Year: 2013
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N-Able Brings MDM to Managed Services
In the span of just a few months, mobile-device management (MDM) has gone from being an independent product category to a becoming a feature of a larger class of products—and it’s happened faster than any other technology in recent memory. The latest example of MDM as a feature of another product comes in the form… Read more
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ANPI Revamps Its Channel Program
Categories: NetworkingBy Gina Roos ANPI has launched a new channel program for its Business Solutions Division, which provides Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), voice over IP (VOIP), and hosted IP communication and application services. The ANPI Premier Program (APP) supports VARs and agents by providing an on-boarding process, dedicated sales support, online quoting tools and an account… Read more
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Facebook’s Instagram-Inspired Redesign Gives Advertisers More to Like
Categories: News and TrendsFacebook, how it works and how people feel about it may all be increasingly complex, but on March 7 the social network announced that its look will soon be much simpler. It announced a redesign to “reduce clutter and focus more on stories from the people you care about.” The News Feed also will be… Read more
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OpenStack to Transform Data Center Market
Categories: News and TrendsNow that IBM has become the latest major vendor to throw its weight behind the emerging OpenStack cloud management framework, solution providers in the channel need to adapt to a competitive landscape that is rapidly changing. At the IBM Pulse 2013 conference, March 3 to 6 in Las Vegas, IBM reiterated its support for OpenStack… Read more
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Flash Memory War to Play Out in Channel
Categories: StorageThe six major vendors that make up the oligarchy that dominates enterprise storage are deeply worried. The rise of flash memory has brought with it a bevy of startup vendors, including Pure Storage, XtremIO, Fusion-io, Skyera, Violin Memory and Virident Systems—all of which are gaining market traction pretty quickly. Most of the major vendors—including IBM,… Read more
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Cloud Options Proliferate Across the Channel
When it comes to cloud computing, solution providers have no shortage of options. They can either opt to build their own cloud to provide services to customers or resell any number of other cloud services. The challenge is figuring out the right mix of all those options. For instance, a solution provider can opt to… Read more