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IoT Brings Channel New World of Opportunity, Challenges
PHOENIX—It was gratifying that there weren’t many buzzwords being bandied about at ChannelCon 2014, CompTIA’s gathering here this week of channel professionals. I only heard “paradigm shift” once, and it was during an Aug. 6 panel discussion on the Internet of things, or IoT. Almost apologizing for using what’s sometimes considered a catchphrase, panelist Dave…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Aug. 3
Tech Data Mobile Solutions Enhances Cloud-Based Partner Portal Tech Data Mobile Solutions has improved CellManage, its cloud-based portal that centralizes the management of mobile devices through integration with wireless carriers, enterprise mobility management (EMM) and corporate IT systems. The enhancements provide resellers with a platform to manage asset tracking, billing, deployment and procurement of mobile…
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Cisco Overhauls Its Certification, Training Programs
Driven by accelerating technology transitions and evolving job roles, Cisco has revised its Certified Network Professional (CCNP) Routing and Switching certification. The IT giant also updated courses for the Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise (UCCE) Training, and added several network programmability specialist certifications. The new or enhanced courses are designed to help IT professionals at…
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New Mobile App Development Opportunities Emerge for Channel
While mobile computing has been on the rise for several years now, it’s only recently that solution providers in the channel have seen the emergence of mobile application development platforms (MADPs) that they could actually build a practice around. On one hand, traditional enterprise IT stalwarts such as Oracle, IBM and SAP have been working…
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14 Quick Facts on BYOD and Mobile Security
14 Quick Facts on BYOD and Mobile Security BYOD Gains Momentum BYOD may soon achieve critical mass; 26% of respondents already see limited use of privately owned devices, but 31 percent reported they are actively evaluating BYOD. BYOD Readiness The move to official support for BYOD is more of a process than an event. A…
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IBM-Apple Alliance Provides Big Mobile Boost to Channel
From a channel perspective, mobile computing has always been a challenge because the acquiring of the devices and services is most often direct. But in the wake of the far-reaching mobile alliance this week between IBM and Apple, the mobile playing field for the channel just became a little more level. Under the terms of…
