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 6, 2012 2:29 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Cloud,
cloud computing services,
cloud infrastructure,
Dell PartnerDirect program,
Managed Service,
managed service providerAfter a four-month pilot test, Dell has decided to let its U.S. and Canadian channel partners offer Dell Cloud Services under the company's PartnerDirect program.
Partners can either become an agent for the services, which...
July 16, 2012 4:53 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Channel,
Cloud,
cloud computing services,
Gartner,
IT service,
IT spending,
IT spending forecastHow refreshing: Gartner is actually raising its projections for 2012 IT spending slightly to $3.6 trillion. That's up 3%, compared with the 2.5% increase that the
July 11, 2012 7:22 PM
Posted by: Leah Rosin
Channel partner programs,
Cloud,
Direct reseller channel conflict,
IT Channel,
Microsoft cloud,
Microsoft Office 365,
WPC 2012Microsoft has changed the Office 365 channel program to make the online productivity suite more of an opportunity -- and less of a competitor -- for partners.
Under
April 27, 2012 6:03 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Allscripts,
Cloud,
EHR,
electronic health records,
healthcare IT,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesOne of the darlings of the health care IT software sector, Allscripts, announced a tough first-quarter this week.
Bookings were off year-over-year -- slipping to $194.6 million for...
April 20, 2012 4:15 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Bizumer,
Cloud,
enterprise software,
IT channel products and services,
SaaS,
Software as a service (SaaS)The high-tech media, myself included, has been pontificating plenty about the affect of consumer technology on what people are willing to use -- or at least tolerate -- in a work environment.
There is the affect of social media, of course, although that is the subject for another rant.
To me,...
March 30, 2012 6:33 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Cloud,
Cloud Services,
Heather Clancy,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and services,
Microsoft,
Small and Midsize Business,
SMBThere's a new Microsoft survey out this week that suggests adoption of paid cloud services among businesses with two to 250 employees will double during the next five years.
Right now, approximately 30 percent of all SMBs use some sort of paid cloud service, according to the research.
That,...
