Recent Articles
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Subscriptions: Software Licensing on Steroids
Subscriptions, at the heart of all cloud services, are like software licenses used to be, except on steroids. Procuring them, tracking them, staying in compliance, and recycling them from departed employees to new are all major challenges often due simply to a lack of tools. Getting them and keeping them under control are a great…
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Tech Data Offers Bundled Microsoft Cloud Solution
Tech Data announced a solution that integrates the Microsoft 365 Business with its own Small Business Cloud Server offering, which runs on Microsoft Azure. This new cloud solution targets the growing small and midsize business (SMB) market, with greater support for Microsoft partners that are building their cloud practices. Tech Data will offer both Microsoft…
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Rackspace Courts the Channel
In many quarters of the channel, Rackspace is viewed as a direct managed services competitor. But as the number of platforms and services that need to be managed continues to expand in the age of the cloud, many solution providers are becoming more flexible in terms of what companies they are willing to partner with…
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Arrow Adds Automation Platform for Cloud Deployments
A CompTIA study reports that cloud computing is one of the top technologies keeping managed service providers (MSPs) up at night. The cloud is also a big missed opportunity for them. Arrow Electronics aims to mitigate the cloud challenge for many of its MSP partners by offering BitTitan’s MSPComplete managed services automation platform through ArrowSphere,…
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New IBM Channel Chief Looks to Cloud Services
It’s no secret that IBM is under pressure from investors to accelerate the rate at which the products it sells are consumed as subscription services delivered via the cloud. Perhaps in response to that, IBM recently promoted John Teltsch to become its new global channel chief in the wake of Marc Dupaquier’s retirement. Teltsch has…
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Veeam’s Partner Programs Target Cloud Growth
Veeam Software has launched several partner-centric initiatives for its Always-On Enterprise platform. The offerings include a new partner program, called the Veeam Accredited Service Provider (VASP) program, which delivers new or increased benefits for marketing promotions, technical service, demos and training aids, as well as co-branding and marketing. The new announcements also present new opportunities…
