Channel partners that want to cash in on the Internet of Things in 2016 say mining big data and focusing on vertical-industry applications are important to gaining revenue in the growing market.
Once a fairly vague concept, the Internet of Things is developing rapidly to real-life applications and on-the-market products in 2016 that spell opportunity for solution providers. Here are 10 IoT predictions for this year from vendors and partners.
Partners with practices oriented largely around a single vendor were a hot commodity, with five of the biggest channel deals last month carried out by solution providers seeking an edge with Cisco, Dell, Oracle or Salesforce.
Mike Long says the enterprise computing distributor is aiming to help its partners capture an even bigger piece of the software pie after the company posted record quarterly results.
If Google is possibly adopting Qualcomm's server processors, as was reported by Bloomberg, partners say it could shake up Intel's prized server chip segment.
Sammy Kinlaw reinforced the company's commitment to open systems, and says the partnership it has forged with hyper-converged infrastructure power Nutanix could help it exploit opportunities while Dell and EMC are preoccupied with their pending $67 billion merger.
According to Martinwolf, private equity participation in channel M&A activity accounted for approximately 66 percent of the revenue of the 21 North American transactions identified by the by global IT investment firm.
Symantec has another high-profile investor, with a report emerging late Thursday that activist hedge fund investor Elliott Management has taken a large stake in the security vendor.
At the company's Momentum 2016 event in Las Vegas, FireEye CEO Dave DeWalt discusses the company's midmarket initiative and the security vendor's road map for 2016 -- including if we can expect a FireEye buyout.
The CEO of solution provider CACI International says his company is set to see more growth thanks to increased government spending and its recent acquisition of L-3's National Security Solutions group.
Not even a week after closing its split, Symantec has made its first big move, announcing on Thursday a $500 million strategic investment from Silver Lake, the same private equity firm that helped Dell go private in 2013.
