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Moving to cloud provider services

Which cloud business model involves the least risk?

When choosing between IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, it is important to consider your specific needs and those of your customers, according to managed services expert Lauren Robinette. Continue Reading
Moving to cloud-based business: Challenges for providers, VARs and SIs

Expert panelist Lauren Robinette details challenges that service providers, value-added resellers and systems integrators face in moving to a business model led by cloud services. Continue Reading
How can I help clients meet service-level requirements?

Learn how to help your clients meet their service-level requirements in the face of a difficult budgetary situation. Continue Reading

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NetApp founder Dave Hitz steps away after 26 years

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RAID levels and benefits explained

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HPE InfoSight to add support for partners' storage products

HPE CTO Milan Shetti outlines plans to add support for partners' storage products in its InfoSight predictive analytics platform ...

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Cisco earnings, revenue show strength of product roadmap

Cisco earnings and revenue show customers are putting aside global uncertainties and buying into the company's shift toward a ...

How to improve network latency in 3 steps

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The pros and cons of network slicing in 5G

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Control the cloud bill and avoid unexpected costs

Don't get discouraged by high cloud costs. Use these four tips to whip your bill into shape.

Back up VMs with Azure snapshots and managed disks

Follow these steps to take VM snapshots in Microsoft Azure and learn when the technique is -- and isn't -- the right fit for your...

IBM's hybrid cloud plans extend AI to users across platforms

IBM doubles down on its hybrid cloud strategy with tools to help customers funnel data through their chosen cloud platform and ...

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Originators form group to boost Presto SQL query engine

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Web integration platform eases way to machine learning models

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Tableau Ask Data gives BI users simple NLP data query tool

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Expert urges data pros to hone data science skills

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