The latest thing from Amazon – a revamped bricks-and-mortar user experience – demonstrates the shift from what technology is to what technology can do to make our lives richer....
The IT market may not be thriving currently when it comes to growth, but technology trends such as cloud and mobile computing, Big Data, and IoT are giving rise to a specialized channel and emerging revenue opportunities....
The PC is alive and well, and Microsoft’s latest offering might just make these ‘lowly’ devices profitable once again....
The hacker group Anonymous enlisted millions of insecure IoT devices to launch a massive DDoS attack against the United States. It marked the beginning of a new era of security threats and opportunities. ...
Just months after divesting of storage management software specialist Veritas, Symantec is doubling down on its security business by buying Blue Coat, which brings revenue, customers, and hardware....
At times like these, vendors should invest more – not less – in building their channel resources....
Amazon CTO Werner Vogels admits the cloud provider builds its own servers and reveals how open architectures are more advantageous than buying hardware from traditional vendors. This trend will force hardware vendors and their partners to make choices about their future. ...
A new study by Kaseya finds low pricing is hurting managed service providers’ growth....
Most would agree that this was a transition year. By 2112’s estimation, however, the transformation is still to come. ...
Managed services are driving channel revenue and profitability. They’re just not sending money back to vendors and not producing the full value to customers....
2112 research reveals that security resellers look beyond product quality when assessing vendor merit....
According to our new "2015 Midyear Channel Performance Report," solution providers are expanding at substantial rates even as sales in the rest of the IT market are slowing....