Research Categories : Security Networking Business Software Servers & Storage Security & Peripherals
Security Security Outlook: Best Brands, Best Vendors
Networking
VARs heed the call of their customers: Hook us up! And according to the latest VARBusiness State of the Technology survey, service providers are supporting VoIP at a furious pace. Living In The New Age Of Voice And Wireless
Business Software
Servers & Storage
A host of new technologies in servers and storage are changing the face of IT hubs.
Single-processor servers continue to hog the stage, but the spotlight is slowly moving toward multiway servers, especially those with dual processors.
the name
in server-based chips, but the field is full of competitors.
Respondents to the VARBusiness State of Technology survey reveal what they look for in a server vendor.
Despite the availability of NAS and SANs, the priority for most VARs remains the same: backup and recovery.
Sometimes the road to success is simply a matter of adding terabytes--or petabytes--of capacity to customer networks.
VARs place their bets on four vendors for sales growth in the storage arena.
Search our 2006 State of Technology: Storage and Servers Research
Select a question:
SERVER QUESTIONS
Which server architecture are you planning to sell, recommend or influence in the next year?
Estimate the percent of your server revenues from the following types of server processors for the past year.
Estimate the percent of your server revenues from the following types of server processors for the next year.
Estimate the percent of your server revenues generated from the following server technologies for the past year.
Estimate the percent of your server revenues which will come from the following technologies in the next year.
Why are these server technologies/product sets important to your business?
Which platform has the most potential for technical/business innovation?
What are the most innovative attributes of server technology that will help your business in the next year?
How often do you evaluate new or existing server products/technologies?
When looking for new server technologies and products, you look to:
As a VAR, how are you being innovative with server products/solutions?
As a solution provider, how do you innovate in the selling, deployment and service of server technologies?
When evaluating a new server technology vendor, what are your most important considerations?
Which vendors offer the best support, guidance and collaboration on innovating server technology?
Which of the following vendors do you consider the most innovative when it comes to virtualization technology?
STORAGE QUESTIONS
Which storage technologies are you planning to sell, recommend or influence in the next year?
Estimate the percent of your storage revenues generated from the following storage technologies in the past year.
Estimate the percent of your storage revenues which will come from the following technologies in the next year.
Why are these storage technologies/product sets important to your business?
What are the most innovative attributes of storage technology that will help your business in the next year?
How often do you evaluate new or existing storage products/technologies?
When looking for new storage technologies and products, you look to:
As a VAR, how are you being innovative with STORAGE products/solutions?
As a solution provider, how do you innovate in the selling, deployment and service of storage technologies?
When evaluating a new storage technology vendor, what are your most important considerations?
Which vendors offer the best support, guidance and collaboration on innovating storage technology?
DEMOGRAPHICS
Which of the following technologies do you currently, or plan to sell, recommend or influence in the next year?
Which of the following statements best describes your company's business activity?
Approximately how many employees does your company have, including all locations?
Which best describes your job function?
Security & Peripherals
Collaboration and innovation help VARs keep their customers one step ahead in the "arms race." Most Innovative Security Vendors: Cisco, Symantec
According to the channel, printer and imaging innovation is coming largely from networked color printers. Most Innovative Printer Vendor: HP
In a market focused on the fundamentals of cost, there is still a great deal of innovative technology and new
functionality on tap in both desktop displays and digital projectors. Most Innovative Display Vendor: ViewSonic
Most Innovative UPS Vendor: APC
Intel has long been considered the name
in server-based chips, but the field is full of competitors.
Even as UPSes approach commoditization, their inclusion in any complete IT system is a given.
