Year: 2016

  • Thoroughly Modern Channel Marketing

    Thoroughly Modern Channel Marketing

    Howard M. Cohen

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    It’s that time of year when Microsoft partners are busily preparing their applications for Partner of the Year awards to be presented at this July’s Worldeide Partner Conference in Toronto. This year, unless I missed it last year, Microsoft introduced a new award category to the 80-plus others that it gives out. It’s called the… Read more

  • How the Cloud Is Advancing From ‘Rookie’ to MVP

    How the Cloud Is Advancing From ‘Rookie’ to MVP

    Gina Roos

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    Cloud How the Cloud Is Advancing From ‘Rookie’ to MVP IT pros and execs clearly see the cloud’s value. Here are 15 reasons the cloud is progressing from ‘promising rookie’ to Most Valuable Player. The Cloud Is the Future of IT 86% of respondents believe that cloud computing is the future of IT. Safety in… Read more

  • Data Management Opportunities Abound for Channel

    Data Management Opportunities Abound for Channel

    Michael Vizard

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    Data management Data Management Opportunities Abound for Channel Poor data management practices may cost organizations more than $3 trillion by 2020. This creates significant data management opportunities for the channel. The Growth of Data On average, IT executives report data is growing at a rate of 39% per year. Average File Size The average size… Read more

  • Will SDI’s Rise Enhance MSP Profits?

    Michael Vizard

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    On one hand, the rise of software-defined infrastructure (SDI) takes away from the channel. Instead of being able to count on revenue generated by integrating servers, storage and networking, a greater percentage of IT infrastructure is now pre-integrated. On the other side of that equation, the combination of SDI and hyperconverged infrastructure makes it much… Read more

  • Microsoft Aligns With NetEnrich on Azure Migrations

    Microsoft Aligns With NetEnrich on Azure Migrations

    Michael Vizard

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    As part of an effort to significantly expand the consumption of cloud services on the Microsoft Azure platform, Microsoft is enlisting the aid of NetEnrich to provide its partners with a white-label service they can invoke to move application workloads into Azure. NetEnrich CEO Raju Chekuri said the goal behind the alliance is to give… Read more

  • MSP-Internal IT Relationship: How It’s Changing

    MSP-Internal IT Relationship: How It’s Changing

    Michael Vizard

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    At a time when many organizations have higher expectations than ever regarding their IT investments, the divide between internal IT organizations and managed service providers is finally coming to a head. Historically, internal IT organizations often as a last resort begrudgingly agreed to outsource to an MSP areas beyond their ken—including IT security or lower-level… Read more