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SkyKick Extends Its Cloud Management Reach
After helping channel partners build a practice around migrating organizations to Microsoft Office 365, SkyKick is expanding its cloud management service to include support for other applications alongside a new backup and recovery service. Fresh off raising another $10 million, Todd Schwartz, SkyKick co-founder and co-CEO, said that in addition to helping partners manage Microsoft…
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Coming to Terms With Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Office 365 Coming to Terms With Microsoft Office 365 Many solution providers are using the transition to Microsoft Office 365 to establish or expand their managed service practices, a new study finds. Inhibitors to Microsoft Office 365 Adoption While 71% cited customer concerns about the cloud; 44% pointed to the actual migration process. Where…
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WestconGroup Launches Tech Incubation Program
WestconGroup Launches Tech Incubation Program WestconGroup launched an incubation program to identify emerging technology vendors in high-growth areas and develop global distribution relationships for their products and services. As part of the program, the distributor is looking to find vendors that have not previously used or considered distribution as a sales channel. With budgeted funding…
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Channel Reincarnates in the Age of the Cloud
There’s clearly a lot of interest these days in solution providers that are “born of the cloud,” but as is often the case in the channel, these solution providers are not being born as much as reincarnated. Operating under new names, most of the solution providers that focus mainly on the cloud are actually run…
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Tech Data Rolls Out TDCloud Globally
Tech Data Rolls Out TDCloud Worldwide Tech Data announced the global launch of TDCloud, powered by StreamOne, the company’s end-to-end provisioning, billing and marketing engine for solution providers. The Tech Data Cloud Solutions Store is now available to partners in Canada, France and the United Kingdom, and will be launched across Europe in a phased rollout over…
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A Close Look at How SMBs Are Using Cloud Services
Cloud services A Close Look at How SMBs Are Using Cloud Services A new study examines how small and midsize businesses are using cloud services and the most significant opportunities for service providers in this space. Big Spenders The 2015 U.S. cloud services market for SMBs encompasses more than 7 million SMBs that spend on…
