Tag: application
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Mobile Application Development Drives New Channel Opportunities
There’s no doubt that mobile computing represents a huge opportunity for the channel in terms of developing applications. The reason for this is that developing these applications requires skillsets that are in short supply, while demand for these applications is skyrocketing. For example, GlobalLogic, a provider of application development services, has built a practice around… Read more
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Redefining Channel Value in the Age of the Cloud
It’s tough to add any meaningful value when all your company really does is facilitate a transaction between customers and the vendors they want to do business with. Given the fairly limited set of services needed to support those transactions and the thin margins usually associated with reselling most products, solution providers need to start… Read more
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Analytics Applications Emerge as Next Big Thing in IT
On the plus side IBM is convinced that the combination of Big Data and analytics application software is laying the foundation for a major economic expansion. On the downside, prospective customers are a little short on analytics expertise and most IT organizations are still not familiar with Big Data technologies such as Hadoop. IBM is… Read more
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F5 Launches Firewall for Data Centers
F5 Networks has launched a data center firewall designed to protect public-facing websites from cyber-attacks while also competing with other vendors in the space on both traffic capacity and cost. According to Dean Darwin, vice president of worldwide channel sales at F5 Networks, customers are beginning to recognize that the application delivery network is a… Read more
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iPad Gets Avaya’s Flare Communicator Technology
Avaya is extending Flare Communicator technology beyond its own Flare tablet hardware, beginning with the launch of a version of the software for the popular Apple iPad tablet. The announcement of the iPad version of the user interface follows on prior announcements of PC and smartphone versions. The mobile collaboration application is available to iPad… Read more