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Service Providers Must Prep for Next Digital Revolution
Service providers need to prepare for changes in their industry as enterprises start to deal with new digital business technologies—including cloud computing, mobility, analytics and the Internet of things (IoT). Gartner Research says there is a digital business revolution under way and service providers need to make some dramatic changes to turn the changing landscape…
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SMBs’ Need for Tablet Apps, Security Creates Channel Role
Tablets Percentage of Employees Using Tablets Despite the hype surrounding mobile devices, a lot of employees don’t have a tablet yet. 25% say none have them, 52% say less than 25% have them, 14% say 25% to 50% have them, 10% say more than 50% have them. Does Mobile Computing Make Employees More Effective SMB…
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10 Things the Channel Should Know About Microsoft
10 Things the Channel Should Know About Microsoft Nadella Is No Ballmer Don’t expect Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to stay the course his predecessor put Microsoft on. He’s already said in emails to his employees that Microsoft needs to change in drastic ways. Gates Is Back Bill Gates has decided to come back to Microsoft…
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Mobile App Development: 10 Key Facts on This Hot Market
Mobile applications HTML5 Migration Is Well Under Way More than 60% of developers are relying on HTML5 and hybrid development platforms. HTML5 Use Is Way Up More than 70% of HTML5 and hybrid developers say they are doing more this year with HTML5 than last year, and 75% plan to do more with HTML5 next…
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Avnet’s Partner Strategy Continues to Evolve
Driving increased sales through its partner channel has been the primary strategy at Avnet Technology Solutions over the past several years. One way the global IT distributor is meeting this goal is by helping its partner channel build out their practices with new services and capabilities, particularly for the cloud, big data, social networking and…
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Mobile Transition: Managing Obstacles, Tapping Opportunities
From a channel perspective, mobile computing can be nothing short of maddening. Although there are millions of mobile computing devices out there, most were purchased directly by individuals or the companies for which they work. What’s more, from an application perspective, most run nothing more sophisticated than email and a few consumer apps. However, as…
