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Ingram Micro, Heartland Technology Group Partner on Channel Peer Groups
Ingram Micro has teamed with Heartland Technology Group (HTG) to offer HTG’s proven peer groups to the distributor’s SMB Alliance (SMBA) partners, helping solution providers run smarter operations and overcome common business challenges. The peer groups were the brainchild of Arlin Sorenson, HTG’s CEO and founder. In 2001, Sorenson’s company was struggling to overcome customers’…
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New SAAS Provider StrataScale Redefines ‘On Demand’
Software on demand already has changed the way applications are sold and consumed, and now a new player is tweaking the model a little further. The newcomer, StrataScale, is adding flexibility and speed to deployments and updates with its server management tool, IronScale, which administrators can control through a secure Web portal. StrataScale, a subsidiary…
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Drafting VARs Could Secure U.S. Digital Infrastructure
The sorry state of cyber-security in the United States has made the nation vulnerable to attacks on its entire infrastructure, from the Internet to the national power grid, according to a Washington-based think tank. Now it’s up to solution providers to help accomplish what the federal government has not been able to–lock down our cyber-borders.…
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Software Vendors, Solution Providers Eye SAAS Disruptive Threat
IT solution providers aren’t the only businesses keeping a watchful eye on the potential disruptive threat from software-as-a-service offerings. Software vendors have been watching the trend too, as companies such as Salesforce.com have made a splash in the SAAS market and put established business applications players such as SAP and Oracle scrambling for a defensive…
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Avnet Adds Microsoft SharePoint to SAAS Offerings
Looking to add another revenue stream and business model to the mix, more IT solution providers are considering software as a service as an option to offer their end customers, and IT distributors are making it easier to do that. Case in point: Avnet Technology Solutions recently added Microsoft SharePoint to its SAAS portfolio, available…
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Ingram Micro Partners with Microsoft on Recession-Busting SAAS Program
Distributor Ingram Micro and software behemoth Microsoft believe they have found a way to help solution providers and their customers fight the recession blues—software as a service. The companies have partnered to extend the vendor’s Service Provider License Agreement to Ingram Micro’s solution providers, specifically those selling into the SMB market. Click here to read…