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Quantum Helps Partners Offer a Backup Service in the Cloud
Quantum is aiming to make it significantly easier for channel partners to offer a backup service in the cloud powered by the company’s data protection software. Quantum’s backup-as-a-service managed service provider (MSP) program includes an online marketing kit designed to help Quantum channel partners promote their service. And partners have the option of reselling the…
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The Channel Must Build a Foundation for the API Economy
In many ways, integration is the lifeblood of the channel. Without opportunities to integrate things, there isn’t much call for IT services. Without integration, the most any solution provider can really do is resell a piece of software or hardware and, hopefully, be asked to install it. There’s not much money in that. Solution providers…
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ITSM Complexities Create Channel Opportunities
Raising the stakes in the IT services management (ITSM) space, vendors at the top and bottom or this market are on a collision course toward the middle that will most likely play out in the channel. CA Technologies, for example, offers a freemium version of its CA Nimsoft Monitor. SolarWinds, meanwhile, is making the case…
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M&A Consolidation Continues to Alter the Tech Landscape
M&A Consolidation Continues to Alter the Tech Landscape Tech Deals Rebound Technology transactions increased 97% in value in Q3 to $27.7 billion from $13.9 billion in Q2. A Return to 2012 Levels The number of U.S. tech deals in Q3 2013 increased to 63 from 32 in Q2 2013 and 60 in Q3 2012. Shifting…
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Channel Helps Customers Make Their Move to the Cloud
Using a mix of on-premise and cloud deployments, channel companies are making the transition to the cloud to help their end customers capitalize on its benefits such as reducing both costs and IT complexity. As many enterprises opt for this mixed approach, partly because of concerns about cloud security and integration, cloud providers are beginning…
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Splunk Expanding Analytics Platform with Channel Help
While Splunk search technology is widely used within IT organizations to analyze machine data generated by IT infrastructure, the company’s core technology hasn’t been applied that much outside the IT department. Now, with the help of channel partners, Splunk aims to expand its presence across the enterprise via a series of analytics offerings that deliver…
