Cloud Computing

When it comes to cloud computing, you need information, education and solutions. This section of blogs is written about cloud computing based on the products offered by ScanSource, Inc. and the vertical markets we sell into. Get news and analysis of the data center industry, cloud computing, the private cloud, energy efficient IT and Internet infrastructure.

Cloud Basics – Part 3: Three Service Models

by Greg Dixon January 5, 2012 Catalyst Telecom
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Cloud computing is really not such a new thing. I got out of college in 1977 with a degree in Electronics and a 7% loan for my four years of tuition. I didn’t have a clue how to make a living at this, so I went to Radio Shack and asked for a minimum wage [...]

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Why the “as a Service” Model Changes Everything

by Kevin Price January 4, 2012 Business

I call it an alignment of objectives. The “as a Service (aaS)” business model, in the information technology space, has been slowly taking over applications and sectors for the past decade. Now, cloud computing and the explosion of mobility are dramatically accelerating the pace of that conversion. The aaS model is much more than just [...]

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Confluence & Turbulent Times

by Kevin Price November 21, 2011 Business

In 2011, three big things came together that I believe over the course of the next few years will redefine the technology sector: mobility, cloud computing and the “as a Service” model. Apple iOS and Android have taken over the consumer smart phone space and created the tablet sector. They are both expanding exponentially and [...]

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Greg Dixon, ScanSource, Inc. CTO, says The Future is Cloudy at ScanSource POS and Barcoding 2011 North America Partner Conference

by Greg Dixon September 22, 2011 Cloud Computing
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Cloud Basics – Part 2: Hosting 101

by Greg Dixon August 30, 2011 Cloud Computing
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In medieval times, there was great debate and fear of what lay in the oceans beyond the known world. On maps of the day, in the blank spaces of the great oceans, where nothing was known, there were often painted sea serpents and the ominous phrase, “Here be Dragons.”

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Managed Service & Support – Getting it Right and Why it’s So Hard

by Kevin Price August 23, 2011 AIDC

The managed service movement has been changing the way information technology is acquired, consumed, and managed for some time. However, so far it has had little impact on enterprise mobile computing, AIDC, or POS technology sectors. Today it is most commonly applied to servers, desktops, storage, and networking. The customers that have embraced it are [...]

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Cloud Basics – Part 1: How the Cloud became the Cloud

by Greg Dixon August 1, 2011 Cloud Computing
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I’ve been studying “the Cloud” for some months now.  That’s what I do. I study things. And then I explain them to people who actually figure out how to sell them to someone else.  What I have discovered in my study of the Cloud, is that the subject is still a bit cloudy (sorry) for [...]

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Greg Dixon Presents on Cloud Computing at the 2011 Catalyst Telecom Channel Partner Conference

by Greg Dixon May 26, 2011 Catalyst Telecom
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Greg Dixon, CTO at ScanSource, Inc. gives a great presentation on the cloud at the 2011 Catalyst Telecom Channel Partner Conference.

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The Cloud for Business: Who Needs it and Who Doesn’t?

by Greg Dixon May 16, 2011 Business
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The Cloud is for everyone. The Cloud is not for everyone.  There is so much hype floating around about the Cloud these days, it’s hard to know what to believe. Truth be told, not many people even know what the Cloud is, much less what it can do for them. A recent poll by CompTIA, [...]

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Three ways VARs Can Take Advantage of Cloud-Based WLANs

by Impact Now March 28, 2011 Catalyst Telecom

– Chris Koeneman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Bluesocket, Inc. Deploy a private cloud WLAN solution.  In this model, the VAR moves the customer from a traditional controller-based WLAN to a cloud-based solution whereby the control is taking place at the customer’s data center.  This approach makes sense if the customer has multiple sites [...]

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