Are you looking to grow your business by adding Microsoft Azure to your portfolio? Look no further than Tech Data’s upcoming workshop on Microsoft Azure! I attended our first Azure two-day training hosted at Microsoft’s office in New York City. It was a jam-packed schedule, but presented valuable and actionable information for partners boost their Azure practice.

I’ve heard it countless times from IT solution providers: “small businesses do not need a customer relationship management (CRM) system.”  But I disagree—I think that it depends on how one looks at a CRM and, of course, how one plans to leverage the software.

I have the opportunity to attend numerous industry events, but a recent one left me wondering…

I have the opportunity to attend numerous industry events, but a recent one left me wondering…

Government agencies and institutions are taking a road trip to the cloud but who has the map?

Government agencies and institutions, including:
• Police stations;
• State colleges;
• Our nation’s capital;
• Federal, state and local agencies; and
• Higher education institutions
are buried by regulations, pressed by tight budgets and limited by legacy systems. To bypass these issues, many are taking a detour and heading to the cloud.

On-premise or cloud backup solution? That is the question. 64% of IT pros say a data loss event is literally a life-or-death situation for their small business. Every minute that a system (or application) is down, your business is losing money and using 100% of its IT resources to get it back. With many options available to build your proactive and reactive plans, here are four reasons why you would never consider a cloud backup solution.