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Ingram Micro Looks to Extend Cloud Partner Reach
PHOENIX—Looking to build a channel ecosystem around a broad range of cloud services, Ingram Micro this week unfurled several extensions to the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace at the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit 2016 conference here. The overarching Ingram Micro goal is to make it simpler for solution providers to mix and match cloud services under…
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OpenStack Enters the Realm of Mainstream Adoption
Cloud containers OpenStack Enters the Realm of Mainstream Adoption New research shows that as OpenStack technology becomes more mainstream, it is rising at the expense of VMware and Amazon Web Services offerings. Awareness of OpenStack More than half were already using OpenStack within their organizations in some form, 32% are kicking the tires and evaluating…
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Oracle Drives Cloud Adoption Through Partners
One of the biggest opportunities for Oracle’s partners is a growing role in what the company calls its cloud transformation. This transformation is considerable despite the company’s late entry into the cloud computing space. Oracle believes its channel partners will be critical to increasing the industry’s adoption of its cloud solutions and services. Oracle’s total…
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How the Cloud Is Advancing From ‘Rookie’ to MVP
Cloud How the Cloud Is Advancing From ‘Rookie’ to MVP IT pros and execs clearly see the cloud’s value. Here are 15 reasons the cloud is progressing from ‘promising rookie’ to Most Valuable Player. The Cloud Is the Future of IT 86% of respondents believe that cloud computing is the future of IT. Safety in…
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Microsoft Aligns With NetEnrich on Azure Migrations
As part of an effort to significantly expand the consumption of cloud services on the Microsoft Azure platform, Microsoft is enlisting the aid of NetEnrich to provide its partners with a white-label service they can invoke to move application workloads into Azure. NetEnrich CEO Raju Chekuri said the goal behind the alliance is to give…
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Why Storage Is Crucial to Cloud Service Providers
Cloud services Why Storage Is Crucial to Cloud Service Providers The lion’s share of CSPs have virtualized more than 80% of their environments, and almost a third spend more than 10% of their revenue on storage. State of Virtualization 75% of CSPs have virtualized more than 80% of their applications. Lots of VMs 67% of…
