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Palo Alto Network Aggressively Pursues MSSPs
Less than a month after naming a new CEO, next-gen firewall developer Palo Alto Networks is reconfirming its commitment to channel growth with an announcement this week of partnerships with some of the biggest managed service providers in the security market. The heavy-hitters on the Palo Alto Networks roster now include BT Global Services, Dell…
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Skype Acquires Group Texting Specialist GroupMe
Internet phone service provider Skype announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire GroupMe, a provider of mobile group messaging services that helps users stay in touch and make decisions. GroupMe was founded in 2010 at the Techcrunch Disrupt Hackathon and is headquartered in New York, New York. Terms of the acquisition will…
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Astute Unveils ViSX G3 Virtualization Acceleration Platform
Astute Networks, a specialist in network and flash-based technologies for virtualized infrastructure, announced the introduction of ViSX G3, a performance solution for VMware virtualization environments. The ViSX G3 platform is designed to enable faster, more widespread adoption of server and desktop virtualization, as well as cloud computing, by delivering sustained random I/O performance, with optimized…
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Getting It Right in the Post-Managed Services Era
The IT channel is about to enter the post-managed services era. Much like modernism led to postmodernism in art and philosophy, the managed services model is evolving into a new IT consumption reality. At the heart of the change is the cloud, and more specifically, how managed services providers (MSPs) choose to proceed into a…
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Managed Services Offer SMBs Challenges, Opportunities: Survey
Technology VARs are increasingly focused on selling managed services to help small and midsize businesses monitor, manage and maintain their IT networks and equipment. However, according to a study released by CIT Group, a provider of vendor financing solutions, the benefits of offloading IT services — lower costs, increased available resources and reduced IT headcount…