Opinion

Opinion

• 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

• Data that comes after a promise of responsibility

  Some of the firms that harvest user data and exploit it can give the recruitment industry a bad name but Nick Booth thinks he has found an exception that could change things  Continue Reading

• Striking the balance between useful and burdensome

  You could make a cool phone people use a lot that then drains its battery or one with lots of power that is a pain to drag around. It's a problem Billy MacInnes has been thinking about  Continue Reading

• Cloud services vs. on-premise

  Paul Lipman, CEO at iSheriff, looks at what’s behind the migration to the cloud for security services  Continue Reading

• Why network monitoring should be fundamental to everything partners do

  Network monitoring offers an open platform for partners to deliver value says Rupert Collier, senior channel manager at Paessler,  Continue Reading

• Cyberia is no place for old men

  The cloud is full of massively insecure vulnerable men and street wise young women, says a survey. Or does it? Wonders Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• The future of managed print services is all about the service

  Vendors, distributors and resellers alike need to accept the world has changed says Giles Thorpe, managing director, CCE  Continue Reading

• Press 5 if you want to speak to a human

  With the spotlight on customer service Billy MacInnes bemoans the delays that customers can face navigating through automated phone systems  Continue Reading