Fresh research shows the channel has its work cut out to settle the concerns of potential cloud adopters
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Computerlinks Adds To Mobile Line-up With Globo
The distributor will offer Globo's GO! Enterprise cloud platform for deploying business applications across multi-platform mobile devices
VMware Cloud Applications Marketplace Goes Live
VMware has launched an online marketplace offering the building blocks necessary for rolling out integrated cloud-based applications
Amazon tries to kill off the Old Guard of big data
Amazon is planning to wipe out the traditional suppliers of cloud services in the UK in a price war which will lower the cost of the cloud for many companies.
Cloud takes power away from IT crowd
Cloud strategies are making it less likely that resellers will be pitching products to the IT department and sales teams should be targetting business units instead.
Google promises cloud data will stay in the EU
After losing too many contracts, Google has decided it is safer to promise its partners and customers that their data will stay inside the EU.
Cisco pulls cloud and managed service providers together under one programme
introduces Cloud and Managed Service Programme as part of cloud push
Two thirds of European enterprises to continue investment in SaaS
Worldwide Gartner survey shows that SaaS spending unlikely to slow down
Qinetiq gets on G-Cloud again
Lots 3 and 4 for SaaS and cloud
Acronis shifts focus to enterprise, rallies channel
Resellers already transitioning to becoming services providers, says new EMEA VP
Private equity firms keen on UK cloud and managed services companies
Many investors looking to splash cash on tech firms in next two years
Cloud PaaS spending passes the billion dollar mark
Taking the PaaS
Dell buys enterprise software firm Gale Technolgies
Takes another step away from PC market
Avnet Electronics Marketing to support rapid Chinese cloud computing growth
Will set up server research labs for next gen data centres
Cisco splashes some of its cash on Cloupia
To enhance its cloud portfolio
DDN enhances ExaScaler and GridScaler product line up
Aimed at supporting big data number-crunching
Flexiant joins initiative to optimise cloud applications
Consortium aims to blow cloud technologies out of regional waters
Dataflame reboots Windows shared hosting
Dataflame Internet Services has rebooted its its Windows Shared hosting packages after leaving Microsoft several years ago.
British businesses fear virtualisation
Many companies are missing out because of a lack of technological understanding
Computerlinks grows revenue 26 percent as global reach expands
Distributor is "unaffected" by economic downturn
Complete IT builds on the back of virtualisation demand
Despite the recession, Bradford based reseller Complete IT is expanding thanks to virtualisation
Public cloud services cannibalising demand for external IT services
But also stimulating growth too
EMC tempts VARs with renewed cloud service provider programme
Velocity Service Provider partner programme to triple in size in 2013
“Fake” cloud services cause business concerns
Survey also finds companies intend to decrease the amount of money they spend with the channel on IT infrastructure
Cloud fogs business customers
Analyst company Ovum thinks that Cloud computing has blurred the idea of platform business process outsourcing (BPO) and business-process-as-a-service (BpaaS) for business customers
SAP, VMware grow revenues
SAP hits record third quarter
Cloud data centre traffic to increase sixfold by 2016
Will account for two thirds of all data centre traffic
Rosslyn Analytics signs up Cockpit Consulting as strategic partner
New partner will aid roll-out of business analytics app
Netplan comes up with solution for stormy cloud
Partner programme for cloud resellers can be just plain rubbish.
IDC: Removing cloud ‘barriers’ could give EU €940 billion GDP boost
Time for member states to sort out dodgy net connections
