Year: 2015
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Tech Data Continues to Expand Its Cloud Program
Tech Data Enhances Its Cloud Program Tech Data continues to expand its cloud business with several additions to its TDCloud product portfolio. TDCloud, powered by StreamOne, is the distributor’s end-to-end provisioning, billing and marketing platform for solution providers. The proprietary platform will be available to resellers and managed service providers (MSPs) to share with end users… Read more
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Microsoft Partners Foresee Gain in Office 365 Use
Categories: Cloud ComputingOffice 365 adoption Microsoft Partners Foresee Gain in Office 365 Use The adoption of Microsoft Office 365 is expected to increase in the coming months, with partners planning to build new service offerings to meet customer needs. “Buy” Recommendation 97% of survey respondents expect their clients’ use of Microsoft Office 365 to increase in the… Read more
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IT Skills Gap Cuts Across Technologies, Regions
Categories: CareersIT Skills Gap Cuts Across Technologies, Regions IT Skills Gap Cuts Across Technologies, Regions By Maggie O’Neill The Reality of the IT Skills Gap Just 20% of IT leaders said that the skills gap is a myth, while 80% said it is a reality. Also, 78% of IT pros describe the skills gap as real.… Read more
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Intel Security Continues to Revamp Partner Program
Categories: SecurityIntel Security rolled out the second phase of improvements to its partner program, in a move to continue simplifying pricing and improving profitability for its reseller and distributor partners. The first phase, launched in October 2014, developed the framework for the new program, which included simplifying solution competencies, eliminating baseline certifications, and adding a new… Read more
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Waiting in Anticipation for Windows 10
Categories: News and TrendsWith the Microsoft Worldwide Partner 2015 conference (July 12-16 in Orlando, Fla.) upon us, all eyes in the channel are turning to Windows 10, which is scheduled to begin shipping at the end of the month. Microsoft partners of all sizes are wondering to what degree Windows 10 will impact their business in 2015 versus… Read more
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Xerox Sharpens Managed Print Services Tools for the Channel
Categories: Managed ServicesXerox this week bolstered its managed print services offerings with the addition of tools that make it simpler to integrate Xerox managed print services within their overall managed services portfolio. Xerox is exposing an MPS Application Programming Interface (API) that makes it simpler for managed service providers (MSPs) to integrate their front-end customer systems with… Read more