Tag: analytics
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What Salesforce’s Growing Reach Could Mean to Channel
Salesforce.com has always had a somewhat limited relationship with the channel. It sells the vast majority of its software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications direct, but it has also come to realize it needs the channel to reach a market that continues to grow alongside its ambitions. After initially focusing primarily on CRM software, Salesforce.com has extended its… Read more
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Big Data Specialist SiSense Readies New Channel Program
Big data analytics software provider SiSense recently named its first channel chief to develop and grow the company’s global network of alliances and partners. After tripling subscription revenues for each of the past three years, primarily through an inside sales force, SiSense is ready to drive growth and generate new revenue opportunities through a strong… Read more
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IT Investments Matter, but Cloud, Analytics Face Resistance
Categories: Cloud ComputingIT investments Technology ‘Pioneers’ Lead the Way But customers in North America are more likely to be “followers” than “pioneers.” About a third of the respondents identified themselves as technology pioneers. ‘Pioneers’ Reap the Rewards A full 64% of the “pioneers” say they are ahead of their competitors. Among the “pioneers,” 20% are growing at… Read more
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Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud Create Formidable Combo
Categories: Cloud ComputingSocial, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud Create Formidable Combo Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Come to the Mainstream Significant deployments of cloud and social technologies tripled in two years. Adoption of social, mobile, analytics and the cloud reached at least 70%. Investing in SMAC The opportunity for the channel is just hitting its stride. Three-fourths of enterprises… Read more
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Aug. 31
Avnet Services Expands IBM Educational Portfolio The Avnet Services business unit of Avnet Technology Solutions (ATS) is expanding its IBM-related educational offerings. Avnet Services and its partners developed the courses, which will focus on key technical areas, such as AIX, business analytics, content manager, Java, and mobile development (iOS and Android). The courses will initially be… Read more
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Microsoft Sets Sights on Oracle RDBMS
Over the years, Microsoft has steadily gained market share on Oracle in the relational database management system (RDBMS) space, with the possible exception of high-end, mission-critical applications. But with the arrival of a Microsoft SQL Server 2014 offering that can run both transactional processing and analytics applications in-memory, Microsoft clearly has its sights set on… Read more