Recent Articles
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Tamr Taps Channel to Market Its Data Access Platform
The biggest limiting factor to big data is finding a way to make all that information accessible to the people who can make the most use of it. To help address that challenge, Tamr developed a platform that uses machine learning algorithms to identify relationships between different types of data sets. Tamr, a startup company…
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M&As Pick Up Steam in Cloud, Mobile, Analytics Spaces
Mergers and acquisitions Valuation of Tech M&As Rises At $52.4 billion for the second quarter, the aggregate value of all disclosed-value tech deals soared 57% year-over-year, despite falling 21% from a record-setting first quarter. Lots of Activity Across the IT Sector The volume of deals set a second consecutive record for any quarter in the…
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Intermedia Extends Cloud’s Appeal to the Channel
More often than not, smaller is better than bigger in the channel. Intermedia, which has 5,000 active partners, has created a niche for itself by providing, among other things, Microsoft Exchange and Office 365 services to the channel, in direct competition with cloud services from Microsoft. Now, Intermedia is trying to extend its appeal in…
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Shadow IT ‘Menace’ Creates Channel Opportunities
Shadow IT and file sharing Password Management: A Major Compliance Headache In the age of shadow IT, no one is in charge of passwords: 89% of former employees retained access to passwords. File-Sharing Services Are the Worst Compliance Issue People think of these services as their own personal cloud; 88% retained access to file-sharing services…
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IAM in the Cloud Drives Channel Opportunities, Challenges
The identity access management (IAM) market pretty much languished on-premise. Most IT organizations were fairly content to manage passwords via Microsoft Active Directory. However, with the rise of mobile computing and shadow IT services, all that has fundamentally changed. Now many IT organizations are desperate to leverage IAM services in the cloud to help regain…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Aug. 24
Ingram Micro Expands Services to Government Channel Partners Ingram Micro has increased its dedicated resources, support services and enablement tools to help its U.S. channel partners address the IT needs of the federal government during the fiscal year-end buying season. To help create bigger opportunities for qualified U.S. channel partners focused on federal government sales,…
