Recent Articles
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Xangati Expands Its Channel Program
As fundamentally important as it is for a solution provider to make money by selling a particular product, there are a handful of IT management tools that, when properly employed, create opportunities that go well beyond the price of the software. Looking to capitalize on that simple fact, Xangati has extended its channel program to…
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Managing Storage in a Software-Defined World
While just about everybody would tend to agree that storage needs to be simpler to manage, very few people seem to agree what’s the best way to go about making that happen. As a result, it seems like every vendor these days is bandying about the term software-defined storage (SDS), but what that means is…
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New Class of Channel Players Emerges in Cloud Age
Now that there are solution providers that are completely born of the cloud in that most of the IT services they provide are dependent on multiple cloud services, it makes sense that we would start to see distributors born of the cloud, as well. SaaSMax aims to cater to the needs of a new class…
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SMBs Back Up Data, but Only Half Do So in Cloud
Data loss The True Cost of Data Loss Nearly a third (31%) of the SMBs polled said it would cost them more than $500,000 if they lost their data, and 23% said it would cost them $100,000 to $499,999. Preparation of SMBs for Data Loss Surprisingly, 42% say they are fully prepared for a data…
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Avnet, EMC Aim to Make Private Clouds Cheaper for SMBs
In an effort to solve the technology and cost challenges of small businesses looking to move to the private cloud, Avnet Technology Solutions teamed up with EMC to deliver channel-ready products for small businesses following the launch of EMC’s VNXe3200 storage platform and EMC ScaleIO architecture. These cloud appliances deliver the benefits of private clouds…
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File Transfer Services in Cloud Age Lead Back to Channel
All things IT have a funny knack of coming back to the channel. Take file sharing and synchronization, which arguably is the cloud app that end users wind up buying directly more than any other. Whether it’s from Dropbox, Box or any one of a dozen other services, many users now find themselves employing multiple…
