Managed Services

CDN Morning Briefing, August 13, 2020 – VMware layoffs, plus news from Pure Storage, Solarwinds, and more

VMware layoffs, plus news from Pure Storage, Solarwinds, and more

Recent Managed Services Stories

CDN Morning Briefing, August 13, 2020 – VMware layoffs, plus news from Pure Storage, Solarwinds, and more

VMware layoffs, plus news from Pure Storage, Solarwinds, and more

CDN Morning Briefing, July 23, 2020 – A good ol’ news roundup

Commvault Metallic update: nine months later

While Metallic was initially aimed at the midmarket, Commvault says that they’ve seen much more interest than anticipated from enterprises

Microsoft Inspire 2020: Azure Lighthouse updates, expanded partnerships and new playbooks

There are 30 pages worth of announcements in Microsoft’s “Book of News” this year. The few pages dedicated to customer and partner enablement consist of Azure Lighthouse updates, a pair of partnership expansions, and two new Microsoft playbooks. Let’s break it all down.

CDN Morning Briefing, July 20, 2020 – A Q&A with D&H about vendor financing, plus the latest news

To find out more about the uptake and impact of vendor financing programs we reached out to D&H Canada to learn more. Plus, the latest IT channel news

Managed Services Videos

President to President with Luc Villeneuve, Red Hat Canada

Tour PwC Canada’s Digital Experience Centre

BitTitan CEO on the MSP “iceberg” effect and how to enable the channel [video]

Microsoft Canada on alternative lucrative business models for partners [video]

Best Managed Services Silver and Bronze winners at CEA 2015

Best Security Solution at CDN Channel Elite Awards 2015

Best Mobile Solution at CDN Channel Elite Awards 2015

Solution Provider of the Year at CDN Channel Elite Awards 2015

Managed Services News

Negotiating a SaaS partner contract

Smaller companies may possess limited negotiating clout, but may still find room to bargain

Managed Print Services eating into printer market

Gartner’s estimates show a decline in one region’s printer market compared to last year

Managed communication services move to the cloud

Many of the big players in enterprise communications have some sort of strategy related to cloud

Whaleback Managed Services dials up 911

New 911 functionality for emergency response features location based services

Managed Services provider to bolster security offering

ManageEngine to showcase latest versions of IT security solutions

Consider desktops in the cloud for BYOD

Desktop-as-a-Service is an interesting way for IT execs to provide cloud-based Windows desktop sessions

Cloud providers cave into more flexible contracts

Contract terms can be a source of competitive advantage

Managed security services comes to the channel

Kaspersky Lab launches managed services program for security resellers

Amazon Web Services personalizes CloudFront Web hosting service

With support for dynamic content generated by its EC2 compute service, AWS CloudFront can now personalize web pages for each user

Kaspersky launches managed security service provider program

New program offers low barrier to entry and allows partners to wrap-in own services and support

New bare metal cloud offerings emerging

Sometimes customers don’t want to use a public or a private cloud with virtualized infrastructure

Many MSPs missing opportunity for backup and recovery in SMB market

A Toronto area company has launched a partner program to take on what it says are missed revenue opportunities

From IT to ET: Cloud, consumerization, and the next wave of IT transformation

Are IT organizations on the same level as janitorial services?

How to find the right e-mail marketing service provider

An e-mail marketing platform is the foundation of modern business marketing

Amazon expands cloud-based live streaming functionality

Microsoft and Apple formats for live streaming are now handled by Amazon CloudFront

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