Tag: IT

  • Innovation Forces to Drive Successful IT Investment: Gartner

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Companies crawling out of spending caps and recessionary thinking have a lot of work to do to prepare as a growth economy re-emerges, according to Gartner Inc. And, the big-name analyst firm is handing out tips for driving innovation in information infrastructure for those ready to harness the power and renewed opportunity of the coming… Read more

  • OS33 Introduces Quick Start Hosted IT Program

    Nathan Eddy

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    OS33, a cloud-based IT delivery automation platform for managed service providers (MSPs), announced its Quick Start Program, which provides new partners with a branded demo environment within 24 hours, giving them access to a hosted IT automation platform. Quick Start is available on a month-to-month basis for $500 per month. Partners can then transition to… Read more

  • IT Outages Cost American Companies Billions

    Jennifer Lawinski

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    IT system downtime is leading to the loss of $26.5 billion in revenue each year for North American businesses, according to a study from CA Technologies. Downtime reduces the average company’s earning power by about 29 percent, the study found. On average, companies suffer from about 10 hours of IT downtime a year — a… Read more

  • Labor Market for IT Pros Stagnating: Report

    Channel Insider Staff

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    U.S. employment numbers released by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) revealed a net gain of 4,400 IT-related jobs in November for the sixth straight month of net jobs gains in IT labor segments. Five bellweather IT job segments in the BLS data showed a net gain of 45,100 jobs from June… Read more

  • 1. Prepare the Project Portfolio

    1. Prepare the Project Portfolio

    Ericka Chickowski

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    1. Prepare the Project Portfolio Akin to getting the oven pre-heated and greasing the cooking pans, the reassessment of IT projects can help your customers kill zombie projects that aren’t going anywhere and draining off precious resources. It may be also a good time to revisit abandoned projects that may make sense now and help… Read more

  • Technology Vendor IT Solution Provider Relations Where They Fall Short

    Technology Vendor IT Solution Provider Relations Where They Fall Short

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Technology Vendor IT Solution Provider Relations Where They Fall Short 52 percent of solution providers reported that one or two vendors made up 75 percent or more of their annual revenues. No Title Among these, they reported that they have been supporting those key vendors for seven or more years. No Title Approximately 62 percent… Read more