Tag: MSPs
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SonicWall Eyes MSPs with Global Management System Update
SonicWALL this week released to the channel the latest edition of its IT management system, SonicWALL Global Management System (GMS) 6.0, which it hopes will appeal to managed service providers (MSP) with a spate of new features that include better reporting on application firewalls, improved data protection policy enforcement and a new API to sync… Read more
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Gridstore Woos MSPs with NAS Offering
After close to two years of preparation in Ireland, Gridstore has opened its doors in Palo Alto, Calif., and is taking the wraps of its first offering targeted at managed service providers. NASg is an enterprise-class storage platform that delivers unlimited storage capacity, network bandwidth and processing capacity on existing Network Attached Storage resources. It… Read more
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Google Eyes MSPs as It Crafts a Channel
There’s no question that Google is a giant in the search engine and cloud computing markets, yet the company remains a neophyte when it comes to formally partnering with the solution provider community. Unlike more established channel programs, Google’s two programs, in particular the new Google Apps Reseller Program, are still a work in progress.… Read more
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MSPs ID Lack of Network Visibility as Top Problem
Is the latest cat video that’s gone viral on YouTube clogging your customer’s network? Got more than a few employees listening to their own private radio stations on Pandora? A new survey of managed service providers reveals that more than half of them spend 13 percent of their time troubleshooting sluggish networks—sluggishness that can be… Read more
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Partners Commanding Their Own Channels
If there were a line for Cisco certification to act as a master network operation center for other managed service providers who lacked infrastructure, Colorado-based Heit would be at the head of the line. The managed services provider specializing in the financial services sector is a big Cisco partner and proponent of its channel programs.… Read more
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Cisco Sets Limits to Cloud Strategy
Cisco Systems’ Padmasree Warrior says the networking giant has no plans to fully engage in cloud computing market, but rather act as a player that supports and enables the remote delivery of applications and services. In a virtual roundtable with journalists and analysts around the world, Cisco’s chief technology officer described Cisco’s boundary in the… Read more