A new report from CompTIA, a suburban Chicago-based IT trade association details reveals contradictory viewpoints on the current state and future goals for workplace diversity. Nearly eight in ten high-tech industry workers surveyed by the organization say they are satisfied with their organization's diversity efforts; and 87 percent say they've [...]
IDC: Smart Cities Initiatives Forecast to Reach $80 Billion This Year Worldwide spending on the technologies that enable Smart Cities initiatives is forecast to reach $80 billion in 2018, according to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC). "Smart Cities have recently evolved from a collection of discrete flagship projects [...]
AT&T has formed an alliance with Ericsson to build out new professional services capabilities in the IoT space. Existing AT&T services include consulting, application solutions, device lifecycle solutions, and managed services and support. In conjunction with Ericsson, AT&T will also offer Global Device Certification, which includes testing, verification and assistance [...]
ConvergeOne, a Minnesota-based IT services provider, will acquire Arrow Electronics’ Systems Integration business, specializing in unified communications, contact center, and voice and data technologies. “This acquisition will be an ideal addition to ConvergeOne, supporting our continued strategy to grow customer relationships by providing comprehensive solutions, services, and support,” said John [...]
Worldwide spending on the technologies that enable Smart Cities initiatives is forecast to reach $80 billion in 2018, according to new research from International Data Corporation (IDC). "Smart Cities have recently evolved from a collection of discrete flagship projects to a sizeable market opportunity that will drive significant technology investments [...]
Report: SMB Spending to Exceed $600 Billion This Year A new update to IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Small and Medium Business Spending Guide forecasts total IT spending by small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) to be nearly $602 billion in 2018, an increase of 4.9% over 2017. With a compound annual growth [...]
Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA), a Dallas based company with a classification platform for security events, has published new research that reveals managed security services providers are wasting resources processing useless security alerts. The survey also found that incident responders often cope with this problem by either reducing the sensitivity of [...]
Xerox announced availability of a unified bundle of core Managed Print Services for the company’s channel partners. Xerox’s new MPS Essentials Suite is a package of tools for providing secure authentication, mobile print functionality, advanced scanning capabilities and productivity-enhancing apps to streamline MPS deployments. Components include a cloud-based solution designed [...]
A new update to IDC’s Worldwide Semiannual Small and Medium Business Spending Guide forecasts total IT spending by small and medium-size businesses (SMBs) to be nearly $602 billion in 2018, an increase of 4.9% over 2017. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.7% for the 2016-2021 forecast period, [...]
Global Cloud Dominance Brings New Opportunities, Challenges for Partners Consumer and business applications are contributing to the growing dominance of cloud services over the Internet, according to the seventh annual Cisco Global Cloud Index. The updated report focuses on data center virtualization and cloud computing, which have become fundamental elements [...]
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