Tag: CDW
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Ciena Software Creates New Business Model for MSPs
Categories: Managed ServicesCiena Platform Sets Up New Business Model for MSPs Ciena introduced a software solution that establishes a new business model for managed services providers (MSPs). The new virtual services software platform, Agility Matrix, gives providers a more profitable strategy for adding and expanding network services and appliance functionality with a simple web interface and a consumption-based… Read more
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Dell Looks to Extend Cloud Marketplace to the Channel
Dell this week launched the public beta of a cloud marketplace that it expects, sometime in the next year, to involve its channel partners that specialize in building clouds. “We’d like our Cloud Builders partners to participate,” said Cheryl Cook, vice president of Dell’s Enterprise Solutions Group. “We’re working through those details now.” The Dell… Read more
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Mobile Computing: Making Dollars and ‘Sense’ in the Channel
Categories: Mobile DevicesMobile computing represents a tantalizing yet frustrating opportunity for the channel. Demand for mobile computing devices is off the charts, but there’s not a big profit margin involved in selling these units. It’s only when an organization decides to connect these devices to its corporate networks that the channel sees the potential to make real… Read more
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CDW Sets Sights on Cloud, Mobility
The technology industry has shifted sharply to consumer electronics such as smartphones, tablets and mobile applications—even as many analyst firms slash their PC forecasts. Today’s business travelers often leave their laptops at home, preferring to carry just a tablet and a smartphone. The advent of mobility, consumer electronics and cloud computing in the enterprise is… Read more
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IT Hiring, Spending Prospects Drop: CDW Report
The latest CDW IT Monitor revealed lower expectations for budget increases and hiring, along with a drop in overall hardware spending. However, the report noted increases in software spending and a more optimistic outlook in key sectors, including small business and healthcare IT, brought balance to the broader IT sentiment. While the latest wave of… Read more
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Businesses Cutting Costs with Cloud Computing: Survey
CDW, a provider of technology products and services to business, government, education and health care, announced the results of its first Cloud Computing Tracking Poll, an assessment of current and future cloud computing use in business, government, health care and education based on a survey of 1,200 IT professionals familiar with their organization’s use of,… Read more