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Channel chiefs weigh in on COVID-19’s impact on partners in new report

COVID-19 has turned the world upside down in ways we couldn’t have dreamed of six months ago. And it’s changing everything, including the way channel chiefs are looking at their businesses.

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Channel chiefs weigh in on COVID-19’s impact on partners in new report

COVID-19 has turned the world upside down in ways we couldn’t have dreamed of six months ago. And it’s changing everything, including the way channel chiefs are looking at their businesses.

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HP announces relief initiatives for channel partners

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Sales and Marketing in the age of COVID-19

COVID-19 is changing the way people work. It is changing where they are working from and it…

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Only 30% of SMBs outsource IT in the U.S., says Datto report

Only 30 per cent of SMBs in the United States outsource their IT, according to a new report from Datto, and managed services providers carry a Net Promoter Score of 18, which puts them near the bottom of comparable industries.

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This week on Reddit, MSPs talk about mental health, shadow IT, and more

This week, there was a lot of focus on how MSPs cope with the late-night calls and frantic customers during a crisis such as this one, a school has no idea how to transition to remote work, and more.

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All Hands on Tech – Fitbit Charge 3 review

Recap of Intel’s CPU announcements at CES 2019 – 10nm Cascade Lake, Ice Lake, and Nervana AI chip

Belkin’s new WeMo smart switches and Phyn Plus Smart Water Assistant – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

Jabra’s new Elite 85h headphones & Evolve 65t wireless earbuds – All Hands on Tech at CES 2019

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Channel Strategy News

SAP won’t be a big buyer, says CEO

Internal innovation, not acquisition, is company’s future, Kagermann tells Sapphire

Sobeys accentuates its SAP positives at Sapphire

Meanwhile, SAP announces an appliance built with HP and an e-learning solution with Adobe

Working big in IN24

Ingram Micro Canada and Infocus partner on promotion

Samsung claims first in stacked memory

Says it can create 4GB DIMMs that use less power than today

Avnet again AMD’s top distributor

Company credits deploying new resources outside North America

AMD releases more Opterons

Marks fourth anniversary of line with more powerful CPUs

The promises and perils of number portability

The long-term benefits for consumers will be the ability to have a co-called personal number identity

CA adds 16 products to EITM strategy

Ten of new solutions deal with managing systems and networks

CA forms mid-market and storage division

New business unit concentrating on recovery management, compliance and data protection will go completely through the channel. We spoke to one partner who praises the strategy