Tag: services
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Businesses Looking to VARs to Allay Cloud Security Concerns
According to a survey by security and storage specialist Symantec, businesses have mixed feelings when it comes to security–with a majority ranking it as both a top concern and top goal of moving to the cloud. Symantec’s 2011 State of Cloud Survey examined how organizations are adopting cloud computing and dealing with the changes it… Read more
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Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Built for MSPs
Oracle kicked off a busy Oracle OpenWorld yesterday with the launch of Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c and a new set of features for Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) designed to help partners get the most out of the platform. The new OPN resources made available this week include updated OPN Specializations, a new Oracle Enterprise Manager Extensibility… Read more
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RIM, Tech Data Announce Distribution Agreement for BlackBerry Solutions
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) and Tech Data Corp. announced an agreement that enables Tech Data to distribute BlackBerry devices, software and technical support services to its channel of more than 60,000 value-added resellers in the United States. The agreement also allows Tech Data to support the end-to-end sale of BlackBerry solutions for small… Read more
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Cloud Services Market to Hit $66 Billion by 2016
The global public cloud services market will more than triple in size over the next five years to reach revenue of $66 billion in 2016 and the market will see a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.4 percent from the $18 billion it will reach at the end of 2011, according to a forecast… Read more
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Avnet Launches Data Center Lifecycle Services Portfolio
Avnet Technology Solutions is launching a new set of services focusing on data center technologies to help partners win business and provide more comprehensive solutions to their customers. The Avnet Data Center Lifecycle Services portfolio combines supplier-branded resold services and managed, cold and professional services that were formerly under Avnet’s SolutionsPath Services brand. The services… Read more
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Industrialized, Low Cost IT Services The New Norm
Gartner this week touted the adoption of industrialized, low-cost IT services (ILCS) as one of the best ways CIOs can reduce the cost of keeping the lights on in the coming years. A subset of both managed services and cloud services–certainly leveraging the benefits of cloud architecture–ILCS is best seen in the burgeoning infrastructure utility… Read more