Tag: cloud
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The Cloud Is No Big Deal, Right?
As the cloud looms larger over the IT channel, some solution providers may rightfully wonder what exactly is the big deal. After all, many of you for years have been offering hosted software applications to customers that essentially are cloud services under a different name. And as such, you already know the benefits of cloud… Read more
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McAfee Opens Fifth Cloud Data Center
Just a week after Intel completed its acquisition of McAfee, it’s back to business as usual as the security company expands its cloud footprint with a new data center to power its security software as a service business. McAfee has activated its fifth cloud data center in the past 12 months, and another center is… Read more
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SMBs Turning to Backup in the Cloud: Forrester
Small to midsize businesses are beginning to move toward cloud-based backup (as opposed to traditional technologies) to protect their company data, according to a Forrester Research survey whose goal was to discover the drivers for the move to cloud-based recovery tech versus traditional on-premises solutions. The report, commissioned by cloud-basked backup specialist Asigra, found that… Read more
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Tripwire’s Cloud Security Launched for Partners
Security and compliance vendor Tripwire is changing its sales paradigm with by shifting its licensing to flat-rate model that it hopes will prove to be friendlier to service providers and could stand as an example of how security vendors cater to the managed services market in the near future. The shift is part of the… Read more
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Home-Based Businesses Grew in 2010: AMI Report
There was an 11 percent increase in those who started their home-based business due to downsizing last year in the United States last year, according to a report from AMI Partners. The report noted last year sole proprietorships made up two-thirds of the home-based business market, this year it is only one-third of the total… Read more
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Salesforce.com Incorporates Twitter, Facebook in Service Cloud 3
NEW YORK—Salesforce.com unveiled its Service Cloud 3 platform March 3, coupling the announcement to a high-profile event at New York City’s Javits Center headlined by CEO Marc Benioff. The third iteration of Salesforce’s cloud-based customer service platform lets businesses analyze and respond to customer feedback filtering from social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. The… Read more