Tag: IBM
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Why All IT Certifications Aren’t Created Equal
As enterprise IT has become more complex over the years, vendors have been nudging partners to increase the number of certified IT professionals they have on staff. The basic thinking is that the more those IT professionals are certified, the better job solution providers will do implementing products as part of a larger IT solution—which,… Read more
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10 Key Facts the Channel Should Know About Lenovo
Categories: Tech CompaniesLenovo Yoga tablet Third-Quarter Revenue Rose 30% Lenovo’s net income reached $253 million on revenue of $14.1 billion in its third fiscal quarter. Profit was adversely affected by M&A-related charges in 2014. Recent Major Acquisitions Lenovo bought the x86 server business from IBM for $2.1 billion and Motorola Mobility’s mobile handset business for $2.91 billion… Read more
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How the App Landscape Is Changing in the Cloud Age
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud mobile device management Top Two Areas of Application Investment Mobile-device management apps (47%) topped the list of categories respondents said they are considering or planning to purchase. Business analytics/big data apps came in second (43%). Other Key App Investments A significant percentage of respondents are considering or planning investments in database/master data management apps… Read more
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IBM Consolidates Channel Organizations Into One Team
At its PartnerWorld Leadership Conference in Las Vegas, IBM has unveiled a new One Channel Team to help business partners increase revenues around growth markets and to make it easier for them to do business with the company. In a huge undertaking, IBM has consolidated the channel organizations for all its business units into one… Read more
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Cloud Usage Patterns Point to a Maturing Market
Categories: Cloud ComputingCloud building Type of Clouds in Use Private cloud adoption passes public cloud usage. Although 40% reported using a public cloud, 49% are using a private cloud. Cloud Adoption Rates IT organizations now think “cloud first.” A full 85% will have adopted cloud computing by 2018. Private Cloud Market Size Opportunity The 2014 private cloud… Read more
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Cognitive Computing Apps Come to the Channel
Categories: Business ManagementCognitive computing is emerging as a new class of applications that help people make better decisions by identifying the relationships between complex sets of data. What may be surprising is the fact that the channel is one of the first places these cognitive applications are actually being applied. At the recent IT Nation 2014 conference,… Read more