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Managed Services / Cloud

Triad Reaches ServiceNow Preferred Partner Status

Triad Technology Partners, a cloud solutions provider for enterprise IT, has achieved ServiceNow Preferred Partner Status,  a designation that recognizes Triad’s investment in training and certification programs to provide high-quality ServiceNow implementations. “Preferred Services partners demonstrate proficiency and expertise on the ServiceNow platform to successfully implement IT service automation more efficiently and effectively,” said Tom Moore, […]

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FirmTech Joins Evolve IP CloudNOW Partner Program

Evolve IP, a cloud services provider, recently announced that FirmTech, an IT consulting company specializing legal and professional firms, has joined its CloudNOW partner program. With the new partnership, FirmTech will offer virtual data centers, disaster recover, and virtual desktops to law offices throughout the Southern United States. CloudNow offers IT service providers the ability […]

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Salesforce.com And Oracle Agree To Integrate Clouds

Salesforce.com and Oracle may be rivals when it comes to marketing automation, but they are now partners in the cloud. The two companies signed a nine-year partnership agreement encompassing all three tiers of cloud computing— applications, platform and infrastructure. Salesforce.com plans to standardize on the Oracle Linux operating system, Exadata engineered systems, the Oracle Database, […]

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Mobile Cloud Market To Be Worth $1 Trillion By 2017

Due to advancements in mobile browsers in the past five years, the mobile cloud is becoming a lucrative market for both vendors and partners. In fact, the overall mobile cloud market is expected to reach $1 trillion dollars by 2017, according to a new joint research report from Heavy Reading and BSG Advisory. The Mobile […]

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Cisco Partner Summit Spotlights Business Transformation In The Cloud

Many vendors still are wrapping their heads around the advent of the cloud and managed services. Additionally, organizations are considering how these technological advancements will impact channel operations and end-user demands. Rather than fighting inevitable change, Cisco is evolving. During the annual Channel Partner Summit, which took place June 4-6 in Boston. Cisco executives shared […]

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PowerCloud Systems Launches New PowerUp Partner Program

PowerCloud Systems, a provider of cloud-powered networking solutions for businesses, has unveiled the PowerUp Partner Program for service providers using the PowerCloud CloudCommand platform. The new program is designed to help service providers deliver Wi-Fi-as-a-Service to customers, while offering a greater variety of training opportunities, service options, tools and resources. In addition, partners striving to transition […]

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CompTIA Reports Channel Conflict Is On The Rise

New research from CompTIA, a non-profit IT trade association, has confirmed that conflict between vendors and their channel partners is on the rise. Six in 10 IT channel companies have reported an increase in conflict over the past two years. Eight in 10 said that conflicts have been detrimental to their business, and 21% of […]

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Can The Channel Come Out To Play?

By Ian Moyse, Sales Director, Workbooks.com, Eurocloud UK Board Member & Cloud Industry Forum Governance Board Member There is an on-going discussion in articles, at events and in offices each day about the part that channels will play in go-to-market for the cloud form factor. Does it have a place?  What is that place? What […]

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Two-Thirds Of ISVs Say Partners Are Vital To SaaS Success

Avangate has released results of a Forrester Consulting commissioned study, the Technology Adoption Profile (TAP), which confirms the increasing role of the channel, especially in the emerging Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) space. The majority (79%) of ISVs surveyed reported that their channel partner program will play a strategic role in growing SaaS revenues. In addition, 66% of respondents said that channel partners […]

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How To Succeed As A SaaS Vendor

By Preciouse Gross, Community Manager, BlueSnap Customer acquisition and retention are integral parts of any business. However, when your business depends on the promise of “no long-term contracts and cancel your subscription at any time,” you have to rely on customer service techniques that will help acquire and maintain long-lasting relationships. This is the case […]

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