January 11, 2013 2:47 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
channel program,
cloud computing services,
cloud infrastructure,
Heather ClancyIf you haven't started offering cloud solutions to your small-business customers yet, a new startup is vying for your attention.
Cloud Nation is the latest venture from Harry Brelsford, the founder of the SMB...
September 7, 2012 9:02 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Channel,
Cloud,
Cloud Backup,
Data storage management,
Heather ClancyI don't want this blog to be all cloud, all the time, but some additional data about cloud storage subscriptions was released this week that deserves technology solution providers' attention.
August 24, 2012 8:13 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
cloud computing services,
cloud infrastructure,
Gartner,
Heather ClancyThis isn't likely to surprise anyone reading this blog post, but Gartner's latest report on worldwide IT outsourcing pegs "cloud compute" services as the fastest-growing opportunity -- on a pace to increase by nearly 50 percent this year...
July 27, 2012 1:24 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Apple,
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
smartphoneSmartphone sales in the second quarter grew at the slowest pace in almost three years, and while Apple still posted health increases it was another vendor, Samsung, that managed to break a new record during the three-month period.
Market research firm Strategy Analytics estimates that worldwide...
June 22, 2012 3:16 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
enterprise social software,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
social CRM,
social softwareSocial media. Social CRM. Social business software. Whew, seems like every software category is adding the social adjective in an effort to inspire new revenue or new interest. Rumors that Microsoft is...
June 8, 2012 4:55 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
Windows 7,
Windows 8Holy smokes! Just when you thought you MIGHT be able to convince some of your customers to migrate their operating system over to Windows 7, there's a new survey out that suggests small-business owners are eager for the still-to-be-release Windows 8.
The reason? Windows 8 ability to help workers...
June 1, 2012 4:08 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Asigra,
Backup,
Cloud Backup,
Cloud Services,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesMore enterprises are willing to consider cloud backup services as an option for the backup portion of their overall disaster recovery needs, according to independent research conducted on behalf of cloud backup recovery software vendors, Asigra.
Specifically, the
May 18, 2012 3:16 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Android,
Apple,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesUnit shipments of tablet computers should reach almost 425 million by 2017, driven by a diversifying range of product choices, according to a market...
May 11, 2012 3:41 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy,
IT spending,
SMB IT spendingAnnual IT spending by small and midsize businesses now averages $152,000 per year, according to a bi-annual survey by Spiceworks. That's up 6 percent from the second half of 2011, and 15 percent from early 2011, the data show.
The IT professional social network's
