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Unigma Rises to Cloud-Monitoring Challenge
Unigma rolled out a set of IT monitoring tools geared for the top-three infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings that is designed specifically for IT service providers. Designed to give providers of IT services simultaneous visibility into Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine, the tools use the APIs those cloud service providers (CSPs) expose…
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How the Cloud Is Changing the IT Business Climate
Cloud innovation How the Cloud Is Changing the IT Business Climate The cloud is starting to dominate the IT landscape, and half the workload in the cloud represents use cases that were not available in the client/server era. The Size of the Greater Cloud IDC predicts that greater cloud spending will exceed $500 billion by…
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The Cloud’s Silver Linings and Challenges
Cloud challenges The Cloud’s Silver Linings and Challenges Cloud usage is pervasive. As the balance of cloud computing power shifts between vendors, we look at the opportunities and challenges ahead. Cloud Usage Is Pervasive Almost all organizations surveyed (93%) are using at least one cloud service. The top three most-used cloud services are Web hosting…
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Dimension Data Launches Cisco Spark Services
Dimension Data Launches Cisco Spark Services Dimension Data launched Cisco Spark and Spark Hybrid Services globally, leveraging its global footprint and managed and application development services to offer Spark and its hybrid services in 58 countries. Spark provides cloud-based business communications that enable customers to message, meet and call anyone on mobile devices, desktops or…
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Itopia Simplifies WaaS Adoption for the Channel
One of the biggest challenges facing solution providers in the age of the cloud is finding ways to add value around commodity services, such as Microsoft Office 365. Against that backdrop, Itopia has launched Cielo Suite, a set of tools that makes it simpler for managed service providers (MSPs) to deliver and monetize the company’s…
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Multiple Flavors of Cloud Computing Become IT Norm
Cloud computing choices Multiple Flavors of Cloud Computing Become IT Norm There’s lots of diversity in cloud models. A new study shows the use of multiple private and public clouds is becoming the new IT norm. Use of Cloud Computing 95% are using some form of the cloud; only 6% are using private cloud only…
