Features

Features

• Cloud migration services: Use a cloud enablement company to get started

  Cloud enablement companies, such as PlumChoice, BitTitan and NetEnrich, have emerged to help small channel firms provide the migration services their customers are asking for.  Continue Reading

• Clients migrating to the cloud? Prepare for these challenges

  Cloud migration is far from simple: Channel partners should consider the challenges of workload allocation, application design and system dependencies when pursuing projects.  Continue Reading

• Dell and EMC merger poses a challenging transformation

  The Dell and EMC merger presents a multitude of opportunities for market domination -- if the integrated companies can modernize a highly complex portfolio.  Continue Reading

• Taking a look at the HPE hybrid IT strategy

  Since Hewlett Packard Enterprise's creation in 2014, the company's evolution has been marked by buyouts and divestments, bringing it to its current focus on hybrid IT.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft: Intelligent cloud, digital business remaking firm

  Microsoft appears set to pursue a greater focus on vertical markets and technology partners as it takes on digital transformation and cloud computing at the enterprise edge.  Continue Reading

• Citrix: Cloud platform, analytics among key vendor trends

  Citrix is pursing cloud, analytics and hyper-converged infrastructure as the virtualization and networking company continues its transition under new leadership.  Continue Reading

• Artificial intelligence market: Weighing the IT channel's role

  Is artificial intelligence the next big channel opportunity? The hype around AI is definitely increasing, but experts aren't yet sure where partners will fit into the market.  Continue Reading

• Big data application development: An introduction to Hadoop

  Getting into the big data market? Hadoop offers a platform for dealing with very large data sets and the technology's vendors offer training and support for channel partners.  Continue Reading

• Find your niche in big data: Consulting, software, platforms

  Channel partners looking for a niche in big data may find opportunities in consulting, predictive analytics system deployment and software implementation.  Continue Reading

• Cisco: Channel partners can take five paths to profits

  Cisco has outlined a profitability roadmap for its channel partners that must navigate Cisco's growing role in software and customers' digital transformation efforts.  Continue Reading

• Financial services platform efforts drive new partner ecosystem

  Vendors such as IBM are launching financial application development platforms in hopes of attracting fintech companies and independent software vendors.  Continue Reading

• CASB market poised for channel growth

  Fueled by cloud security concerns, the CASB market is expected to boom into a $713 million opportunity by 2020. However, not all customers yet understand the technology.  Continue Reading

• Datapipe-Adapt deal expands cloud computing on two continents

  Datapipe's 2016 acquisition of Adapt, a cloud consultant in the United Kingdom, has led to new business such as a hosted Skype for Business project at a food manufacturer.  Continue Reading

• Selling UCaaS in the highly regulated healthcare vertical

  Before selling unified communications-as-a-service solutions to healthcare organizations, channel firms should understand the industry's strict regulatory framework.  Continue Reading

• Social media tools and applications: Channel execs sharpen strategies

  Channel company executives are finding some success with social media platforms, but report it takes time and effort to develop effective social media marketing plans.  Continue Reading