Articles By Trisha Leon
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Report Predicts Rapid Growth In U.S. Healthcare IT Market
6/19/2014
In a recent report, US Healthcare IT Market Outlook 2018, RNCOS business consultancy services’ analysts reveal that the U.S. healthcare IT market is slated to grow at a CAGR of nearly 20 percent from 2014 to 2018. The remarkable growth of this market will likely be driven by rapid introduction of new products, growing government support, and declining implementation cost of healthcare IT. Cloud computing will also boost growth.
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Hospitality Transitions To The 3rd Platform
6/19/2014
The International Data Corporation (IDC)’s predictions for 2014 were heavily influenced by the 3rd Platform, the industry's emerging platform for growth and innovation built on the technology pillars of mobile computing, cloud services, Big Data and analytics, and social networking.
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Are You Ready For Software-Defined Data Centers?
6/18/2014
With server virtualization appearing to reach a plateau, virtualization software companies are now looking at virtualizing the entire data center. These “software-defined data centers (SDDCs)” enable all aspects of data center infrastructure to be controlled using a single virtualization layer.
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Channel Leaders List The Top Hospitality Trends
6/17/2014
The hospitality industry is experiencing growth as the nation shows signs of economic recovery. Movement into the “third platform” with technology adoption including mobile, cloud computing, and Big Data, is part of this growth, and as a result there are increasing opportunities in the hospitality market for VARs and MSPs. In addition to their responses for our Business Solutions Partner Program Insider 2014, industry leaders had this to say when asked which are the most significant opportunities and trends in hospitality:
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Manufacturing And Warehousing IT News — June 16, 2014
6/16/2014
In the news, U.S. factories are running at 77 percent capacity, the most in six years. Also, an article points out small and medium-sized enterprises aren’t fully leveraging mobile, social, data analytics, and cloud opportunities. And hybrid manufacturing demos at the RAPID conference drew a crowd — the method combines 3D printing with high speed milling in the same chamber.
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Biggest VAR Mistake In The Hospitality Vertical: Ignoring The “Human Touch”
6/13/2014
IT has made deeper in-roads into the hospitality industry; however, solutions providers have made some miss-steps along the way.
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HTG Peer Groups: Opportunities For Growth Through Team, Leadership Development
6/12/2014
HTG Peer Groups knows the value of peer-to-peer interaction. “Peers groups are the foundation of HTG and have proven to be effective in providing a place where business leaders can come and learn from other leaders,” said HTG Peer Groups COO Brad Schow.
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IT Channel Members List Pitfalls To Avoid In The Healthcare Market
6/12/2014
One of the biggest mistakes VARs make is not fully understanding the needs of healthcare industry, especially regarding compliance issues.
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Telecom And IT Convergence Creating Opportunities For VARs
6/11/2014
IT channel companies are increasing their involvement in telecom by offering customers new services and expanding their engagement with partners. This is according to a study by CompTIA, the ICT Industry Trade Association, and Channel Partners.
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What The DATA Act Means For VARs
6/10/2014
The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) was signed into law by President Obama on May 9, 2014, after unanimously passing both The House of Representatives and The Senate. Since its founding in February 2012, the Data Transparency Coalition has made the creation and successful implementation of the DATA Act its top priority.