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ComputerLinks reveals reseller drive towards the cloud
Resellers are moving to the cloud and showing that the customer base is far wider than just the SME heartlands with public sector and finance verticals both proving to be good hunting grounds for dealers. The second annual survey of the channel and ... News
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HP looking for partners to get Agile in the cloud
Hewlett-Packard is expecting resellers will take advantage of its moves into the cloud by either signing up to deliver their own infrastructure services in conjunction with the vendor or by partnering with another dealer in the ecosystem. The vendor... News
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Research: Users set to expand virtualisation investments
Virtualisation has been a hot technology for the last few years and it continues to provide opportunities for resellers. Originally focusing on server virtualisation the growth in applications for the desktop has expanded the opportunity and it has ... News
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Cloud player Accellion sets sights on international expansion
Mobile file sharing specialist Accellion is looking to strengthen its expansion out of the US after securing a multi-million dollar investment. The vendor has listed its priorities as ploughing money into product development, pursuing strategic part... News
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The year distribution grapsed the cloud challenge
When the downturn first really kicked in back in September 2008 we all looked to the economists and analysts to tell us when it would get better. They sketched out the future with 2011 as a year of small growth before things started to kick back in f... News
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Column: Why do they call it cloud
OK, this week I'm not going to mess around. I'm going to come right out and ask the big question: Why on earth did they call it cloud computing? As far as I know, the only thing that comes from clouds is rain (sometimes snow or hail) so it seems a b... Opinion
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In-depth: Technology to pitch in 2012
by Billy MacInnes Last month, Gartner published its technology and trend predictions for the next few years and among the dominant trends were a greater move towards cloud computing and increasing consumerisation of IT. MicroScope asked a number of p... Feature
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In-depth: 2011, how was it for you?
As the curtainsare pulled on another year it provides the channel with a chance to look back and take stock. In many respects 2011 was like the year before with success having to be hard earnt and the economic problems continuing. But many in the cha... Feature
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Cloud, consumerisation and more flexibility predicted for 2012
The consumerisation of enterprise technology and the increasing adoption of bring your own device (BYOD) corporate policies are set to be two of thew main features of 2012. The predictions of what next year holds have started to be issued by vendors... News
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Appirio picks up Saaspoint to support European expansion
UK cloud services specialist Saaspoint has been snapped up by US firm Appirio as part of a move designed to extend the global reach of the American outfit. The deal, the fourth this year by Appirio, gives the US cloud specialist access to offices in... News