by Ron Miller

MSPs need to lead customers to mobile, social and cloud

Managed Service Providers (MSPs) need to seize the opportunity to lead customers to understand trends like mobile, social and cloud or risk being disrupted themselves.

Read my full post on socmedianews.com.

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MSPs need to transform just like the rest of IT

Managed Service Providers face the same stress as in-house IT shops and they are under pressure to transform just like in-house shops as well. It's imperative to differentiate yourself from your competitors in an increasingly commoditized marketplace.

Read my full post on Socmedianews.com.

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What your IT department could learn from Sony's disruption

Sony is a classic example of a disrupted company, which failed to react to changes in the market and saw its brand diminish from one of the top names in consumer electronics to an also-ran. And believe it or not, your IT department could learn from Sony's mistakes because disruption follows a similar pattern whether it's an individual, a department or a corporation. 

Read my full post and see all the lessons on CITEworld.

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The new Cold War: Silicon Valley versus traditional enterprise software

At the AIIM conference last week, one IT pro likened the battle between traditional enterprise software vendors and Silicon Valley startups as an updated version of the cold war. But he said it's time for IT pros to speak up and tell the cloud vendors what they need to run their business.

Read my full post on CITEworld.

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Oracle reports losses as pressure mounts from cloud and open source alternatives

Oracle reported a modest loss in its most recent quarterly earnings report, but it could be a sign of a more fundamental underlying problem as the company faces pressure from cheaper cloud and open source alternatives.

Read my full commenatry on my TechTarget View from Above blog.

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The new trend in mobile security: Separating work and personal stuff

Nobody wants to give the man (the enterprise), the right to see what's on their phone and wipe it at will if they feel it's been compromised. One way to allevate that is to containerize or partition the corporate data so if the relationship ends or the phone gets lost or stolen, IT simply shuts off access to enterprise data. Your vacation pictures and other personal data remain intact.

Read my full post on CITEworld.

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IT may not choose your phone, but there's a new kind of corporate mobile device

While the age of the IT-controlled general-purpose corporate mobile device may be just about over, it doesn't mean that corporate mobile devices don't have at different role to play in the enterprise.

Read my full commentary on CITEworld.

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5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 1-25-13

It's Friday and that means it's time for my weekly feature, 5 Links for Developers and IT pros. This week, an IT veteran confronts his own cloud fears, a writer discusses if programmers can ever be replaced by automated solutions and some soft skills every IT pro should know. 

See all my links and commentary on the Ness Software Engineering Services blog.

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5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 1/18/13

It's Friday and that means it's time for 5 Links for Developers and IT Pros. This week we look at hacking the hackers and 5 reasons why the Ubuntu Linux mobile OS might just succeed.

See all the links and commentary on the Ness Software Engineering Services blog.

Message to IT: Consumerization is not a fad

I hear a lot of old school IT pros complaining about consumerization trends and I think many believe it's a matter of time before it just blows over like some trendy fad, but it's not going anywhere because it's driven by factors that are changing the entire industry. 

Read my full commentary on CITEworld.

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