Recent Articles
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Microsoft Partner Looks to Add Value to Office 365
Necessity is often the mother of channel invention. With Microsoft rapidly moving tens of thousands of electronic mailboxes to the cloud via its Office 365 cloud computing service, channel partners have to find new ways to add value. A good example of such an approach comes from Champion Solutions Group (CSG), a longtime Microsoft channel…
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CompTIA Adds Channel Training On-the-Go
By Gina Roos Starting April 1, CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry, will offer e-learning courses as part of its education and training programs for the IT channel. The initial e-learning executive certificate programs will focus on cloud-based IT services, mobile strategies and IT security. All e-learning courses include scenario-based learning opportunities, case…
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Ingram Micro Mobility to Distribute Globo Products
By Gina Roos Globo plc has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro. The deal allows the IT services and logistics solutions provider to distribute Globo’s mobility solutions for the enterprise and the small- and midsize-business (SMB) market to authorized resellers in the United States and Canada. Ingram Micro Mobility, a new business unit of…
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Facebook’s Instagram-Inspired Redesign Gives Advertisers More to Like
Facebook, how it works and how people feel about it may all be increasingly complex, but on March 7 the social network announced that its look will soon be much simpler. It announced a redesign to “reduce clutter and focus more on stories from the people you care about.” The News Feed also will be…
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OpenStack to Transform Data Center Market
Now that IBM has become the latest major vendor to throw its weight behind the emerging OpenStack cloud management framework, solution providers in the channel need to adapt to a competitive landscape that is rapidly changing. At the IBM Pulse 2013 conference, March 3 to 6 in Las Vegas, IBM reiterated its support for OpenStack…
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Cloud Options Proliferate Across the Channel
When it comes to cloud computing, solution providers have no shortage of options. They can either opt to build their own cloud to provide services to customers or resell any number of other cloud services. The challenge is figuring out the right mix of all those options. For instance, a solution provider can opt to…
