Tag: data

  • Dell’s Services Play: Necessary But Late

    Channel Insider Staff

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    For me, the Dell/Perot deal is a pretty simple debrief. Dell has been trying to gain relevance in the enterprise, with servers, storage and services. The company had no real comparable services arm to compete with EDS/HP or IBM Global Services. They are worried about getting further commoditized at the device/PC level and about not… Read more

  • Top Data Protection Concerns for IT

    Top Data Protection Concerns for IT

    Michael Vizard

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    Top Data Protection Concerns for IT What percentage of data in your organization is considered “Mission Critical”?More mission critical data with each passing day No Title Do you feel that your formal Service Level Agreements (SLAs) match the expectations of your employees and customers? A reasonable amount of confidence No Title How often do you… Read more

  • See the Opportunity

    See the Opportunity

    Michael Vizard

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    See the Opportunity Recognize the value of investing in Big Data systems that drive increased sales through complete and accurate customer contact details, histories of products and services purchased, and suggestions for related follow-on sales. Chart the Course Make use of Big Data internally to gain better customer insight to increase sales and improve service.… Read more

  • Organizations Are Collecting and Managing More Information than Ever

    Organizations Are Collecting and Managing More Information than Ever

    Michael Vizard

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    Organizations Are Collecting and Managing More Information than Ever 94 percent of the organizations surveyed say they are collecting more information today than two years ago with the biggest sources of the data being customer information, operations and sales and marketing. That Data is Growing Exponentially The average growth rate of all that data is… Read more

  • Hadoop Gets a Lot More Channel Friendly

    Michael Vizard

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    While the amount of interest in Big Data at the moment may far exceeds the actual number of IT projects being launched using the technology platform; it’s clear that technologies such as Hadoop are creating a significant new opportunity for the channel. Solution providers looking to take advantage of those opportunities should take note of… Read more

  • Putting a Better Big Data Face on Windows 8

    Michael Vizard

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    With the rise of Big Data the single most compelling reason to upgrade any client system is going to be the ability to actually visualize all that data. Existing systems by and large do a poor job of visualization, especially when compared to Windows 8 or the MacOS running on the latest next-generation processor from… Read more