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  • Verizon Offers Pay-as-You-Go Hosting Service

    (Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc on Thursday unveiled a pay-as-you go hosting service for corporate customers looking to save money by buying only as much computing capacity as they need at any given time. Verizon is the latest U.S. telecom to jump on the bandwagon of so-called "cloud computing" services after AT&T Inc said last…

  • HP Software Revamps Partner Program Licensing

    Hewlett-Packard is revamping its software licensing options and software channel program in an effort to make more of a play for the managed services platform space and to better accommodate the way end-user companies and solution provider channel partners would prefer to pay. "We are helping partners reduce their risk [and] improve their cash flow…

  • Cisco Lowers the Bar for Managed Services Program

    When it comes to managed services, Cisco Systems has a problem: Only 10 percent of its resellers and solution providers are using its managed services program. As a result, Cisco says they are paying more for equipment to deliver services through the cloud than those participating in the program. Cisco equipment—particularly switches, routers and firewalls—has…

  • IT Outsourcing Firm CSC Launches Cloud Computing with Security Focus

    IT consulting services company CSC (NYSE: CSC) is getting into the cloud computing game with a three-part offering for companies looking to send some of their computing into the cloud. Partnering with Cisco and its Unified Computing effort, EMC, and VMware, CSC will offer what it is calling “Cloud Orchestration” and “Trusted Cloud” services, designed…

  • IT Bought by the Sip

    Here’s an interesting factoid: India has more middle-class citizens than the United States has workers. India, one of the fastest growing economies, will one day even surpass China in economic strength, and is building its entire economy of the future on predominantly white-collar, innovative  technology jobs. But India is still largely a third-world nation. Despite…

  • Level Platforms Enables Monitoring of Cloud-Based SAAS Apps for MSPs

    Resellers and solution providers recognize a competitive threat when they see one. That’s why they ranked Microsoft and its software-as-a-service (SAAS) offering as the biggest competitive threat they face—not any apps from Google. Now managed services platform provider Level Platforms is looking to help its MSPs take advantage of the opportunities created by Microsoft’s launch…

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