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Will SDI’s Rise Enhance MSP Profits?
On one hand, the rise of software-defined infrastructure (SDI) takes away from the channel. Instead of being able to count on revenue generated by integrating servers, storage and networking, a greater percentage of IT infrastructure is now pre-integrated. On the other side of that equation, the combination of SDI and hyperconverged infrastructure makes it much…
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Microsoft Aligns With NetEnrich on Azure Migrations
As part of an effort to significantly expand the consumption of cloud services on the Microsoft Azure platform, Microsoft is enlisting the aid of NetEnrich to provide its partners with a white-label service they can invoke to move application workloads into Azure. NetEnrich CEO Raju Chekuri said the goal behind the alliance is to give…
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Landesk Extends Endpoint Reach via AppSense Deal
One thing that IT services providers now struggle with is the diversity of desktops that now routinely get deployed by IT organizations. Not only are there now multiple flavors of Windows, Apple and Google Android devices, there are also a large number of virtual desktops. In anticipation of the fact that virtual desktops will become…
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Unigma Rises to Cloud-Monitoring Challenge
Unigma rolled out a set of IT monitoring tools geared for the top-three infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings that is designed specifically for IT service providers. Designed to give providers of IT services simultaneous visibility into Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Compute Engine, the tools use the APIs those cloud service providers (CSPs) expose…
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Your Customer Community: The Most Important Asset
“Membership has its privileges.” “You want to go where everybody knows your name.” We could go on forever rattling off slogans that espouse the value of belonging. It’s one of the most fundamental of Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. It’s also a crucial in channel marketing. It can be the blade with which you can…
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Dimension Data Launches Cisco Spark Services
Dimension Data Launches Cisco Spark Services Dimension Data launched Cisco Spark and Spark Hybrid Services globally, leveraging its global footprint and managed and application development services to offer Spark and its hybrid services in 58 countries. Spark provides cloud-based business communications that enable customers to message, meet and call anyone on mobile devices, desktops or…
