) is snooping on users of cloud and telecommunications services are weighing heavily on customers’ minds. We may never know how many customers in the United States, for example, will now opt to build private clouds on their own…
