Year: 2015
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War for IT Talent Heats Up in the App Economy
Categories: Tech AnalysisApplication development War for IT Talent Heats Up in the App Economy Half of IT organizations are looking to acquire new IT skills and bring them in-house, most notably IT professionals with custom application development skills, a new study finds. The Business Value of Software 43% currently believe that becoming a software-driven enterprise is a… Read more
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Engage, Evolve, Execute to Drive More Business
Categories: PartnersBy Bob Clinton As a partner business owner, you’re constantly looking for customer and market opportunities while simultaneously keeping your eye on the bottom line. Keeping your finger on the pulse of rapidly changing technology markets, like unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), stretches your bandwidth as you juggle your vendor portfolio, hire and train your… Read more
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Asigra Embraces Appliances to Attract MSPs
Categories: Managed ServicesIt seems just about every vendor is trying to recruit managed service providers (MSPs) these days, in recognition of the fact that while IT is certainly getting more automated, somebody still has to deliver the service. Asigra is the latest vendor to unveil an appliance designed for MSPs to deliver data protection services. After selling… Read more
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Unitrends to Unveil New Channel Program in Q3
Categories: Tech CompaniesUnitrends Now Selling 100 Percent Through Channel Unitrends implemented a 100-percent channel-driven go-to-market strategy. The new business model is moving millions of dollars in leads to existing partners, and helping the company cultivate new and existing partner relationships, said Unitrends. The business recovery specialist—which recently appointed Mike Dalton senior vice president of worldwide channels and international… Read more
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Customers Say MSPs Help Make Them More Competitive
Categories: Managed ServicesMSPs Customers Say MSPs Help Make Them More Competitive More firms are adopting managed services for a variety of reasons, including to improve the efficiency of their IT operations. It isn’t just about cost anymore. Growth in Managed Services Adoption 68% of organizations have used an outside IT firm for services to manage one or… Read more
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Datto Extends Its Data Protection Reach
Categories: SecurityDatto today unveiled additions to its data protection cloud service that include backup for data stored on Microsoft Office 365 and a dedicated router that managed service providers can implement to maintain connections to the Datto data protection cloud service. In addition, Datto announced support for a Linux agent and file and synchronization software from… Read more