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• Container consulting: Channel can help deploy technology

  Channel partners may find new business opportunities in container consulting as customers grapple with container adoption and how to achieve competitive advantage.  Continue Reading

• IT channel explores finer points of DevOps consulting

  DevOps challenges are creating demand for IT consultancies such as Nebulaworks and Entisys, which both cite cultural changes as a significant customer pain point.  Continue Reading

• Digital transformation consulting emerges as partner niche

  Digital transformation consulting firms are growing in stature as they partner with traditional channel firms and IT vendors to help customers deal with digital disruption.  Continue Reading

• GDPR compliance requirements: Deadline looms for MSPs, CSPs

  When the European Union's data privacy legislation goes into effect in less than six months, service providers will be working in a new world of GDPR compliance requirements.  Continue Reading

• Brother International Europe taps Ensono for hybrid cloud

  Ensono, a hybrid IT services provider, migrated an electronics firm's SAP and Sitecore applications to a private cloud and Amazon Web Services, respectively.  Continue Reading

• Blockchain consulting work takes root in the IT channel

  While blockchain remains a nascent market in the channel, some channel companies, including Project Radium, are finding blockchain consulting opportunities in enterprise projects.  Continue Reading

• Multi-cloud architecture: Partners hone skills, build tools

  With multi-cloud deployment poised to become more widespread among enterprises, channel partners are expanding their expertise across cloud platforms and pursuing management tools.  Continue Reading

• BMC channel strategy seeks tighter partnerships in multicloud world

  Multicloud environments have given rise to a new set of customer challenges. As BMC looks to tackle these issues, the vendor said it wants partners to play a strategic role.  Continue Reading

• IT service provider companies must build trust to thrive

  Service providers can take a number of steps toward building trust with clients, including obtaining insurance to financially protect customers and earning technical certifications.  Continue Reading

• Natural disaster emergency preparedness lets MSP endure Irma

  Data Integrity Services, a managed services provider in central Florida, helped its clients through the Hurricane Irma aftermath, as well as prestorm preparation.  Continue Reading

• Channel execs grapple with IT security staffing challenges

  Channel firms say security talent is hard to find and expensive to acquire. Learn how executives are overcoming the cybersecurity skills gap.  Continue Reading

• Will digital whiteboards put partners in the black?

  Channel partners may find a resurgent whiteboard market with large IT vendors making a splash, but they will need to get a handle on products' emerging functionality.  Continue Reading

• Facebook collaboration tool leans on channel partners

  Facebook Workplace, a collaboration platform targeting the enterprise, is tapping channel partners for help in deploying the system and integrating it with other applications.  Continue Reading

• Federal IT budget: Look for security, cloud spending in 2018

  Industry executives cited an uptick in federal IT procurement activity during the government's fiscal fourth quarter and expected FY 2018 to feature security and cloud investments.  Continue Reading

• Cloud services offerings expand via acquisition activity

  The growing need for multi-cloud deployment has inspired cloud solution providers to expand their service portfolios through acquisitions and partnerships.  Continue Reading