Opinion

Opinion

• A surprising number of SMEs blamed a lack of finance for stalling growth

  Revelations that a lack of finance is holding back some SMEs surprised Billy MacInnes in terms of the volume of firms expressing problems  Continue Reading

• Should the return of the Nokia 3310 be welcomed?

  Nokia users really have been able to turn back time with the reissue of the 3310 but Billy MacInnes wonders if the world has not moved on too much since it was last around  Continue Reading

• Is small-scale mobile M2M a viable business model for resellers?

  Jack Wetson, Product Developer at Bamboo Technology Group, addresses the common misconceptions around the commercial viability of cellular M2M in the channel  Continue Reading

• Dell EMC turns it up to 11

  Spinal Tap liked to push the speakers as far as they would go and Dell EMC looks like it might be trying to do the same, according to Billy MacInnes, with its partner programme  Continue Reading

• Why IT teams need to lock down IoT endpoints

  John Ferron, chairman of Ivanti - Powered by HEAT Software, shares his thoughts about the need to increase the defences against the IoT threat  Continue Reading

• Should we still be taking the tablets?

  With tablets showing signs of declining demand Billy MacInnes wonders just what the future holds for the hardware  Continue Reading

• In the age of alternate reality we need some actual reality

  Events over the other side of the pond have got Billy MacInnes thinking about just where virtual reality goes next  Continue Reading

• How many channel partners are too many?

  It is an almost unanswerable question but Billy MacInnes wonders just how many channel partners are too many  Continue Reading

• Patents = innovation? Maybe not

  Just because a company files lots of patents does not necessarily mean that innovation is alive and well argues Billy MacInnes  Continue Reading

• Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse

  Those classic lines might be coming true in a way that the author never originally intended notes Billy MacInnes  Continue Reading

• The industrial internet: Why data analysis is a critical success factor

  In the latest part of his series about the potential of the industrial internet Ian van Reenen, vice president of engineering, endpoint products at Autotask, shares some more advice  Continue Reading

• Why 2018 will be a watershed for encryption market

  Greater awareness of data protection issues and the arrival of the EU’s GDPR are opening up new opportunities for the channel, says Tony Pepper  Continue Reading

• What IT leaders should be putting on their Christmas wish list

  Gary Bell, executive director - outsourcing, Civica shares his advice about just what technologies customers should be looking to invest in to make sure they start of 2017 with a bang  Continue Reading

• If only security experts could persuade us to change passwords

  The inability for most users to grasp the importance of the password is something that Nick Booth thinks needs to be better addressed  Continue Reading

• The true value of mobile device management

  Ian van Reenen, vice president of engineering, endpoint products at Autotask, shares some thoughts about the challenges facing those trying to manage mobile devices  Continue Reading