Tag: cloud

  • Cisco to Buy newScale to Boost Cloud Offerings

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Cisco Systems is looking to bolster its cloud computing services offering by acquiring privately held newScale, a company that offers software that enables businesses to more efficiently provision resources across their IT environments. Cisco announced the deal March 29. No financial details were disclosed. NewScale, which company officials said has about 2 million users worldwide,… Read more

  • Microsoft’s InTune: Price Too High for SMB?

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    Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows InTune gives IT administrators for midsize businesses an enterprise-style level of control over a network, via a combination of cloud services, on-site PC-management tools and added malware protection. Whether it involves checking that software licenses are up-to-date, or diagnosing unbootable PCs, the platform is supposed to be streamlined for those IT pros’… Read more

  • Risk management and mitigation

    Risk management and mitigation

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Risk management and mitigation Organizations will increasingly look to third-party consultants and services firms for advice on avoiding disaster projects and products with costly hidden TCO. Increasing focus on organizational change management. Managing risks means making meaningful changes to the organization. Executives are learning that org change is not just an option anymore – it’s… Read more

  • HP webOS, Cloud Plan Targets Microsoft, Google

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    Hewlett-Packard isn’t exactly shying down from a fight. In a March 14 press conference, freshly minted CEO Leo Apotheker has made it clear he intends to take the manufacturer in some new and radical directions, ones that will bring his company in direct and aggressive competition with not only its longtime rivals, but also a… Read more

  • SAP Teams Up With Verizon on Cloud Application Delivery

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    Network operator Verizon and SAP America, a subsidiary of SAP AG, are jointly delivering the SAP CRM rapid-deployment platform to enterprise workers through Verizon’s cloud offering, Computing as a Service. Workers will now be able to access SAP CRM from their desktops or their mobile devices, the companies announced. As part of the SAP CRM… Read more

  • Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy Relies on Partners

    Channel Insider Staff

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    It’s no secret that Microsoft faces a host of challenges as it attempts to shift its focus from the traditional and desktop-bound to a more cloud-centric, mobile-focused model. For companies with tens of thousands of employees and decades’ worth of institutional memory, recoding the corporate DNA to meet new challenges is an undertaking with a… Read more