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If someone in your organization is capable of inflicting six-figure damage to your bottom line, the first impulse is probably to fire them, even sue them if possible. But according to Thomas John Watson Sr., there’s a third option to be considered: keep them.
A recent IDC article stated that “There’s a $100B cloud in our future.” On paper, this looks like a huge opportunity and it’s backed up by big trends such as the distributed enterprise, the proliferation of devices needing to access enterprise networks, IT assets being managed remotely and big data and apps to mention just a few. While these opportunities are obviously real, when service providers try to sell to SMBs, the situation is not that clear-cut.
