NEW ON CHANNELWEB
FEATURED VIDEO
Sponsored By:
SLIDE SHOWS
Our list of the most innovative executives of the year spotlights the people that are pushing the envelope with new products and channel programs to bring solution providers to new heights.
Find out which executives made the grade and held their own, despite the great IT downturn of 2009.
Most everyone loves Thanksgiving turkeys. But IT industry turkeys? Not so much. We look at 10 examples of 'turkeys' that have disappointed the tech industry this year.
INSIDE CHANNELWEB
LATEST MANAGED SERVICES NEWS
The alliance allows customers to benchmark offerings from different companies, said Nimsoft CEO Gary Read.
November 10, 2009
The goal of the free licenses is to expose the majority of SMBs to managed services that they otherwise might not try, said CEO Gavin Garbutt.
October 15, 2009
Avaya says it's positioning itself as "antidote to Cisco" in services.
October 15, 2009
Midmarket companies are becoming more interested in managed services solutions, particularly for asset management and license compliance functionality.
September 30, 2009
Should Google, Amazon, and a host of smaller companies providing online services such as e-mail and storage fail to convince customers of their reliability, other more business-oriented online service architects are getting ready to pounce.
September 24, 2009
With the acquisition, eFolder adds email security and management services to its storage and e-mail archiving services, while NMGI, DoubleCheck's parent company, returns to its root as a VAR and MSP.
September 11, 2009
Cisco Systems on Tuesday opened applications for its updated next-generation Managed Services Channel Program, which Cisco said lowers the barrier of entry for VARs looking to launch services practices.
September 01, 2009
With Nimsoft, Ingram Micro will target select solution providers that play in the higher-end networking space rather than try to market it to a large volume of partners.
August 28, 2009
The IT industry is not as good at selling solutions as it wants to believe, says Ingram Micro's Justin Crotty. Here are some traits shared by more successful managed service providers.
August 28, 2009
A Swedish court order to pull the plug on The Pirate Bay with a threat to fine its bandwidth suppliers and trouble with GGF, the company planning to acquire The Pirate Bay, means rocky waters for the peer-to-peer site.
August 24, 2009
A pair of solution providers have teamed up to offer managed services under a new Cisco channel program that only requires one partner to have a NOC.
August 18, 2009
If true, the move would signal a shift in HP's strategy against archrival IBM.
August 18, 2009
Zenith Infotech's managed services platform can now be integrated into Autotask Corp.'s professional services automation software.
August 05, 2009
GFI decided to buy managed services software company HoundDog rather than partner with it. This way, GFI can introduce its network security applications to HoundDog's 1,500 VARs and get an internal development organization.
July 31, 2009
The new service targets companies that would like to build a private cloud but have neither the space nor the management expertise to do it themselves.
July 29, 2009
Free software vendor adds customizable user portal, remote site management to its IT Desktop systems management product.
July 27, 2009
Less than 20 percent of small IT shops provide 'fully outsourced IT,' according to survey by MSP vendor Kaseya.
July 07, 2009
Initial services are aimed at helping customers get started by understanding cloud computing and how it might impact their businesses.
June 23, 2009
Company wants partners to help with cloud planning, architecting, implementation and management.
June 04, 2009
Along with detailing its revamped Managed Services Channel Program at the Cisco Partner Summit, the networking giant said an outsourcing channel program is also coming soon.
June 02, 2009
The N-able Midmarket Partner Program is based on feedback from new N-able partners who were looking to manage and monitor devices on behalf of some of their larger clients.
May 19, 2009
Initiative is LPI's first foray into helping MSPs manage and monitor cloud-based applications and should help MSPs evolve their businesses to where end users want to go, said Peter Sandiford, CEO.
May 14, 2009
VARs, seen as over the hump on the ROI of managed services, now have to shoot for maximum deployment to end users.
May 04, 2009
Managed services is growing faster than security, networking hardware and outsourcing, but not as fast as storage or virtualization solutions, according to IPED.
April 22, 2009
Also new is a business and assessment toolkit, pricing calculator and flysheet creator to help MSPs quickly figure out what specific skills they can offer customers, how much to charge for them and how to market them to new customers.
April 21, 2009
Find more Managed Services articles in our Managed Services archive.
On The Record
Robert Faletra
For nearly 30 years we have been helping solution providers and high-tech suppliers execute in the market. Fact is, no one has bee...
October 23, 01:00 PM
>> More 'On The Record'October 23, 01:00 PM
Channel Centric
Robert DeMarzo
This is without a doubt my favorite issue of the year. The Annual Report Card is a year in the making, which means we are always w...
October 23, 01:00 PM
>> More 'Channel Centric'October 23, 01:00 PM
Under The Radar
Larry Hooper
So it is finally here. It seems like only yesterday the world was bashing Microsoft for constantly blowing it with its Vista opera...
October 23, 11:05 AM
>> More 'Under The Radar'October 23, 11:05 AM
The Final Cut
Steven Burke
One of the highlights of Everything Channel's XChange Tech Innovators conference in Las Vegas this week was all the solution provi...
November 20, 04:10 PM
>> More 'The Final Cut'November 20, 04:10 PM
The Chart
Ed Moltzen
Academic exercises aren't for everyone, but once in a while they can be interesting.
Here's one I started last week: I filled a h...
November 16, 12:23 PM
>> More 'The Chart'November 16, 12:23 PM
Hot Topics
Joe Caponi
Vendors: this is what you've been waiting for. Applications are now open for the 2010 Partner Programs guide, our definitive listing of vendor channel programs, and the Channel Chiefs directory, our more personal look at the top executives creating
>> More 'Hot Topics'
ADVERTISEMENT
CHANNEL SERVICES >>
