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Interesting times, indeed. We have arrived at a point in the technology industry where we can effectively deliver any application requirement to any end-point user without having to expose the user to any of the technological detail necessary to solve his problem. He just has a graphical user interface (touch screen in most cases) that walks him through a set of processes and automatically collects all the data points created from the process. That data is in the cloud and usable to the entire enterprise within seconds. No servers on-site. No special software sold or installed at the point of use, just a browser or a mobile app. The biggest challenge is now connectivity and frankly that problem is easily solved, and cheap.Confluence is defined as a place where things merge or flow together. In 2011, three big things came together that over the course of the next few years will redefine the technology sector. They are 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 not just in the consumer space. All of those people work “somewhere”, and they’ve decided to take their technology with them. Their boss is frightened and excited by this. He has the opportunity to connect to every employee, customer and partner through these devices and their apps but he’s not sure how to make use of this, how to manage it or what to allow the users to do. I doubt it will take long for them to figure it out though. Apple was the big winner in the enterprise mobile space this year but I suspect next year and beyond will belong to the more diverse Android ecosystem. Microsoft is the big loser here as their market share will do nothing but decline from here forward in both the enterprise and consumer markets.The Cloud, as we all know, is not one thing. However, for the purposes of this conversation I am talking specifically about multi-tenant SaaS applications delivered through a secure browser or mobile app. This architecture and approach has an enormous cost and performance advantage over on-premise, public cloud and even public/private hybrids. In this model a small team with deep domain expertise in a particular vertical or horizontal problem set can create an application that address big process automation problems for an entire global market of users, for a few pennies per user per day. There is an entire planet of developers building consumer and business applications this way right now. As the trend continues you will see an almost infinite library of solutions become available that require no customer delivery model or infrastructure other than the end point computing, communication and data collection. The channels real value in this market will end up being that deep domain expertise and the ability to help their customer map their process into an effective cloud ecosystem.These two massive shifts are changing the way technology is acquired and used. The IT department will no longer be the selection and implementation driver, the operational business unit can just subscribe to an entire solution with all the hardware, service and support rolled in. If there’s no long-term commitment, the sales cycle can get very small and a scaled roll-out can happen in weeks or even days. The as a Service component of all of this is key and I suspect is going to become a much larger part of the IT industry. Macro economic conditions have and will continue to put pressure on capital expenditure budgets and IT payroll. We are already seeing some early Tier One adopters moving rapidly into the public cloud and deploying mobility on a scale they have never contemplated before. Their savings and ability to scale up or down quickly will become key competitive advantages over their peers that continue to insist that they must own it. There is also a big gain in the value of real-time communication and collaboration for every user in the enterprise. Its amazing what small teams of people can accomplish if given the opportunity and even a basic set of tools.All in all I expect this set of trends to remake pretty much every aspect of the IT industry over the next decade, maybe a lot less if the economy stays shaky. Its easy to ignore inefficiency when you are growing and profitable but in hard times all kinds of things can change real fast.Kevin Price, CEO&Founder; of AccuCode ...read more
By AccuCode, Inc November 02, 2011
Join AccuCode on June 23, 2011, for the next event in ourAO:Compliance Monthly Webinar Series:“Solutions for PCI Compliance”Thursday, June 23, 2011, from 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT (2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT)AccuCode’s AO:Compliance Monthly Educational Webinar Series continues with,“Solutions for PCI Compliance,” on Thursday, June 23, from 12:00pm - 1:00pm MDT. Hosted by AccuCode’s own Director of AO:Compliance, John Bedrick, this webinar will focus on a variety of solutions that can be used to address the PCI DSS requirements, and make it easier for your business to pass a PCI Compliance audit. John will discuss the PCI DSS requirements in detail, and map out a number of different solutions and strategies, that have been successfully used to enable organizations and businesses to become certified as PCI DSS Compliant. If you’ve got solving for PCI DSS Compliance on the mind, for your business -- this is one webinar you won’t want to miss!Learn moreabout this interactive one hour event, andget registered today. Registration is free, but seating is limited -- and is expected to fill up -- so reserve your spot early. Looking forward to seeing you there!Watch any of our previously recorded webinars at your convenience, by visiting ourAO:Compliance Webinars Page.AO:Compliance is the exclusive, end-to-end PCI Compliance Solutions Partner for the National Grocers Association. For more information on AO:Compliance, please visitwww.AOCompliance.com. ...read more
By AccuCode, Inc June 14, 2011
The manufacturers for virtually all technology equipment want to be the service providers to their customer and partners. They want the recurring revenue stream and they truly believe (and rightly so in many cases) that they are the best qualified to keep their equipment working reliably. Unfortunately, for their customers and partners, in many cases the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) does a poor job of service execution. All too often the OEM’s desire to “capture” the service market for their own devices influences product design and even their go-to-market strategies. Designed obsolescence and consumable parts that can’t be replaced by the user are just a couple of the tactics we have seen over the years. Many technology makers won’t allow their partners to own and operate their own service operations and any attempt to service equipment without “authorization” is grounds for termination from their partner programs. There are few technology sectors where this is more visible than in enterprise mobile computing and automatic identification and data capture (AIDC). Bottom line is today the manufacturer has core business objectives that are in direct conflict with the objective of the end customer and the partner. They want the customer to buy a new device every 18-36 months. They want the customer to have to purchase a service contract. They want the only option for service to be their own.But that is only the beginning of the deficiencies and issues with the current model for both the customer and the partner. The OEM approach to service for their product offerings, their pricing, their terms and conditions and their daily execution are all driven by their policies and objectives with little or no concern for the customer or the partner. It is not desirable from a customer standpoint to have a separate service provided for every device population in their environment. Each with a different ship to address, tool set and process. No, I’d like one program, with one phone number to call or link to click, with one ship to address, one set of tools and seamless visibility of all of my devices and their status. It is not attractive to have a separate contract start and end date every time I deploy a new device or batch of devices. No, I should have co-terminus contracts that I can add or drop devices at anytime and the contract for each population should renew once a year. Today, a large customer with 3-4 different device populations and a national deployment will need a full-time person just to manage the contract renewal process and all the interactions with the various service providers. The problem is that no single OEM can solve this problem on their own. It must be solved at the channel level where the customer purchasing is already consolidated. The channel partner should have tools from the OEM to facilitate a unified service program. The channel partner should be the service consolidator but today, he’s been given no tools and no opportunity to play any significant daily role in the service process. The partner today doesn’t even have electronic tools to help him manage the sales and renewal processes. Today the partner sends a purchase order (PO) to a distributor just like he does when he buys a device. The partner may or may not receive renewal notices on these contracts and will receive ZERO updates from the OEM on any changes made to the contract during the course of the year. All of this leads to a difficult service sale, inefficient operations for everyone involved and a very poor customer experience. This is a classic ecosystem based problem. Really what is needed is a consolidated service and support program that give partners the tools they need to sell, support and resolve issues. It should allow them to collaborate with an entire ecosystem of OEM’s, ISV’s (Independent Software Vendors) and third party service providers around servicing and supporting the customers. It should give all of them shared, real-time visibility of the devices, their status and issues causing downtime. With this as the back drop I’d love to hear what the VAR (Value Added Reseller), OEM and ISV community members think about this issue and their ideas on ways to solve the problem. Kevin Price, AccuCode ...read more
By AccuCode, Inc June 14, 2011
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Networking is not always an easy thing to understand when a business owner or personal computer owner is new to the game. There are things and terms that a person might not understand. To be able to run a network smoothly and properly there are very basic things that any owner needs to know. ...read more