Citrix Moves the Channel to a Consumption Model

Citrix has moved to consumption model for some of its channel partners deploying cloud solutions based on hosting Citrix software. Partners now pay for what they sell based on what their customers actually consume. Neuralytix believes this model is a boon for partners and their customers. Though a shift from traditional, per-license (perpetual) pricing, it lowers the risks for partners and helps them to focus on higher margin value-added services.

Informatica Tackles Big Data Management

Analysis Big data software has emerged from a number of sources but especially the Open Source community, and more specifically the Apache foundation. While a number of for-profit companies have taken up the mantle of Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark, there is still a...

2015 CRM Evolution Interview with Matt Healey [Video]

New Twist for the IT Channel Partner: Are the Big are Getting Bigger? Are Investments Changing the Landscape?

Introduction Large channel partners are getting larger. This has been happening for the last few years. The newest twist to growth is channel partners seeking financing from private equity (PE) firms. While some channel partner growth was organic but more took the...

Making Business Sense with SSDs

SSDs provide performance factors at up to two orders of magnitude over the fastest rotating magnetic hard disk drives (HDDs). They are also one-tenth of the cost of HDDs per unit of performance.
The IPO clearly demonstrated that the market is strong, and demand is high, for solid-state storage companies that have focused on market leadership, marketing and reliability.