Recent Articles
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Microsoft Partner Looks to Add Value to Office 365
Necessity is often the mother of channel invention. With Microsoft rapidly moving tens of thousands of electronic mailboxes to the cloud via its Office 365 cloud computing service, channel partners have to find new ways to add value. A good example of such an approach comes from Champion Solutions Group (CSG), a longtime Microsoft channel…
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CompTIA Adds Channel Training On-the-Go
By Gina Roos Starting April 1, CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry, will offer e-learning courses as part of its education and training programs for the IT channel. The initial e-learning executive certificate programs will focus on cloud-based IT services, mobile strategies and IT security. All e-learning courses include scenario-based learning opportunities, case…
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Ingram Micro Mobility to Distribute Globo Products
By Gina Roos Globo plc has signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro. The deal allows the IT services and logistics solutions provider to distribute Globo’s mobility solutions for the enterprise and the small- and midsize-business (SMB) market to authorized resellers in the United States and Canada. Ingram Micro Mobility, a new business unit of…
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Cloud Options Proliferate Across the Channel
When it comes to cloud computing, solution providers have no shortage of options. They can either opt to build their own cloud to provide services to customers or resell any number of other cloud services. The challenge is figuring out the right mix of all those options. For instance, a solution provider can opt to…
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HP Eases Channel Path to the Cloud
At the 2013 HP Global Partner Conference, HP made the transition to cloud computing a whole lot easier for its channel partners. The company unfurled additions to its HP Cloud Builder program, which enables HP channel partners to offer a hybrid delivery model across private, managed and public cloud environments. The extensions to the program…
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Hadoop Gets a Lot More Channel Friendly
While the amount of interest in Big Data at the moment may far exceeds the actual number of IT projects being launched using the technology platform; it’s clear that technologies such as Hadoop are creating a significant new opportunity for the channel. Solution providers looking to take advantage of those opportunities should take note of…
