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Managed Services, Cloud Solutions Spur Growth
Managed services Managed Services, Cloud Solutions Spur Growth Cloud and managed services solutions have shorter sales cycles, more predictable revenue and higher profits, a new survey of channel leaders finds. Cloud Presence Nearly three-quarters of channel execs/leaders said more than 10% of their total sales is tied to cloud-based solutions, with 15% saying more than…
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What Partners Say About Microsoft in the Cloud
cloud partners What Partners Say About Microsoft in the Cloud Microsoft’s partners are becoming more sophisticated at providing services that complement, and frequently compete with, the company’s cloud services. Putting Microsoft Cloud in Perspective The cloud represents only a little more than 10% of Microsoft’s revenue. While Microsoft claims there are 70 million active users…
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Autodesk Aims to Bolster Its Cloud Ecosystem
At the end of the day, no cloud application is an island in itself. For it to be worth building in the first place, a cloud app must be able to consume and share data with other apps. With that goal in mind, Autodesk has made available several application programming interface (API) extensions to the…
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Cloud Security: 10 Facts the Channel Should Know
Cloud security Cloud Security: 10 Facts the Channel Should Know Many IT decision makers consider security to be better in cloud versus on-premise environments. We look at the state of cloud security today. Moving to the Cloud 48% more security technologies are deployed in the cloud than on premises. On average, security services were deployed…
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How Containers Are Holding Water Amid Challenges
Containers How Containers Are Holding Water Amid Challenges The container market has garnered much excitement. Here’s a look at how and why containers are used and the challenges and opportunities that have emerged. Actual Use of Containers Just over one-fifth (22%) are currently using containers, 36% say they are evaluating them and 34% are not…
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Datto Rolls Out File Sync Services for MSPs
As part of an overall strategy to unseat providers of consumer-grade file synchronization and share services, Datto unveiled its Datto Drive service through which its managed service provider (MSP) partners can offer this capability themselves. To back that effort up, Datto is also making available the first million instances of Datto Drive to its partners…
