Tag: services
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Why MSPs Have Nothing to Fear from Best Buy
Don’t panic, folks. Best Buy’s planned entrance into the managed services market will have as much impact on the IT channel as a gnat flying into a pane of glass. You may get a little spot on the glass, but the pane won’t budge. The reason is simple: Best Buy cannot compete with the managed… Read more
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VMware Cloud Foundry Is Developers’ Top Cloud Platform Pick: Survey
According to a recent Evans Data survey, VMware’s Cloud Foundry was seen as the best Platform as a Service (PAAS) cloud development platform by developers polled. In the survey, only those developers who use a particular platform were asked to rank the attributes of the platform. Cloud Foundry achieved the highest overall score, while IBM’s… Read more
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SAP Teams Up With EMC, VMware on Cloud Platform
As cloud computing and virtualization rapidly evolve, business management software specialist SAP (NYSE: SAP) is working in a three-way strategic collaboration with partners EMC (NYSE: EMC) and VMware to develop tools and services that make it possible for businesses to adopt cloud and run SAP systems in cloud infrastructures with increasing levels of automation. The… Read more
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IT Budgets Increase as Businesses Add Staff
IT budgets have seen the largest increase in two years as small to midsize businesses continue to add IT staff, and nearly one in three SMBs, or 31 percent, plan to hire IT staff—which is consistent with data reported for the first half of 2011, found a survey from social business networking specialist Spiceworks. Overall… Read more
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Best Buys Big Strategic Moves
Categories: News and TrendsBest Buys Big Strategic Moves Best Buy Europe will scrap plans for big box stores, closing all 11 of the U.K pilot stores. Instead it will focus on its 2,500 profitable small box stores. No Title Best Buy will buy Carphone Warehouse’s Stake in Best Buy Mobile for $1.3 billion in cash. The deal is… Read more