Recent Articles
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Multiple Flavors of Windows to Drive Desktop Virtualization
Most companies at this point find themselves managing a mix of Windows systems given the fact that the migration to Windows 7 from Windows XP is taking place gradually. Many of those same companies are now also evaluating the forthcoming release of Windows 8, which means at some point in the next year or so…
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BPM Opportunities for the Channel Remain Largely Untapped
Success for solution provider is all about driving change. Unless customers have some motivation to develop a new business capability or enhance an existing one, they really have no reason to invest in new IT systems. Unfortunately, while most solution providers have a wealth of technology skills, they usually don’t have much insight into a…
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Virtualization Creating Storage Opportunities for the Channel
IT history can arguably be defined by the movements of bottlenecks. Every time there is an advance in one area it tends to create a bottleneck somewhere else that needs to be addressed by new technologies. There’s no better example of that today than virtualization. As IT organization get more comfortable with virtualization they are…
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Quality of Free Antivirus Software Creates Quandary for Channel
On one level solution providers that sell end point security software are going to be upset. Check Point Software Technologies has announced an upgrade to its it free ZoneAlarm security software that not only now includes a firewall, but also performs as well as most commercial software offerings. In tests performed by performed by AVtest.org,…
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IBM Creates Foundation for Mobile Computing
Looking to give solution providers a leg up in the mobile computing market that is expected to grow from $22 billion in 2012 to $36 billion by 2015, IBM today rolled out Mobile Foundation, a portfolio of IBM mobile computing technologies that are designed to simplify the management of mobile computing and applications in the…
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Gaining and Maintaining Application Control in the Coming PaaS Era
Over the years a huge percentage of the custom application development being done by corporations has been outsourced to the channel. Whether it’s modernizing COBOL applications using developers in India or creating mobile computing applications by relying on the expertise of independent application development houses, the channel in many ways dominates application development these days.…