Recent Articles
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Software Approach, Revamped Data Center Are Key for Channel
When it comes to IT infrastructure in the data center, it hasn’t always been the best of times for the channel lately. Most of the activity in the data center has focused on consolidation, which doesn’t create a lot of upgrade opportunities because it targets leveraging technologies such as virtualization to increase utilization rates. But…
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iIT, Artisan Deal Promotes Channel-Only Offering
Sharing a channel-only philosophy, independenceIT (iIT) and Artisan Infrastructure have formed a partnership that gives their channel partners more control over their cloud service offerings and pricing models. Together, iIT’s Cloud Workspace Suite, a desktop-as-a-service (DaaS) offering, and Artisan’s wholesale infrastructure as a service (IaaS) are expected to help drive recurring revenue for channel partners.…
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Ingram Micro Offers Custom Computing to Partners
Ingram Micro now offers its Artizen portfolio of customizable high-performance computing (HPC) solutions and services to all of its U.S. channel partners to help them address increased demand for greater computing power and customization. The portfolio was initially introduced in limited release in mid-2012, but channel partners now have access to the entire portfolio, including…
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Channel Eyes Alternatives to the Windows Desktop
With the vast majority of IT organizations still running Windows XP, it’s apparent that a significant upgrade opportunity lies ahead for the channel. What’s not clear is what form that upgrade will take. While Microsoft still dominates the corporate desktop, alternatives such as the Apple Macintosh and Google Apps have clearly gained momentum. Microsoft, meanwhile,…
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Volatile Clouds Create Channel Opportunities
Not all clouds are created equal, which helps explain why there are so many of them. Many solution providers expect to see growth of cloud computing in the channel, but they wonder which vendors to go with. Like most emerging markets, the cloud computing space is volatile. IBM, for example, recently surprised many in the…
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Arrow Launches ArrowSphere Cloud Offerings
Arrow Electronics has introduced to the North American market its ArrowSphere cloud service brokerage and aggregation platform, which was initially launched in Europe last year. The North American launch includes a new suite of services designed to help Arrow’s service provider partners build and scale their cloud practices by simplifying the way they sell cloud…
