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Channel News Briefs: Week of June 8
Core Security Inks Partner Deal With Axxum Core Security, a provider of attack intelligence solutions, has added Axxum Technologies to its Core Secured Partner Program. Axxum is a provider of cyber-security services for the federal government, specializing in risk management, information assurance, security operations and penetration testing & vulnerability assessments. The partnership enables Axxum to add the Core…
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Special Skills Needed to Help Firms Tackle Mobile Challenges
BYOD policy Mobility Driver The top reason to adopt a mobile strategy is to allow employee flexibility (51%), followed by productivity gains (47%), support telecommuting/remote work (41%), and a higher need for employee availability (37%). Reality Check Regardless of company size, all survey respondents estimate 74% to 81% of their employees work full-time in an…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of June 1, 2014
Tech Data Delivers Integrated Data Protection for SMBs The newly launched Tech Data Integrated Data Protection Solution targets small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The integrated product offering includes IBM’s PowerLinux, IBM’s V3700 Storwize products and the new IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Software Entry for midsize organizations. Offered on a single stock-keeping unit (SKU), the data…
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New Class of Channel Players Emerges in Cloud Age
Now that there are solution providers that are completely born of the cloud in that most of the IT services they provide are dependent on multiple cloud services, it makes sense that we would start to see distributors born of the cloud, as well. SaaSMax aims to cater to the needs of a new class…
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Mobile Tech Saves Small Businesses a Bundle
Mobile business Smart Move Smartphones save small-business owners 1.24 billion hours and $32.3 billion a year. Tabulate That Tablets are saving these owners 754.2 million hours and $19.6 billion a year. Awesome Apps Mobile apps are saving 599.5 million hours and $15.6 billion a year. Complete Connectivity 94% of small businesses use smartphones to conduct…
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Channel Plays Big Part in Lenovo Success Story
When you look at Lenovo, it’s hard to point to one single thing that is driving its recent string of successes, except for that fact that its channel partners are playing a major role in making it happen. In a PC market that is supposedly declining, Lenovo continues to gain share both in North America…
