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IoT Provides Opportunities for Channel Partner Growth
Although the hype surrounding the Internet of things is most certainly off the charts—which may give some solution providers pause—a new ecosystem is emerging that offers a range of opportunities, and IoT partners are digging in. From simply connecting devices to the Internet of things environment to collecting, integrating, managing and analyzing all the data…
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Adtran Moves to Woo MSPs to Gain Market Share
The fundamental difference between resellers and managed service providers is the degree to which they ultimately need to focus on product quality. While resellers would always prefer to sell the highest quality product available in any given market segment, everything from the amount of margins they might make to the customer preference can influence that…
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The Future of Networking: 12 Important Facts
global bandwidth 12 Important Facts About the Future of Networking A new research report from Cisco sees the consumption of network bandwidth increasing by several orders of magnitude between now and 2020. The Growth of Mobile Computing The number of global mobile users will grow from 3 billion (40% of the 7.3 billion global population)…
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11 Things IoT Solution Providers Should Know
IoT executive 11 Things IoT Solution Providers Should Know An exclusive QuinStreet Enterprise survey of IT and business professionals finds that projects relating to the IoT are becoming a priority. Familiarity With IoT A full 75% of executives say they understand IoT concepts either “very well” or “pretty well.” That compares with 64% for IT…
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Channel’s IoT Opportunities Aren’t Hard to See
Everyone we ask about the channel opportunities coming from the Internet of things has a different answer. Some say they haven’t shown up yet. Others tell us definitively that it’s all in the data and the analytics. Still others feel it’s a big infrastructure play while some folks are focusing on carrier opportunities. Yes. They’re…
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SDN Solution Provider: A Role Apt to Evolve Over Time
Although interest in software-defined networking is on the rise inside and outside the enterprise, and SDN vendors are jockeying for position in this emerging market, the actual deployment of the technology in production environments is going to be a more evolutionary than revolutionary process. That doesn’t mean that solution providers should ignore SDNs. Rather, it…
