The AMI-Partners Blog

Tweet The evolution by SMBs (small and medium businesses) to a services based IT consumption has long been apparent.  As the SMB IT environment continues to evolve and shift, we see IT vendors reacting by re-branding and refocusing their business strategies and approach. Vendors are recognizing that they must emphasize emerging areas of technology such [...]

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Tweet The increasing popularity of local low-cost smartphone providers in India, such as Karbonn and Micromax, will affect the BYOD policy and mobility needs of Indian SMBs. In addition, it will force larger multinational smartphone providers such as Apple and Samsung, to reevaluate their pricing and marketing strategy if they want to stay competitive in [...]

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Tweet After the first four months of 2013, it seems obvious that the US economy continues to at least inch upwards, despite the uncertain path to full recovery. Albeit to a modest extent, consumers are buying and companies are hiring. This positivity is reflected in the equities markets, but not all sectors are created equal. [...]

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Tweet In December 2012, AMI-Partners in Singapore launched a survey to interview 300 IT decision makers about their views on Windows 8.  These companies are from various industries and of different sizes (SMEs [small and medium enterprises] and enterprise are both included) The survey was carried out just one month after Microsoft officially launched Windows [...]

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Tweet About two weeks ago, I happen to get tickets to the exclusive launch event for Samsung’s Experience Shop™ in New York City. As I was getting the tickets, there were people giving away all kinds of Samsung gear and making the event very interactive. It was interactive in that we watched demonstrations of key [...]

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Tweet AMI has written several blogs that talk about the cloud opportunity in North America and other mature markets, but we have yet to write a blog showing the growing opportunity in emerging markets.  Our recent ICT tracking study helped define the cloud opportunity on a global basis, detailing information and communication technology (ICT) needs [...]

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Tweet Convenience or Chaos?  Is there a game plan in the near future? Bring Your Own Device or BYOD is a policy that allows employees to bring their personal mobile computing devices to work places and connect them on the corporate network. Some of the many benefits of a BYOD program include: keeping employees happy as [...]

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Tweet As small and medium business (SMB) demand for cloud services continues to accelerate, vendors are finding it increasingly challenging to support their partners in the migration to a cloud based business model. To this end, AMI is introducing its Partner Transformation and Enablement Program. This program provides vendors’ partners with an actionable strategic blueprint [...]

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Tweet Get connected, get secure – should become the new mantra for small and medium businesses (SMBs)  New age technologies like mobile devices and cloud-based technologies have totally changed our lives and provided it with new impetus as well as a new degree of freedom. We use tablets, smartphones, or other mobile devices to access [...]

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Tweet In North America, Apple’s iPad is the leading tablet brand utilized by either SMBs (small and medium businesses) or their employees. Although this is clear in terms of current usage and even planned purchases to an extent, the tablet market between other well-known original equipment manufacturers (OEM) players, like Dell, Lenovo, Microsoft, and HP [...]

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