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Automation Provides Key to IT Services Success
IT automation Automation Provides Key to IT Services Success More IT service providers are relying on IT automation to compete effectively, a new study finds. The stakes will only get higher with time. Number of IT Environments Managed Just under half (48%) report they are managing 50 or more IT environments. Another 24% report managing…
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Big Data Projects Encounter Headwinds
Big data thoughts Big Data Projects Encounter Headwinds Only 27% of big data projects are profitable, a new study finds. Solution providers should be aware of big data challenges and avoid overpromising results. Big Data Projects Proliferate More than half (55%) said that regular, ongoing big data projects are in progress today at either the…
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IT Execs and Managers See DR Needs Differently
Disaster recovery IT Execs and Managers See DR Needs Differently Disaster recovery is emerging as a business priority, but IT execs and managers don’t have the same DR priorities. Confidence Gaps IT execs are highly confident in their firms’ DR practices to prevent service disruption (64%) and data loss or theft (57%). In comparison, IT…
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Channel Opportunity: Remedying Data Management Woes
Data quality Channel Opportunity: Remedying Data Management Woes Solution providers can help solve data management challenges that are taxing IT organizations and have a direct impact on their revenue and costs. The Trouble With Data Quality 40% were very confident in their organizations’ data quality management (DQM) practices or the quality of data within their…
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Business Resiliency: How Strong is Your Business?
Public cloud 15 Important Facts About Business Resilience A new report looks at business resilience challenges for IT leaders, including migrations, high availability and disaster recovery, the cloud and data sharing. Migration Failures 44% of IT leaders experienced a migration failure, representing an increase of more than 20% between 2014 and 2015. No Oversight 70%…
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Hyperconvergence Plus SDI Redefine the Data Center
There are two emerging classes of technologies inside the data center that are transforming the way solutions are being crafted. The first is the rise of hyperconverged systems that unify the management of compute, storage and networking. The second is the rise of software-defined infrastructure (SDI) that is enabling all those resources to be managed…
