General Computing Executive Commentary
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How The Cloud Killed The IT Guy
12/15/2016
The demise of the IT guy has been predicted for at least 10 years. The thought was as everything started moving to the cloud, there wasn’t going to be much left to do for the IT guy. After all, if all an IT guy did was babysit and maintain physical servers, and if those servers were migrated to the cloud; then why do you still need an IT guy?
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New Survey Shows Confusion And Urgency About Hybrid Cloud Storage, Opening Door To MSPs
12/15/2016
The IT landscape today is undergoing a rapid transformation, moving from a computer and automation-based economy, where success for organizations was often measured by the power of machines in a traditional data center, to an economy based on data processed and stored in the cloud.
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Cybersecurity Trends For 2017: Greater Threats, Greater Defense Tactics
12/15/2016
Things got serious for IT security in 2016. Sure, there were the usual attacks we’ve gotten used to seeing in the news, like distributed denial of service (DDoS) outages. By Fadi Albatal, senior vice president of marketing, Above Security
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Reinventing The Channel: 5 Top Emerging Trends
12/13/2016
While it has always been incumbent upon a manufacturer to keep pace with changes in technology to ensure success of its channel partners, the challenge to do so has never been greater. By Stephanie Dismore, Vice President & General Manager, U.S. Channels at HP Inc.
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If Orange Is The New Black, Then Detection Is The New Prevention
12/12/2016
Today, it’s fashionable to be called detection and leave behind the vestiges of a security model built entirely around prevention. By Jason Matlof, Executive Vice President, LightCyber
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Data Backup & Recovery: How Big Data Has Changed Things & What Decision-Makers Need To Do About It
12/9/2016
Today, companies in all sectors have a massive demand for data. To succeed, they must be able to take in a large amount of data and process it in real-time with no room for delays, lags, or hiccups. As the demand for efficiency and fast processing times has risen, companies around the world have been forced to move beyond the relational databases of yesteryear and into new, more capable data processing methods.
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Protect Your Clients From Holiday Hacking
12/8/2016
Now that the holiday season has arrived, the shopping frenzy has begun with retailers offering not-to-be-missed deals shoppers searching online — both at home and on their work devices — for the best deals. But it’s not only consumers gearing up for the buying season. Cybercriminals are entering their busiest time of year, preying on people’s rush to snap up holiday savings anywhere they can.
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Women In The Channel: Can Women Make It To The Top?
12/8/2016
Like most women who have been in the channel for many years, Theresa Caragol, Principal at TCC Consulting & AchieveUnite, began her career at the first link of the channel food chain and worked her way up. Her story is a familiar one for numerous women in the channel. This is the second of a four-part series; click here for part one.
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SIP Trunking Goes Mainstream
12/6/2016
Recently, I read an article on Forbes, Adapt or Die: The Dangers of Hanging Onto Legacy Technologies. By Darren DeMartino, co-founder and managing partner, Advanced Technology Consulting
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4 Cloud-Based Services Every MSP Should Offer
12/5/2016
It's no secret cloud-based services are in abundance right now. As an MSP, there are certain services that you must have in your arsenal to offer to your clients. By Stanley Louissaint, president, Fluid Designs Inc. and ASCII Group member since 2014