From the Editor: Forget the Tech
Vijay Ramachandran, ChannelWorldIndian companies no longer invest in technology, rather they fund business outcomes. Forget the tech, focus on your clientsâ business drivers.
If you want to have a career instead of a job where you watch the clock, knowing your priorities, what motivates you and how you can succeed are what will illuminate the path to satisfaction.
Here are the six opportunities that solution providers should consider to grow business and stay profitable.
If all else fails, Apple, take solace in this inarguable fact: We--the nerds--will always be there for you.
The truth, it seems, is harder to define but channel experts are unified in a cautionary approach to what so far has been more of a buzzword than an irresistible trend.
CIOs and IT management consultants stress that this evolving approach to performance monitoring and evaluation requires a lot from managers.
Here are their top 13 suggestions for dealing with the challenges all project managers face at one time or another--and for keeping projects in check.
CIOs say SIs do not engage with them effectively. SIs beg to differ. Is there a huge expectation mismatch between the two?
Microsoft has been in business, in one form or another, for 37 years. In the tech world, that's an eternity.
These product firms are hot on their heels with a long-term vision and extreme innovation. Are these 50 promising companies on the radar of enterprise partners?
Of the two, the Surface Pro it is actually the more innovative problem-but ultra - book and tablet technologies don't overlap, so Surface Pro may not measure up.
Cloud printing isn't a total impossibility, but finding an accessible printer isn't as easy as these apps suggest.
Six technologies will be favored by India Inc. in 2013. Are enterprise channel partners ready?
Rumors persist that Apple will switch the Macintosh from Intel's x86 processors to ARM-compatible chips like those in the iPhone, iPad, and other iOS devices. Is that possible? Is it even a good idea?
Sustainability -- the capacity to ensure business success in the present while preserving the ability to do the same in the future -- will be a primary focus for CEOs in 2013.
If 2012 was the year Microsoft set the table for Windows 8, then 2013 is the year the company must prove that the new OS stands out in an increasingly mobile world.
Tablets that perform like high-end PCs. TVs with gesture control. Big sensors in small cameras.
As far as 99.9 percent of the world population is concerned, Microsoft is a stodgy, old-guard technology company. Its bottom line is fully leveraged against PC operating systems and business software--hardly the building blocks of a future-thinking portfolio, right?
Thereâs a growing number of new-age entrepreneurs launching their partner companies in the face of a slowdown. But itâs going to take a lot more than sheer audacity to ensure their success.
Last year at this time, CIO.com and its outsourcing experts made some bold predictions for IT services in 2012. As we pull together our 2013 forecast, here's how we rated those 2012 predictions: