Year: 2015
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AWS Unveils New Partner Competencies
AWS Unveils New Partner Competencies Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced three new AWS Partner Network (APN) Competencies at re:Invent 2015, targeting partners who have demonstrated expertise and success in DevOps, cloud migration and the Internet of things. The new APN DevOps Competency launched with 27 qualified partners offering software, services, and solutions. Both the new APN… Read more
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Barracuda Expands Into MSP Space With Intronis Buy
Categories: Managed ServicesBarracuda Networks, a $277-million cloud-connected security and storage company, is acquiring privately held Intronis, a provider of data-protection solutions to managed service providers (MSPs), for $65 million. The deal gives Barracuda access to nearly 2,000 MSPs to better serve its small and midsize customer base, as they move toward partnering with MSPs to provide their… Read more
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Hadoop Becomes Mainstream Across the Enterprise
Categories: Tech AnalysisBusiness Intelligence Hadoop Becomes Mainstream Across the Enterprise Nearly half the respondents to a new survey report that they are attaining tangible business value from their Hadoop investments. Hadoop Use Of the organizations surveyed, 71% are using Hadoop now, but those that aren’t using Hadoop plan on doing so soon: 8% within six months, 7%… Read more
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A Tale of Two Different Channels
Categories: News and TrendsImagine stepping into an alternate universe, a separate reality where you attend a major channel trade show, but Microsoft, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard and others aren’t there. Nobody talks about “distributors” or even “solution providers.” Instead, the major exhibitors include companies such as Vonage, Telstra, Nextiva and GTT. Instead of distributors seeking relevance in the age of… Read more
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API Management to Become a Managed Service
Categories: Managed ServicesAs the so-called API economy continues to evolve and expand, many organizations are soon going to find themselves challenged when it comes to managing hundreds, if not thousands, of application programming interfaces. Right now, most of the support for those APIs comes from vendors, such as Dell, which provides access to API management tools via… Read more
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ShoreTel Unifies Its Channel Program
Categories: NetworkingLooking to make it simpler to sell both cloud and on-premise instances of its unified communications platform, ShoreTel this week revamped its channel program to provide partners with rewards based on the total points they generate for selling the company’s products and services. With a much larger percentage of ShoreTel’s revenue now being generated by… Read more