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Flash Memory Has Come a Long Way, Baby

Life moves pretty fast when Moore’s Law is driving things. Computing power has increased exponentially over the past several decades, helping to deliver increased productivity and efficiencies in the workplace. Alongside the regular boosts in processing power we’ve witnessed, advances in memory and storage technologies have made it possible to harness that horsepower to create slim, light, blazing-fast mobile devices, PCs, and servers.

IBM Partners Could See Variety Of IoT Opportunities

(Note: This story was originally posted to CRN.com Sept. 6.)

If you're an IBM channel partner with customers in such vertical industries as manufacturing and retail, you may want to pay attention to what Big Blue is doing with the Internet of Things.

IBM has brought IoT to the mainstream through implementation in a variety of verticals, from manufacturing to retail. Pete Karns, a vice president for the vendor, says that while IoT as technology can be complex, IBM keeps the value proposition simple.

Who Will Lead The Way To Digital Transformation?

Success in the digital economy may start at the top, but not many executives are leading the charge toward digital transformations, according to the results of a study released this week.

The study, from business analysis firm Oxford Economics, found that only one in five business executives is a "digital leader," what Oxford calls a new class of leadership that embraces a digital mindset and yields stronger business outcomes.

ICYMI: 10 News Items From Vendors, Partners At XChange 2016

There was plenty of news of interest to solution providers at this week's XChange 2016 conference in San Antonio. The conference, hosted by IT Best Of Breed's parent, The Channel Company, offered many insights for the channel from vendors, as well as other solution providers.

Here are links to 10 stories of interest to solution providers, from CRN.com:

NEWS FROM VENDORS

Strand Diagnostics simplifies data backup and DR using one comprehensive platform

Strand Diagnostics, a provider of identity confirmation testing services, was dealing with different backup solutions from different third-party providers to address a variety of data protection requirements. This approach was time consuming from a management perspective

Cloud Partners Seen Gaining Recurring Revenue In New SAP Program

(Note: This article was posted to CRN.com Aug. 22.)

SAP partners that work with the vendor's cloud software products now have access to the first phase of a partner program that a company official says will provide them with recurring revenue without the hassle or risk with the contracting and billing processes.

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