October 6, 2011 2:08 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
BlackBerry,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
RIM,
Tech DataThe BlackBerry mobile device may have gotten its start in the enterprise world, but Research in Motion is determined to help small and midsize businesses perceive its technology as indispensable.
The Canadian company signed a deal this week with distributor Tech Data to better support IT...
September 16, 2011 3:49 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
desktop,
forecast,
Heather Clancy,
IDC,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and services,
media tablet,
notebook,
PC,
shipment,
smartphone,
tabletPC shipments in the second quarter of 2011 trailed expectations, which has prompted market research firm International Data Corp. to revise its full-year forecast downward slightly to 4.2 percent.
The update to its Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker reports that shipments grew by 2.7 percent in the...
August 25, 2011 8:48 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
cloud computing,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
logical isWhat self-respecting IT services provider ISN'T trying to position itself as an expert in cloud computing? After all, pretty much everyone has their own definition of what it means. What's that old saying? There is margin in mystery?
August 19, 2011 5:29 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
chiller,
data center,
Dell,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
IT infrastructure,
serverDell is encouraging solutions that represent its server technologies to pick up the rallying cry for its new "chiller-less" data center design philosophy.
August 8, 2011 5:32 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
market research,
security softwareAnyone who reads my posts here with any kind of regularity knows that I am kind of a numbers geek, which is to say that I love the nuances of all the statistics that are published by the usual suspects on the market research side of life. It doesn't mean I believe all of them, but I feel most of...
July 22, 2011 7:29 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
1E,
Avocent,
Channel,
data center,
data center infrastructure management,
DCIM,
Emerson Network Power,
Heather Clancy,
VAR,
Viridity SoftwareEarlier this month, I wrote about the dynamic data center infrastructure management (DCIM) space, and opportunities for IT solution providers related to this space.
July 21, 2011 6:51 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Akamai Technologies,
cloud computing,
Cloud Services,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and servicesBuilding on growing interest in cloud services, Web content optimization and acceleration company Akamai Technologies is on the prowl for locally focused IT solution partners that can help build its business in specific regions.
July 11, 2011 10:19 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
APC,
building networks,
Cisco,
Cisco Live,
Convergence,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and services,
network integrators,
networks,
Schneider ElectricI'm in the process of wrapping up a story for SearchITChannel.com about the burgeoning market for solutions and services in data center infrastructure management, or as some are starting to call it, DCIM. (Yay, another acronym!) Look for that piece to publish about...
July 6, 2011 4:55 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Gartner,
Heather Clancy,
IT buyer market research,
IT channel products and services,
IT spending,
IT spending forecastAs promised, a bit of an update about anticipated IT spending trends through the rest of this year. Market researcher Gartner said late last week that it is predicting growth of 7.1 percent worldwide for IT spending in 2011, which is a faster pace than the
