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21 Jul AI, Accelerated Computing, and the Future of Third-Party Maintenance

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Every major shift in technology changes the way businesses operate. Some companies adapt quickly. Others wait until the market has already moved on. Today, we're seeing another one of those shifts. Artificial intelligence, GPU-powered computing, and accelerated data centers are...

25 Jun TPM Consolidation: Why Bigger Doesn’t Mean Fewer Opportunities

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]If you've been in the Third-Party Maintenance (TPM) industry for a while, you've probably noticed the headlines over the past few years. Companies have merged, private equity has invested heavily in the market, and some of the...

09 Oct Utilizing Third-Party Maintainers to Support Datacenter Environments

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Third-Party Maintainers and the Datacenter Third-party maintainers (TPMs) and hardware support providers have long been a viable alternative to OEM support. Recently, IDC has observed an increase in the use of TPMs due to a growing awareness of their abilities. A 2024 IDC study found that...

29 May New Report By IDC: Maximizing IT Efficiency: The Strategic Shift to Third-Party Maintenance in 2025

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Third-party maintainers offer organizations the ability to decouple support from the OEM, reduce ewaste, and stretch the return on investment of existing hardware. The IDC Analyst Brief was authored by Rob Brothers, Vice President of IDC with questions provided by Smart 3rd Party. It’s entitled “Maximizing...

19 May New Report By IDC: How TPMs Provide Cost Benefits, Stability and Technology Enhancement in Times of Global Business Pressures (Part 2)

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In our last article we introduced the recent report we sponsored with International Data Corporation. The IDC Analyst Brief was authored by Rob Brothers, Vice President of IDC. It’s entitled “Cut Operational Costs: Use Third-Party Maintenance Providers for Stable Datacenters and Better Digital Transformation”. Key Takeaways...

04 May New Report By IDC: How TPMs Provide Cost Benefits, Stability and Technology Enhancement in Times of Global Business Pressures

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With our world filled with wars, political upheavals, massive inflation, broken supply chains and uncertainty about how to achieve post pandemic “normal”, the challenge to maintain datacenter performance is increasing. We’ve recently sponsored a study by International Data Corporation (IDC) to look at how Third-Party...