Data Protection: Keep It Simple

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 12, 2015, 9:37 am EDT

EMC’s acquisitions have resulted in a portfolio of industry leading data protection software, including Avamar and NetWorker. Yet, over time as we developed the capabilities of both Avamar and NetWorker, the distinctions between the two have blurred. This made it harder for our partners to determine what product fits what use case.

Five Employer Takeaways From The Hillary Clinton Email Scandal

Submitted by Tom Spring on March 11, 2015, 2:20 pm EDT

Thank Hillary Clinton for putting best email practices in the spotlight - or should we say her worst practices. The former secretary of state said she used one email address for convenience during her tenure from 2009 to 2013 as United States Secretary of State. Unfortunately, the email account was tied to an unsecured email server registered to her home instead of a Department of State email account. The rest is history.

Seven Habits Of Highly Effective IT Departments

Submitted by Matt Brown on March 11, 2015, 2:08 pm EDT

If you've been in the business world for any amount of time, you know it is brimming with books with cute titles and big promises about making yourself, your team or your company a powerhouse in its industry.

NPD: U.S. B2B Channel Volumes Rise to More Than $62 Billion, Indicate Steady and Consistent Growth for Market

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on March 11, 2015, 12:06 pm EDT

For the third consecutive year, U.S. business-to-business (B2B) channel revenue increased, growing almost 5 percent in 2014 at more than $62 billion, according to The NPD Group’s Distributor and Reseller Tracking Services. Over the last four years, B2B channel revenue has added $6.5 billion in sales. PCs, the highest revenue growth category, brought in nearly $11 billion to the B2B market fueled by strong sales of Chromebooks and build-to-order (BTO) PCs.

Freelance Workers: The 'Next Generation' VAR Workforce?

Submitted by Sarah Kuranda on March 11, 2015, 11:55 am EDT

The channel is facing a growing challenge, juggling more services and a growing portfolio of traditional and emerging vendors. In order to manage that challenge, Stephen DeWitt, former senior HP channel executive and new CEO of Work Market, predicts the channel will welcome a "next generation" of freelance workers. DeWitt predicted that in the next four to six years the trend will ramp up from only a few VARs today, to a time in the near future when some VARs' workforces are made up entirely of freelancers.

New TNS Exec Talks Telecom Trends, Channel Opportunities

Submitted by Mark Haranas on March 10, 2015, 1:32 pm EDT

Industry veteran Joe Lueckenhoff, previously senior vice president of business product management at AT&T, was appointed executive vice president and general manager of Transaction Network Services (TNS) earlier this month, and is tasked with leading the data communications and interoperability solutions company's telecommunications services division.

Here's How Smart CEOs Use Social Media

Submitted by Matt Brown on March 10, 2015, 10:51 am EDT

Employees at all levels have been empowered by advances in technology, and social media in particular has done a lot to help.

Used intelligently, social media can help organizations collaborate, communicate, make decisions faster, identify and take advantage of business opportunities.

Why systems integrity is the key to becoming a trusted adviser

Submitted by Renita Grewal on March 9, 2015, 4:43 pm EDT

The ultimate goal for any service provider is to become a trusted adviser to their customer. Managed services is no different. But how do you become one?

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Reveals His No. 1 Rule For Hiring

Submitted by Ramin Edmond on March 9, 2015, 1:29 pm EDT

Want to nail a job interview? Need advice on hiring the right employee? Well, Mark Zuckerberg just shared some pretty simple advice.

Speaking to an audience recently at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Facebook co-founder and CEO revealed the one question he looks to answer when considering a job applicant to work directly under him.

Would I like working for this person?

The Enterprise Cloud Debate: Public, Private Or Hybrid?

Submitted by Sam Morris on March 9, 2015, 1:27 pm EDT

For the past decade or so those in enterprise IT have wrestled with whether they should move certain business functions and data to the cloud or keep those functions on-premise.

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