Tag: IT

  • IT Vendors Offer More Customer Financing to Boost Sales

    Alison Diana

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    Although, in the wake of the worst of the recession, solution providers’ access to bank funding continues to be limited, distributors and vendors are rolling out a plethora of financing and leasing options designed to fuel sales and ignite channel business. Even at the economy’s high-points, traditional money-lenders did not always understand the service-oriented solution… Read more

  • Consumer Tech Products An IT Security Nightmare

    Consumer Tech Products An IT Security Nightmare

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Consumer Tech Products An IT Security Nightmare 84 percent of organizations are allowing employees to use consumer technology such as iPads, iPhones, Facebook, Twitter and instant messages. No Title Of the 16 percent of organizations that don’t let employees use consumer technology in the workplace, 64 percent suspect employees are using it anyway. No Title… Read more

  • Healthcare IT Market Gains Momentum

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Bruce Haviland knows that building a world-class medical center isn t a job for the faint of heart. These days, the CIO for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Mercy Hospital finds himself sorting through an array of tools and technologies in the quest to improve health care and manage costs. It s critical… Read more

  • IT Security Spending What IT Executives Are Planning

    IT Security Spending What IT Executives Are Planning

    Ericka Chickowski

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    IT Security Spending What IT Executives Are Planning 41 percent of IT staffers said that security was their number one priority, making it the most cited top priority above concerns such as ensuring ROI of all investments and managing change within IT infrastructure. No Title 48 percent of organizations reported an increase in the number… Read more

  • Preventing IT security breaches:

    Preventing IT security breaches:

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Preventing IT security breaches: 41 percent of IT executives name it as a top concern Ensuring IT systems are used fully to maximize ROI of IT: 32 percent of IT executives name it as a top concern Understanding the full range of new technologies that are available and how to use them: 31 percent of… Read more

  • Dell Continues Move Toward IT Services, Cloud, Storage

    Channel Insider Staff

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    AUSTIN, Texas — The fact that Dell is moving away from being a low-cost supplier of PCs and IT hardware toward a more robust company with a portfolio of technology that can address issues ranging from cloud computing to mobile device management is old news. However, the way Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) plans to integrate its… Read more