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• Channel compliance controls: SSAE 16 audit requirements rigorous

  Channel companies need to pay up for SSAE audits and develop policies, processes and documentation around regulatory compliance, say experts at ChannelCon 2016.  Continue Reading

• HIPAA compliance services a double-edged sword

  Before MSPs take on HIPAA compliance work, experts advise they understand the regulatory framework they're subject under, obtain certifications and mitigate the risks.  Continue Reading

• Remote monitoring and management tools: Some assembly required

  Managed service providers use custom integration to unify monitoring tools in a bid to simplify what otherwise could become out-of-control automation.  Continue Reading

• Partner portals aim to strengthen vendor-channel relationships

  Technology vendors are launching or reworking channel program portals, offering partners the ability to register deals, receive training and obtain marketing materials online.  Continue Reading

• Workspace as a service offers channel partners DaaS alternative

  Channel executives contend workspace as a service offers the ability to support BYOD environments and provides a less jarring shift to the cloud than desktop as a service.  Continue Reading

• Company culture ideas to boost your IT channel teams

  Developing a rich company culture is not often at the top of channel executives' to-do lists, but maybe it should be. Applying these company culture ideas could pay off.  Continue Reading

• MSP security portfolios: How to offer security awareness training

  Expand your MSP security portfolio by offering security awareness training, an important layer to clients' overall security initiatives.  Continue Reading

• IT hardware sales endure as channel partner business

  Industry executives say hardware remains a key part of a channel partner's business mix, even with the rise of monthly recurring revenue from service sales.  Continue Reading

• Software defined networking projects: Channel can expect more work

  SDN projects are hindered by complexity and a lack of client skills, but those factors could also help channel partners land consulting gigs with customers seeking expertise.  Continue Reading

• Channel: Lack of cloud governance framework complicates adoption story

  MSPs and IT service providers say some customers lack a coherent strategy, while others face EBITDA challenges as they grapple with cloud adoption.  Continue Reading

• Managed IT security services firms resell cloud-based offerings

  Managed service providers are reselling security as a service offerings from third-party providers to expand their service portfolios in the IT security arena.  Continue Reading

• IT security service provider taps Kaseya to deliver cloud offerings

  Internet & Telephone, a managed service provider, is offering its customers cloud-based IT security services through Kaseya's IT management platform tech.  Continue Reading

• Cloud-based security helps channel partners cut client costs

  Channel partners are helping their customers adopt security in the cloud, which executives say provides cost-effective protection compared with on-premises technology.  Continue Reading

• Password management tools open partner opportunities

  Channel partners report increasing demand for password management systems, amid challenges associated with cloud computing, mobile technology and small business security.  Continue Reading

• Startup tech companies seek savvy channel partners

  Early-stage companies participating in the 2016 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium's Innovation Showcase are pursuing relations with channel partners that can incorporate their products into broader offerings.  Continue Reading