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Less than a week into the New Year, IT companies are already targeting the Internet of Things.
Taming The Cloud Management Beast
As the cloud becomes more complex, a software vendor answers the call for advanced policy controls.
Accenture: Security Could Be Barrier To Hot New Mobile, IoT Devices
As CES 2016 gets into full swing this week, a new Accenture study finds that security could pose a problem for the sales of many hot new devices.
10 Most Popular Ticket Management Vendors
The incident management space has drawn both mainstream and specialized vendors, though more than half of support organizations use one of just three solutions.
Q&A: The Partner Case For More Bare-Metal Switches
Cumulus Networks CEO JR Rivers says customers are seeking more white-box, commodity networking hardware compared to traditional switches, and tells why solution providers should jump on the bandwagon.
3 Industrial IoT Predictions For Partners In 2016
FreeWave Technologies, a Boulder, Colo.-based industrial machine-to-machine and IoT wireless networking solution provider, released predictions for Industrial IoT in 2016. Read them here, along with their potential implications for solution providers interested in IoT.
How To Ease Network Strain During The Holidays
Do you know of a business that has had networking problems this holiday season due to high traffic demands? Here are a few ways to fix those issues, from a vice president with a communications provider.
A Solution Providers Silver Lining In Shift To Cloud
Solution provider Avtex shares how it transformed itself by getting into cloud services, and how other solution providers can gain recurring revenue by building a consultancy and services-based organization.
9 Things Dell Wants Partners To Know About Data Center Push
Dell is pushing ahead in its effort to become an enterprise player, and putting considerable focus on the data center. Here are nine things it wants the channel to know about its data center efforts.
Blog Roundup: 3 Views From VARs
What’s on the minds of VARs and other solution providers? In this roundup of recent blog posts, read perspectives on Windows server migrations, hyperconvergence and how the Internet of Things can help your local government.
Why Solution Providers Must Start Selling More SD-WAN Solutions
Channel partners need to seriously start eyeing the addition of a software-defined WAN solution in their portfolio as SD-WAN begins to gain more traction and adoption in the market, according to the founder of an SD-WAN startup.
How An SP Leverages Networking Expertise To Enter The Cloud
ADCom Solutions, a solution provider that focuses on networking and connectivity services, shares how it’s leveraging its expertise to help customers guarantee successful hybrid cloud deployments, and how fellow solution providers can do the same.
Ransomware: How To Deal With It - And Defeat It
How can security solution providers fight the growing threat of ransomware? Two top-level executives with endpoint security vendor SentinelOne offer a rundown of what you need to know about it, and what options you can weigh to reverse ransomware's ill effects on your clients.
Partnership Shows New Route SPs Can Take To Become Cloud Providers
Are you an MSP that wants to boost its cloud offerings without the technical and financial headaches? A partnership of Mass., U.K. firms may interest you.
5 IoT Innovations Solution Providers Should Know, But Dont
Here are five new Internet of Things technologies launched in November that solution providers need to know.
Microsoft Tech Partner: MSPs Can’t Bank On Status Quo
Here are three factors that are forcing service providers to adapt to change, according to Microsoft technology partner AppRiver.
Blog Roundup: A Hyperconvergence Trend Worth Watching
What’s on the minds of VARs and solution providers? This week’s posts look at hyperconvergence, Windows 10 and the value of millennials.
Looking For Top Sales Talent? Youre Not Alone
A survey finds that recruiting experienced sales reps is a big challenge and four out of five IT firms are stepping up sales hiring in 2016.
Partner’s Study: Disruption, Infrastructures Top Corporate IT Concerns
The more technology changes, the more anxious technology leaders feel, according to a survey by Insight Enterprises.
Blog Roundup: IoT’s Rise And Its Impact On Asset Management
What’s on the minds of solution providers? Each week, we look through their blogs in search of perspectives that can help boost your IT knowledge.