Gartner: Businesses That Look Ahead Will Stay Ahead

Submitted by Lindsey O'Donnell on May 19, 2015, 10:32 am EDT

Long-term Strategies Lead To Success

In its recent 2015 survey of CEOs and senior business executives, research firm Gartner found organizations that plan long-term strategies, as opposed to those who plan for the short term, are more likely to gain a competitive advantage.

Salaries For Business Intelligence Professionals Continue To Rise

Submitted by Rick Whiting on May 18, 2015, 3:34 pm EDT

Is your solution provider company looking to hire professionals with business intelligence expertise to expand its business analytics services? Be warned, it won't come cheap with average salaries for such professionals hitting six figures, according to a new survey.

Full-time business intelligence employees earned, on average, $109,933 in annual salary in 2014, according to The Data Warehouse Institute's annual survey of data warehousing and business intelligence professionals. That's up 3.5 percent from $106,216 in 2013.

Gigamon CEO Talks Sales Success, Competition

Submitted by Mark Haranas on May 15, 2015, 3:21 pm EDT

Gigamon CEO Paul Hooper says his "far more intelligent" solutions are beating competitors in the visibility market and attracting security companies by delivering purpose-built security solutions.

The network visibility specialist posted a record breaking $51.3 million in revenue for the fourth quarter of its 2014 fiscal year, and racked up another $32.2 million in product sales for the first quarter this year. That's a 60 percent year-over-year product growth.

Consider these 4 things before allowing Macs in your business

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on May 13, 2015, 1:51 pm EDT

It’s no longer a Windows world, and Macs are making major headway into all kinds of organizations. If you’re a business that uses Macs, or if you’re thinking about getting some, you have to think about security for Macs, too.

Managing Endpoint Device Adoption

Submitted by Zaid Rasid on May 13, 2015, 1:48 pm EDT

In 2014, according to IDC reports, nearly 1.3 Billion smartphones were shipped. Not to mention the influx of endpoints devices that are encroaching office environments; in 2013, it was estimated that six out of ten executives were using tablets. With that said, what happens if these devices are either stolen or go missing?

Three Tips for Healthier Vendor-System Integrator Relationships

Submitted by Robert Bredlau on May 6, 2015, 4:00 pm EDT

In today's business world, it's rare to find a vendor who doesn't have relationships with multiple technology and implementation partners. Why? Because much of the technology that is used in the enterprise requires experts who can integrate complicated technology products with other vendors' technology. As such, it's important for system integrators (SIs) to understand what vendors are looking for in their partners as well as what customers are looking for from their technology vendors and system integrators.

Four reasons why you should sell IBM SoftLayer cloud

Submitted by Denyse Cromwell-Mackey on April 30, 2015, 12:23 pm EDT

Public cloud spending is expected to grow to USD127.5 billion 2018 from USD56.6 billion in 2014, according to the latest IDC figures. Will you be able to capture a share of that spend with your current cloud offerings?

Mobile Malvertising on the Rise

Submitted by Craig Campbell on April 30, 2015, 12:18 pm EDT

As the tech market trends show, the use of mobile devices continues to grow, and so do the mobile security threats. And since mobile devices are always on and carried from home, to work, on the weekend outing, to the annual or monthly shopping spree and everywhere else, they’ve become a prime target for ‘malvertising’.

The Agony Of Accelerating A Cloud Practice

Submitted by Joseph Tsidulko on April 30, 2015, 11:47 am EDT

Building A Successful Cloud Practice

Keith Lubner, founder of C3, and Ken Thoreson, founder of Acumen Management, are IT channel pros, each with decades of experiencing advising channel-focused businesses.

Guidelines For Simple Network Management Protocol

Submitted by Steve Francis on April 30, 2015, 11:42 am EDT

If you’re reading this, you are probably responsible for the performance, availability and capacity of some IT infrastructure.

As you know, IT infrastructure availability matters. Why? It generates revenue and enables others to do their jobs. Your primary daily objective requires ensuring that infrastructure works, and works well.

If you want sleep, you need an alternative to staying up all night awaiting potential issues, especially if you have 1,000 servers and 100 routers to manage.

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