February, 2011
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Study Suggests Cost Savings Trump Productivity Improvements In Cloud Computing
As more and more use cases and research studies are conducted around business applications of cloud computing technology, we are refining our understanding of how and under what circumstances cloud computing is really helping businesses. Gary Kim of infoTECH reports today on UK Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills research that shows that cloud computing [...]
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Apple Takes On Support For Small Business: What is JointVenture?
As reported today on www.9to5mac.com, Apple has been prepping store employees for a new service program aimed at small/micro business organizations, set to be officially launched tomorrow or Wednesday. Called JointVenture, the program will replace and expand upon the existing ProCare plan, and offers: Prioritized Genius Bar support (skip to the front of the line) [...]
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Strategy Is Not a Four Letter Word
As I observe the VAR/Solution Provider community, I see something happening that is causing me to step back and wonder. I notice that an awful lot of Entrepreneurs running VAR/Solution Provider businesses don’t act like the Entrepreneurs in some other industries. As you probably know, Entrepreneurs tend to have some pretty distinctive business management behaviors [...]
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Kryptonite For Competitors: Client Loyalty
Client loyalty is a tough thing to quantify, but it’s very important: it’s critical to long term success as a solution provider. Think about it, with a Managed Services Agreement you’re asking for a long term contractual commitment from your clients, which requires real loyalty over time. Even after you convince them to sign up [...]
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Cisco Gives Up On Hosted Email Market
As reported this morning on Channelnomics, Cisco has scrapped its hosted email offering, ceding the market to larger providers. According to Larry Walsh, “That’s a nice way of saying that Cisco couldn’t dislodge customers from the services they already enjoyed from market leaders Microsoft, Google and Zoho.” So the name of this game is “give [...]
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iPad 2 Unveiling March 2: All Things Digital
iPad 2 Unveiling March 2: All Things Digital
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Cloud computing: Security staff lack right skills
Cloud computing: Security staff lack right skills
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The CyberWar You Really SHOULD Care About
Last week while he was attending the RSA security conference, Larry Walsh published an interesting piece on his website www.channelnomics.com called Cyberwar: Why It Doesn’t Matter. In essence, the point Walsh makes is that we are far better served by focusing our security efforts on more probable day-to-day security threats and issues (like regular old [...]
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Channelnomics: Why CyberWar Doesn’t Matter
Cyberwar: Why it doesn’t matter
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SearchEngineLand: Obama’s Silicon Valley “Tech Supper” – Who Sat Where? Why Was He There?
Obama’s Silicon Valley “Tech Supper” – Who Sat Where? Why Was He There?
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Addicted to Inertia: Vogons and The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy
Inertia: the property of matter by which it retains its state of rest or its velocity along a straight line so long as it is not acted upon by an external force. An object in motion will stay in motion. An object at rest will stay at rest. One of the better examples of this [...]
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CRN reports Steve Jobs may have just weeks to live
CRN reports Steve Jobs may have just weeks to live…
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Computerworld: Obama banks on cloud, consolidation to hold down IT costs
Obama banks on cloud, consolidation to hold down IT costs
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An Update to Google Social Search
An Update to Google Social Search
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CrunchGear: Why Can’t Tablet Makers Just Freaking Ship?
Why Can’t Tablet Makers Just Freaking Ship?
