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Ingram Micro Aims to Keep Boosting Its Cloud Clout
Ingram Micro has significantly enhanced its cloud program over the past few months with several major additions to its Cloud Marketplace portfolio and the expansion of its marketplace to 13 global locations, supporting more than 3,500 channel partners. Currently, the U.S. Cloud Marketplace includes 15 vendors and 60 cloud solutions. “Ingram Micro is a master…
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Priorities Shift as Use of Cloud Services Matures
Cloud security Priorities Shift as Use of Cloud Services Matures Solution providers across the channel should take note that the most important attribute of any cloud service is now considered to be the level of security it provides. Responsibility for Acquiring Cloud Services IT is now clearly more involved with purchasing; 43% of study participants…
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The Trouble With OpenStack
Some five years after the launch of OpenStack as a cloud management framework, the platform’s adoption continues to be artificially constrained. While there have been some notable implementations by IT organizations with a lot of internal IT engineering talent at their disposal, mass adoption of OpenStack has yet to occur for a variety of technical…
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Businesses Underestimate Shadow IT, Cisco Warns
Cisco recently shared data results based on its customers’ public cloud usage, including the issue of shadow IT, and the numbers aren’t pretty. One major finding shows that companies are using as much as 15 to 22 times more cloud services to store critical company data than CIOs realized. The reason behind the mounting problem…
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Microsoft as a Means to a Profitable Cloud End
While channel partners have historically made a lot of money reselling software and hardware on-premise, the shift to the cloud is putting much more emphasis on services. Because the revenue that cloud service generates mostly shows up in small increments over the life of the service contract, solution providers need to wrap as many services…
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Passportal Rolls Out New Cloud Partner Program
Passportal Unveils New Cloud Partner Program Passportal’s new Cloud Partner Program is designed to allow VARs, managed service providers (MSPs) and independent software vendors (ISVs) to rebrand and resell its cloud-based password protection and management as a service. The programs provide partners with the tools and training required to rebrand and resell the mobile-optimized management-as-a-service.…
