Category Archives: Vendors & Service Providers

Six key questions to ask before buying storage

Don’t let a pushy sales rep trap you into an unwise purchase

How can you discuss storage with business people without losing their attention?

Thankfully, the days when IT was seen simply as an unwelcome but necessary cost are[...]

The trouble with business executives…

When IT teams and their colleagues within the business get along, life is good for[...]

IT pros speak about frustration with AFA vendors

As part of a recent survey we asked a panel of IT professionals to give[...]

IT Decision-Making in the Digital Age

Making the right technology investments in today’s fast moving digital age can mean the difference[...]

Desktop budget wrangles

Whose device is it anyway?

A peek behind the AI bandwagon

When an important topic or trend gives rise to a marketing and media bandwagon, any[...]

Managed Services in the Data Centre

From stability to agility Data centres have been around a long time during which various[...]

AMZN, AAPL, GOOGL, FB, and MSFT

With a combined market capitalization of $2.3 trillion, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft hold[...]

Timeless principles of selling

When I first moved into software sales about 25 years ago, my then boss gave[...]

The dangers of digital smokescreens

A recent global study (1,442 senior respondents) revealed that those reporting particularly good returns from[...]

A higher impact approach to IT investment

In a nutshell You may have doubts about the value for money or level of[...]

The telecom transformation journey

The services offered by telecom companies provide some of the best examples of digital customer[...]

If you think DevOps is BS, you may be a victim of bandwagon marketing

I’ve been coming across more DevOps naysayers and sceptics recently. Whether online or face-to-face, I[...]

Stressed Networks Create a Channel Opportunity

No one needs telling that the pressure on their network infrastructure is growing. In fact[...]

Justifying end user computing investments

In a nutshell Device proliferation and loss of control over at least some end user[...]

Industry analysts and the IT decision cycle

By Dale Vile Industry analysts provide information, insights and guidance to help technology buyers and[...]

Taming the procurement elephant

The cost of supplying IT services inside businesses has never been more visible with considerable[...]