Tag: services
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VMware’s Cloud Foundry Aims at PaaS
The point of platform as a service is to enable developers to focus solely on their application code and data, leaving the maintenance of the underlying stack to the service provider. One of the biggest potential problems with this approach is that of lock-in: Moving from one PaaS (platform as a service) to another, in… Read more
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MSP Acquisition: TCI Buys Bravura Networks
Categories: Managed ServicesManaged services provider Bravura Networks, which operates in San Diego and Chicago, has become part of the Technology Capital Investors (TCI) portfolio of MSP partners through an acquisition. The deal marks one of many that TCI has struck over the past few years as it looks to build a network of large managed service providers… Read more
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Software Companies Get $24 Million Investment from Intel
Intel is investing more than $24 million in software companies that touch on areas that the giant chip maker is particularly interested in, including cloud computing. In all, Intel Capital–the vendor’s investment arm–will spread the money among seven software makers. The investments, announced Sept. 8, highlights Intel’s ongoing interest in building out its software capabilities,… Read more
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HP Managed Print Services Grow with Printelligent Acquisition
Technology giant Hewlett-Packard announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of Printelligent, a closely held provider of managed print services. Printelligent is a national managed print provider with regional offices and employees across the United States. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Upon completion of… Read more
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Despite Weak Job Market, IT Opportunities Abound: Foote Partners
While the unemployment rate in the United States remains stubbornly high and the population becomes increasingly frustrated with the lack of job opportunities–the month of August saw no gains in the job market and there was a rise in “discouraged workers”–professionals in the IT space fared better, with 13,700 more jobs added in the technical… Read more
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Adding New Services to Your Managed Services Offering
The acronym MSP (Managed Services Provider) has taken on a life of its own in the channel. There are those who associate the term with little more than hosted management of PCs and Servers while others have no clue as to what an MSP really is. Many solution providers seem to assume that becoming an… Read more