Industry Insights

Blog Roundup: On Guard Against Security Breaches

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What’s on the minds of solution providers? ITBestOfBreed scours their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are four recent posts focusing on information security planning, as well as cloud strategies. 

OPTIV: The importance of planning ahead

Talk Back On LinkedIn: Ransomware, ScanSource-Intelisys, Wage Parity

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We posted three new discussion threads on IT Best of Breed's LinkedIn page and invite you to comment.

Here they are:

Apple Makes Its Mark For Gender Wage Parity

Apple said recently that its male and female employees in the U.S. are now paid equally, and the announcement won praise from women executives of solution providers. Will this open the door for other technology companies to follow suit?

Blog Roundup: The Payoffs From IoT Data

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What’s on the minds of solution providers? ITBestOfBreed scours their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts focusing on the Internet of Things, predictive analytics and using open source in private clouds.

WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY: IoT paves the way for the democratization of data

Blog Roundup: How Business Can Help Stop Ransomware

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What’s on the minds of VARs and solution providers? Each week, ITBestOfBreed takes a trip through their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts.

CDW: How you can help stop ransomware

Just like good information security, frequent backups and timely patches are necessary to ward off hackers, Dan Siebert writes. But that's not all.

Blog Roundup: How Software-Defined Storage Can Pay Off

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What’s on the minds of VARs and solution providers? Each week, ITBestOfBreed takes a trip through their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts.

NOVACOAST: How software-defined storage took a bite out of costs

MSPs Must Free Themselves Of Potential HIPAA Dilemma

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Cam Roberson (pictured) is director of the reseller channel at Beachhead Solutions, a provider of cloud-managed mobile device security tools based in San Jose, Calif.

Anyone responsible for understanding the nuances of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) knows that following the law often means grappling with a lot of complexity.

Blog Roundup: Football And Application Lifecycle Management

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What’s on the minds of VARs and solution providers? Each week, ITBestOfBreed takes a trip through their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts.

CAPGEMINI: How managing applications is like playing football

Solution Providers Must Respond To A Changing Customer

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Rafi Musher (pictured left), is CEO and Paul Edwards is managing director of Stax Inc., a global consulting firm with offices in Boston, New York and Chicago.

Over the past decade, CIOs have been required to embrace a significant mind shift: viewing IT decisions as a source of strategic advantage rather than one of operational control. Consider the three evolutions that the corporate view of IT and the role of software within an organization have undergone:

IoT Opportunities Have Only Begun For Solution Providers

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Greg Dixon (pictured) is chief technology officer at ScanSource Inc., an IT distributor based in Greenville, S.C.

The Internet of Things will continue to evolve for years to come. We’re just beginning to see a few examples of channel-ready IoT solutions: simple, inexpensive technologies used in creative ways. They require minimal on-site integration and generally provide a managed services portal that allows the reseller to sell this solution as a service, which is where the industry is heading.

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