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Avnet Launches New Maintenance Services Program
Avnet Launches Maintenance ServicesNow To assist U.S. partners in capturing lost revenues related to maintenance services, Avnet Technology Solutions launched a service aimed at helping its solution provider and supplier partners renew and sell maintenance services. Maintenance ServicesNow by Avnet, available in the United States, is a customized service that enables partners to engage with…
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CompTIA Offers New Guide for MSPs
CompTIA Offers Managed Services Guide CompTIA added a new guide to its educational resources to help managed service providers (MSPs) address the challenge of building a successful managed services sales organization and managing it. The free guide includes insights into the best practices used by some of the most successful MSPs. CompTIA’s “Quick Start Guide…
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Ciena Software Creates New Business Model for MSPs
Ciena Platform Sets Up New Business Model for MSPs Ciena introduced a software solution that establishes a new business model for managed services providers (MSPs). The new virtual services software platform, Agility Matrix, gives providers a more profitable strategy for adding and expanding network services and appliance functionality with a simple web interface and a consumption-based…
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Avnet Intros Tool to Help Partners Manage Cloud Accounts
Avnet Technology Solutions has launched a new tool to help partners in the United States and Canada manage their cloud accounts. Avnet Cloud Toolset (ACT), a component of Avnet Cloud Solutions, helps managed service provider (MSP) and VAR partners consolidate, manage and track cloud accounts across multiple cloud providers. The tool is designed to ensure that…
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Channel News Briefs: Week of Nov. 9
OpenDNS Delivers New Capabilities to MSPs OpenDNS, a provider of cloud-delivered security, has unveiled new capabilities that allow managed service providers (MSPs) to automate common tasks associated with deploying and managing security across their customer base. The new “Centralized Settings” feature multiple new controls that enable MSPs to improve their operational efficiency and profitability. Critical…
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SDN Will Transform the Delivery of IT Services
When it comes to IT these days most organizations are trying to become more agile. The problem they face in attaining that agility is that while a virtual machine can be provisioned in minutes, it still takes weeks to provision the associated subnets and VLAN resources. To solve that problem, IT vendors are pouring millions…
