News and Trends

Recent Articles

  • VARs Need to Recruit Talent to Stay Competitive in Channel

    VARs and solution providers need to constantly recruit top sales talent to keep competitive in a channel environment that is undergoing fundamental changes. That is the blunt advice of Larry Kesslin, the preside of 4-Profit, an advisory service company that works with the IT channel and is based in Riverdale, N.Y. Kesslin addressed solution providers,…

  • AppRiver Offers Unlimited Mailbox Storage for Microsoft Exchange

    As part of its Microsoft Exchange hosting service, e-mail security firm AppRiver is offering unlimited mailbox storage, eliminating the need for the type of quota systems in place at many companies. The company’s service costs businesses $12.95 per mailbox per month, and includes SecureTide, AppRiver’s spam and virus protection technology. The removal of mailbox storage…

  • Red Hat Hires Top Channel Exec

    Everyone in the channel business knows that Red Hat has never done all that well by its system integrator, value-added reseller, and solution provider partners. Things are about to change, however, with the hiring of Mark Enzweiler as its VP North American Channel Sales. Enzweiler is extremely well regarded in channel circles. Enzweiler comes to…

  • Microsoft Preps 11 Security Patches, Some Critical

    Microsoft reported on Oct. 5 that it will release a total of 10 updates for its Windows operating system and Office productivity suite as part of its monthly security bulletin for October. Due out on Oct. 10 are six security updates meant to patch issues identified in Windows, with an additional four updates aimed at…

  • Bell Micro Partners with SilverBack for Managed Services

    The marriage of managed services and distribution is solidifying, as SilverBack Technologies completes a partnership agreement with distributor Bell Microproducts. SilverBack, based in Billerica, Mass., is extending its managed services platform to VARs selling to midsize companies through the distributor. Bell Microproducts will use the SilverBack technology to anchor a program that taps the distributor’s…

  • Securing E-Mail the Appliance Way

    Duration: 6:51 Click here to download this podcast. Check out eWEEK.com’s for the latest podcasts by eWEEK analysts, editors and reporters.

Get the Free Newsletter

Subscribe to Channel Insider to be informed on the changing IT landscape.

You must input a valid work email address.
You must agree to our terms.