Category Archives: Cloud Computing

Vendor Actions Needed to Overcome SMB Cloud Adoption Barriers

Techaisle SMB surveys in multiple countries are showing that SMB cloud computing non-users will increasingly get comfortable with the idea of Cloud based services once there are enough proof points in the market. The question remains though whether there are actions … Continue reading

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Salesforce.com Strategy: Dreamforce ’11 Announcements Are Equally Relevant for SMBs

Pilgrimage Salesforce.com held its annual customer and partner pilgrimage last week called the Dreamforce 2011. This mega event had a whopping 45,000 registered attendees and at least 15,000 were present for the opening keynote by Marc Benioff. The much anticipated … Continue reading

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Dell SMB Cloud Strategy: Dell Cloud Business Applications steps into the Promised Land

Announcement Dell just announced its full intention to assist SMBs with their Cloud Computing adoption by launching Dell Cloud Business Applications, a family of integrated SaaS applications with cross-application cloud analytics supported by end-to-end Dell services specifically for SMBs. Key benefits … Continue reading

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Channel Partners and SaaS Vendors should Verticalize their Applications

SMB SaaS is of high interest to the Vendors and the Channels as well as the SMBs themselves. This high interest has been fed by the promise of lower cost of ownership, avoiding software upgrade cycles and licensing fee and … Continue reading

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Future of SMB: Death of Layers, Rise of On-Demand Flat IT

The World is Flat (© Thomas L. Friedman) and so has become IT, especially for SMBs. With a Flat world, rises an opportunity for SMBs to employ workers who are globally distributed, travel and telecommute. With a Flat world comes … Continue reading

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Rise of the “New SMB Worker”

Today the nature of work has evolved to an extent that we are seeing the rise of a “new worker”. This new worker has nothing to do with an oft quoted concept of millenials but more to do with the … Continue reading

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Office 365, A Path to the Cloud for SMBs?

It is a well-known fact that every new platform or major shift in technology requires a killer app. For PCs it was largely basic productivity apps such as word processing and spreadsheets and presentation software. While platforms have changed, these … Continue reading

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Mobility and Why Should SMBs Care about it

Shifting Workplace Information Technology has been impacting the way businesses operate, but the essential nature of an employees’ work has largely remained unchanged. Within a business environment conducting work has typically involved bringing people together in a single physical location … Continue reading

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SMB Mobility Solutions Adoption Trends

Recently, Techaisle conducted a very detailed study on SMBs adoption of Mobility Solutions across several countries. It is quite evident that Mobility Solutions are important for SMBs and a high percentage of these businesses are actively implementing them. The level … Continue reading

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New Technologies – Cloud, Mobility, Managed Services Will Finally Change SMB Channel Landscape

Techaisle’s recently completed channel surveys show that Cloud, Mobility, and Managed Services Solutions together are beginning to change the SMB channel landscape as these solutions are revolutionizing IT utilization by SMBs. However, only 14% of channels are currently offering all three … Continue reading

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