Data from Spiceworks suggest that SMBs have been driving aggressively the migration to Microsoft’s Windows 7. Among the benefits of the upgrade are: better performance and better security. For SMBs, the primary reason is the need for speed (62%). Well, we don’t have to stop there… A recent article from CRN introduced 10 ways to [...]
What will the SMBs focus on in 2011? The SMB Group shared their Top 10 predictions and no big surprises: mobility, cloud computing, unified communication and social media were all on the list. The surprise for me was their predictions around content. As the latest Digital Universe study from IDC pointed out: 1.2 zettabytes of [...]
It’s a new year and future predictions are everywhere. As businesses start to invest in technology again, looking at what will drive innovation and investment becomes very important. Gartner predicts four major trends in IT for 2011: 1. How people share and collaborate or “The information-centric organization” 2. How information is organized and protected or [...]
2010 was a better year for SMB IT spending. IDC predicted that SMBs would spend more than $500B in IT Worldwide, and Spiceworks showed in April that US SMB spending was bouncing back, particularly in hardware sales (due in part to a much needed refresh cycle). So, have we (IT vendors) cracked the code on [...]
Given the recent consolidation in the storage industry, it was not a surprise to hear that Dell would acquire Compellent Technologies for $960M. On one hand, this acquisition fits pretty well within Dell’s strategy of expanding its enterprise-class storage products. Compellent offers highly virtualized storage solutions and data management features like tiering and thin provisioning, [...]
Clearly SMBs today have other priorities than keep up with the latest technology… Particularly when there are new technologies announced every day, and they are all presented in a hyped, confusing, geek-speak, jargon. How about talking about the three things that will help SMBs expand their business? Harris Interactive put out a new study (sponsored by [...]
While Seagate is looking for “Your Story”, CRN posted their 2010 storage stories. And, the year was full of contradictions. The industry revenue numbers grew in 2010 but the number of players shrunk. Storage vendors’ revenue improved as the demand for data continues to grow at an amazing pace – IDC published a 55% annual [...]
Attention all system integrators, resellers and channel partners… Seagate wants to hear from you! Do you have a great experience integrating our drives into your solutions? Are you consistently satisfied with Seagate’s products and technology? Or do you simply like to partner with us? Whatever it is… we want to hear about it. Right in [...]
Time Machine® Support The BlackArmor® NAS product line is now compatible with Time Machine® backup software for Mac® computers. Small businesses are increasingly becoming mixed environments, where both Windows® and Mac® based computer systems work side by side. The BlackArmor® NAS products already include business-grade BlackArmor® backup software (powered by Acronis®) that performs robust full system [...]
And on to day 2… If “IT does not matter”, Carr declared that cloud computing does. Why? Simply because, there is demand. End users will demand more and more cloud services and ignoring this trend would mean passing on a great opportunity. As the Cloud takes off, pressure is mounting on the security and networking [...]
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