Recent Articles
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Former Silverback Master MSP Leaves Dell Behind for Level Platforms
For Do IT Smarter, a master managed service provider that had standardized on Silverback as the MSP platform it offered to its partners, the last two years have been a long road. That’s because Dell, the computer maker that just a few years ago subscribed to the so-called direct-only "religion" and eschewed the channel, decided…
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N-Able Partners with Intronis, Sees Strong Growth Ahead
Intronis and N-Able Technologies joined forces this week to integrate Intronis’ Online Backup + Recovery with N-able’s N-central 7.0 with Endpoint Security Manager, allowing MSPs to track backup and recovery statuses, notifications, and other events via the same centralized interface that they use to perform remote monitoring and management functions. Boston-based Intronis is a developer…
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Microsoft, HP Do Right by Partners
In the closing months of 2009, as the world tried to close the books on a terrible year, Cisco Systems tapped Avnet and WestCon to distributed its blade servers and enable resellers to go to market with the foundational building blocks of its Unified Computing Systems. The announcement was the culmination of nearly nine-months of…
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Websense Restructures, David Roberts Departing
David Roberts is leaving Websense as part of a corporate restructuring of sales. No effective date has been given for his departure, but the company says he will continue with the company through a transition period. Websense has appointed Matt Hynes as vice president of worldwide global channels, a new position for the company. Hynes will…
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Dell Hit by Server Inventory Shortages
If you’re waiting on a back-ordered Dell server, you’re not alone. Dell confirmed to Channel Insider that it’s experiencing inventory disruptions in some server lines that are causing shipping delays and back orders to partners and customers. Several vendors are affected by a shortage of raw materials used to make components in common IT hardware…
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SAP Business ByDesign Coming to Market at Last?
It’s no secret that the giants of packaged enterprise applications—SAP, Oracle, etc.—got lapped by nimbler competitors in the race to take their business software to the cloud. Salesforce.com and Netsuite went to software-as-a-service right out of the gate, while SAP, in particular, has struggled to develop a credible version of its software for the new…