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MSP Ecosystems Start to Come of Age
An interesting phenomenon is starting to take shape in the managed services category that has some long term implications for resellers in the channel. Managed service providers (MSPs) are increasingly partnering with software vendors to deliver more products as a service. For instance, instead of the customer buying backup and recovery software, the customer relies… Read more
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Mobile Computing Should Prove to Be a Boon for the Channel
While there may not be much profit in reselling mobile computing devices, the opportunities associated with reselling mobile computing applications is a whole different matter. As organizations of all sizes become more comfortable with mobile computing devices they are starting to look for applications that leverage a near ubiquitous form of computing that requires very… Read more
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VMware Cloud Ecosystem Starts to Mature
From the perspective of cloud service providers VMware may be faulted for being a little late to the cloud computing party. But if current momentum is any indication of things to come, the size of the VMware cloud ecosystem is expanding faster than any other. According to Matthew Lodge, senior director for cloud services for… Read more
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Pressure to Take Sides in Virtualization Wars Starts to Mount
There is no shortage of virtual machine platforms these days, but from a market perspective the dominant three are VMware, Citrix and Microsoft. What’s still a little unclear at this point is to what degree are solution providers going to need to support all three platforms. In general, the Citrix Xen platform tends to be… Read more
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The Path of Least Channel Resistance to the Cloud
Every time there is a major disruption in computing models the impact on business models in the channel is profound. The ongoing shift to cloud computing is no exception. At this point it’s not really a question of whether solution providers will be participating in the cloud, but rather finding the least disruptive approach to… Read more
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HP Leverages VANs to Create Hybrid Cloud Ecosystems
Hewlett-Packard is taking the concept of “cloudbursting” a step further starting today with the deployment of software-defined networking technologies that make it much easier for application workloads to dynamically move between data centers. Bethany Mayer, senior vice president and general manager for HP Networking, says new Virtual Application Network (VAN) technology being launched today will… Read more