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How IT Plans to Deploy Windows 10 and ConfigMgr
Windows 10 installation How IT Plans to Deploy Windows 10 and ConfigMgr Organizations are slowly switching to Windows 10, and nearly four out of five plan to use ConfigMgr to assist with deployment, a new survey shows. Something Old, Something New One-half of survey respondents said at least a portion of their systems run on…
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Get Ready for the Rise of Reactive Systems
IT architecture Get Ready for the Rise of Reactive Systems A new survey points to the rapid adoption of modern applications based on reactive system architectures. Importance of Reactive Computing While 40% of the respondent described reactive computing as “totally important,” 43% said it is gaining momentum. Reactive Computing Outlook Respondents believe that 70% of…
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Why Software Asset Management Matters
Software asset management Why Software Asset Management Matters Businesses could be putting themselves at risk, including for shadow IT, due to lack of up-to-date software asset management tools and processes. IT Spending Disconnect Only 33% of organizations have SAM processes in place, despite global businesses and governments spending $579 billion on software and $361 billion…
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Big Data Opportunities Loom Large for the Channel
Big data analytics opportunities appear to be in the eye of the beholder. While the hype surrounding big data has been generally high, the ability of most organizations to implement an analytics strategy that incorporates most of their data has been fairly limited. Data fragmentation poses a major challenge. In a new survey of 402…
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Opportunity: Software Licensing Revenue Recovery
Software licensing Opportunity: Software Licensing Revenue Recovery For software vendors and, by extension, their channel partners, the lack of visibility into how software is being used creates revenue leakage. Best Sources of Upside for ISVs Mobile apps (51%), virtualization (45 %), subscription-based licensing (43%), embracing public cloud computing (41%) and the Internet of things (37%)…
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Vendors Invest in Big Data Analytics Platforms to Gain Channel Insight
The sharing of transaction information and deal flow in a structured format has long been a cornerstone of the channel. Over the years, vendors have made the sharing of such data a prerequisite for participating in their channel programs. But with the rise of big data analytics platforms, vendors will soon begin collecting massive amounts…
