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N-able Offers Free Services for Microsoft Partners
Managed services platform provider N-able Technologies April 14 announced it will offer Microsoft partners a one-year subscription to its new hosted N-central Express software free of charge, hoping to accelerate the adoption of managed services. Earlier this year, N-able Technologies and Microsoft announced a strategic alliance that would ensure tighter integration of N-central with Microsoft’s System Center…
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Gartner Analysts Predict Doom and Gloom for Microsoft Windows
In a presentation at a Gartner-sponsored conference in Las Vegas, analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald said Microsoft is overburdened by nearly two decades of legacy code and not responded to the market and faces serious competition that will make Windows moot unless the software developer acts. My question is “what serious competition?” Linux, MAC…
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Managed Services Becoming Commodity?
Recent moves by heavyweights Dell and Intel in the managed services market raise some questions about the market’s direction but, more importantly, add validity to a business model dismissed as hype not long ago. Intel on April 8 launched its “white label” managed services offering, which includes hosted Exchange and Sharepoint components. A week earlier,…
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Cisco Looks for $20B in Partner Growth
Cisco is hoping to build between $15 billion and $20 billion of new partner opportunities in the next three years and has outlined the areas where it believes partners should look for opportunities. Speaking at Cisco’s Partner Summit in Honolulu on April 9, Keith Goodwin, senior vice president of worldwide channels at Cisco, said the three…
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Intel, NaviSite Ink Managed Services Deal
Intel and NaviSite have signed a managed services deal that the companies say will give VARs a blueprint for moving into the lucrative services space. Intel and NaviSite announced the white-label managed services offering at the annual Intel Solutions Summit, held April 6 through 9 in Las Vegas. The companies said the services will allow…