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More SMB Love Needed

Cloud Musings

In a recent post, titled “ 10 Surprising Facts About Cloud Computing and What It Really Is ”, Zac Johnson highlighted some interesting facts about cloud computing in the SMB marketplace: Cloud Computing is up to 40 times more cost-effective for an SMB, compared to running its own IT system.

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Cloud infrastructure sales rise as companies seek digital resiliency

CIO Business Intelligence

Global spending on cloud infrastructure services increased by 34% to a total of nearly $56 billion in the first quarter of 2022, driven by the need for resiliency and flexibility as businesses face supply chain problems and geopolitical upheaval, according to a report released Friday by analyst firm Canalys.

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With the new financial year looming, now is a good time to review your Microsoft 365 licenses

CIO Business Intelligence

Microsoft 365 is the productivity engine at the heart of many SMB businesses across Australia. Licensing can sometimes be complex to understand, however, which is why SMBs should make sure they’re sourcing their licenses from the right places. Having the right licenses for the applications the business needs are critical.

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Cloud, Mobile, Social and Cyber: 2015 Predictions That Will Rock The World (AGAIN!)

Cloud Musings

The worlds of cloud, mobile, social and cyber will continue expanding, permuting and recombining. Rise of the "Cloud System Integrator" (a.k.a. Cloud Service Broker ) - Traditional system integrators will finally realize that their current product and labor based business model is about to go the way of the dinosaurs.

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Tapping into the power of others

Eric D. Brown

I’ve argued in the past that big data can level the playing field for the small and medium business (SMB). SMB’s have been able to take advantage of the various resources available in the cloud for computing and storage, but they’ve rarely had access to computing power like Watson.

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Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure and Related Links A to E

Storage IO Blog

IT data center, data infrastructure, cloud and related industry links including who does what from hardware to software, servers, storage, network, tools, applications, consumer, soho, robo, smb, sme, enterprise and cloud The post Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure and Related Links A to E appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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5 open source alternatives for routing/firewall

Network World

Economical and flexible Open source software offers an economical and flexible option for deploying basic home, SMB or even enterprise networking. These products can be downloaded and deployed on your own hardware, on a virtual platform, or in the cloud. Many of them sell pre-configured appliances as well.