Opinion

Opinion

• Settling the anti-poaching quarrel

  It has taken more than three years but finally arguments about poaching staff between Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe have been settled  Continue Reading

• Learning innovation – driving revenue growth in the IT world

  Staff are already working as hard as possible so how can they be supported to work smarter? Ian Helps is a director of Consalia, and looks at the benefits of innovative thinking  Continue Reading

• New big data movement threatens to expose the time wasters

  Alteryx, Volumetrix and Culture Amp are all, in their own way, cutting through the big data nonsense and could get rid of the jargon that litters this part of the industry  Continue Reading

• Salesforce.com strikes the right balance

  The balance between the subscription and support sides of the business seems to be well balanced at Salesforce.com argues Billy MacInnes  Continue Reading

• Could Siri be a life saver?

  Siri might have more uses than just interrupting music and answering silly questions muses Billy MacInnes  Continue Reading

• The need for a trade show to land a big Wale

  Getting people to give up their time is getting more of a challenge but as Simon Quicke observes the keynote slot could provide some of the answer  Continue Reading

• Flash – what the channel needs to know

  In the first of a series of articles Philippe Fossé, vice president of EMEA Channels, EMC, shares some thoughts about flash  Continue Reading

• Volta, Verboss and NuoDB – creating a new channel

  Nick Booth is slightly concerned about the rise of automation and what it could mean for the channel  Continue Reading

• The right mixture of sun and breeze

  Having just got back from Italy Billy MacInnes muses on how the channel is a bit like perfect summer weather  Continue Reading

• The Lux against Britain’s data centre industry

  A strong Pound and the EC are conspiring against UK hosts finds Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• The BI managed service opportunity

  Peter Baxter, managing director EMEA, Yellowfin, looks at just what the BI market can offer those delivering managed services  Continue Reading

• Tempting the DIYers back to using the experts

  With the news that many SME owner managers try to fix their IT problems themselves Billy MacInnes wonders how they can be tempted to use the channel  Continue Reading

• Is BYOD DOA? Not for MSPs

  The bring your own device trend is far from over, particularly for MSPs, argues Ashley Leonard, president and CEO of Verismic  Continue Reading

• Time saving is the biggest driver of the storage market

  Nick Booth applauds some recent efforts in the storage market to cut down on time wasting  Continue Reading

• Wearables – fad or function?

  Dr Peter Chadha, CEO of DrPete Technology Experts, argues that wearable technology is here to stay  Continue Reading