Recent Articles
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10 Things the Channel Should Be Thankful For
As this season of giving thanks arrives, VARs have a lot to be grateful for.
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Wanted: A Few Good MSPs
MasterIT is looking for a few good MSPs to deliver technology using an IT-as-utility business model, which the firm has claimed is “almost recession proof.” The Bartlett, Tenn.-based company began selling IT-as-utility in 2006 and is now looking to expand its reach by recruiting business partners that will act as MSPs that sell IT-as-utility under…
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U.K. VARs Face Stormy 2008
U.K. VARs have been told to batten down the hatches for a tough 2008 by channel analyst firm Plimsoll Consulting. The uncertain economy in both the United Kingdom and the United States is driving solution providers to sit tight and weather the possible storm, and some will need to make quick cost cuts if they…
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SAP Cuts Its Losses
The other shoe has dropped in the ongoing legal battle between software applications giant SAP and Oracle, its fierce competitor. SAP announced Nov. 19 that Andrew Nelson, the CEO of its embattled subsidiary, TomorrowNow, has chosen to resign, along with several other senior managers. SAP also announced that it is considering several options for the…
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The Top 5 Obstacles to Becoming an MSP
The transition from solution provider to managed service provider can be tough. Here are the top five challenges your company is likely to face, based on a survey of 325 channel professionals.
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MSP Obstacles Rife in Channel
Confusion is still rampant in the MSP sector because providers still have difficulty defining the services they should be offering to the user. According to a study by Ziff Davis Enterprise Research of 325 MSPs, 46 percent of respondents said creating service definitions was the greatest obstacle to transitioning their businesses to a managed services…
