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Exablox Launches Program to Drive New Storage Paradigm
Conventional wisdom holds that most of the data small and midsize businesses (SMBs) generate will wind up in the cloud. In reality, storing lots of data in the cloud has limitations from both cost and performance perspectives. Looking for channel partners to help determine when and where on-premise and cloud storage makes sense, Exablox launched…
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Charting Channel Partners’ Paths to Profitability for 2014
Path to profits Profitability Priorities As usual, almost a third of channel partners intend to hire more technical and sales people. But, surprisingly, 30% plan to invest in more marketing and offer higher-margin services. Keys to Profitability Quality products that don’t require a lot of support was rated No. 1 by 30%. Revenue and margin…
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Egenera Eases the Channel’s Move to the Cloud
Egenera is capitalizing on cloud management capabilities acquired last year and now aims to help companies in the channel more easily manage IT services running on-premise and in the cloud via the same management console. The latest version of Egenera Cloud Suite adds support for enhanced workflow automation, simplified administration and integration with Microsoft Active…
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Ricoh Deal for mindShift to Bolster White-Label IT Services
With the planned purchase of mindShift Technologies from Best Buy, Ricoh aims to expand the IT services that mindShift currently allows other providers to sell under their own brands. The acquisition of mindShift—expected to close in February—represents an opportunity to bolster a fledgling part of Ricoh’s services portfolio. Known primarily for printers, Ricoh provides managed…
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Can the Channel Field the Apple Opportunity?
One thing solution providers are going to see a lot more of in 2014 is devices from Apple in their customer accounts. In the United States at least, Apple still dominates the consumer agenda. One way or another, a huge percentage of those devices, especially Apple iPads, are going to find their way into the…
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IT Automation Emerges as a New Channel Opportunity
One of the hottest emerging trends in IT these days is the shift toward increased reliance on automation. While the idea has been around, thanks to the rise of open-source tools from companies such as Chef and Puppet Labs, the adoption of IT automation tools has increased markedly. Driving this trend is nothing short of…
