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More than 300 IT executives and dozens of vendors met to talk about midmarket solutions at the Midsize Enterprise Summit.

ChannelWeb picked 15 common beliefs about Microsoft and gave channel partners the opportunity to explain why they're more fiction than fact.

ChannelWeb visited Tech Data's headquarters for a strategy update and was given a behind-the-scenes tour of how the distributor operates.

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There will be more than $500 billion in profits this year related to solutions and services, Microsoft's Dana Manciagli tells European Solution providers.

April 16, 2008

The offerings are delivered through Ingram's Seismic Virtual Services Warehouse and can be private labeled by solution providers.

April 15, 2008

The program is affordable as it takes into consideration risk management benefits of being a member of MSPAlliance, the group says.

April 04, 2008

Everdream partners who register before May 15 will be grandfathered into Dell's MSP desktop remote management certification program.

March 31, 2008

The company's overall services revenue grew about 80 percent over 2007.

March 20, 2008

Solution providers and MSPs can combine any of several services with a current offering or use them as a foundation to enter managed services.

March 03, 2008

Upgrade includes support for Intel's vPro Technology and Apple's Mac OS.

February 27, 2008

The program will beef up the HealthPath initiative Avnet started in 2006.

February 25, 2008

Pi has been working on next gen software environments to allow users to "create, repurpose, store, share, and access personal information in novel ways."

February 21, 2008

Tech Data also offers remote-monitoring managed services access through an agreement with N-able Technologies.

February 19, 2008

Dell's acquisitions have been tactical in targeting the SMB market where VARs play.

February 12, 2008

An effective disaster recovery plan helped a Tennessee-based managed service provider keep his business and his customers free from disruption.

February 06, 2008

Other storage hardware and software vendors who have recently moved into the online backup market include Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Iomega, and Symantec.

January 22, 2008

Partner worries include those about rules of engagement for end users who are current customers of an MSP.

January 17, 2008

Avnet Technology Solutions has created its first offering for the software as a service (SaaS) market. The OneTech Hosted Exchange Services provide e-mail messaging using Microsoft Exchange Server to deliver security, storage and administrative functions.

January 15, 2008

The move that could presage a merger trend among managed service providers, some say.

January 11, 2008

Tech Data plans to offer managed print services through an agreement with FMAudit, a print services application provider. The distributor will help resellers provide automated metering, reporting and consumbable and service alerts.

January 09, 2008

The distributor's first Seismic Partner Conference in Dallas is a venue to attract new partners as its portfolio expands.

December 04, 2007

The online data backup market has been heating up lately as a host of vendors and service providers, large and small, enter the fray.

November 30, 2007

Dell's channel chief says the company's deal to buy SaaS company Everdream will compliment its emerging channel strategy, and protections will be established for Dell channel partners.

November 15, 2007

Dell is keeping up its torrid pace of acquisitions, saying Thursday it has agreed to buy Software-as-a-Service company Everdream.

November 15, 2007

The Utility Company, an Ottawa-based IT franchising company, will begin beta-testing a new VMware-based virtualized desktop service this month and plans to release the first version of the service in early 2008.

November 09, 2007

Cisco says its new Managed Services Channel Program was built to meet the specific needs of MSPs, which differ from partners that are reselling products.

October 31, 2007

Solution providersd say Iomega's relationship with Postini has made it possible for smaller channel players to engage customers with managed services.

October 30, 2007

Managed security service provider Asierus is thinning its customers' IT burden with a subscription-based offering that virtualizes enterprise-class network environments for SMBs.

October 29, 2007

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