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• Funding for MSPs: VC investors, angels and other sources

  When raising money for your MSP business, several factors will determine whether the best approach is to solicit funding from VC investors or from sources closer to home.  Continue Reading

• IT asset disposition: QTS teams with Apto

  QTS, which operates data centers and provides cloud and managed services, has tapped Apto Solutions to assist with ITAD services.  Continue Reading

• 2016 channel trends: Digital transformation to alter relationships

  A look ahead: Digital transformation trends will persist into 2016, impacting channel shops, their vendor partners and end clients. Notable techs will include cloud, security and IoT.  Continue Reading

• VMware's NSX: Integrator deploys SDN tech at CBOSS

  CBOSS, a payment processing service provider, hired integrator AdvizeX to deploy NSX, the VMware network virtualization platform, as part of a software-defined networking project.  Continue Reading

• 2015 in review: Dell-EMC deal among top events impacting channel

  The pending Dell-EMC deal and HP's split into HP Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise topped the list of significant events for IT news in 2015 from a channel perspective.  Continue Reading

• AWS Audit: MSP partners reveal how they passed

  Amazon Web Services has devised a stringent third-party audit process that channel partners must pass to become a designated Managed Service Partner. Here's how to make it through.  Continue Reading

• 2016 channel events listings

  When making 2016 travel plans, refer to this list of channel events -- including conferences hosted by IT vendors, distributors, industry organizations, and vendors that cater exclusively to VARs and MSPs.  Continue Reading

• E-commerce channel partners prep merchants for holiday sales

  Channel partners in the e-commerce space are optimizing and testing shopping sites for what one market watcher predicts will be a $95 billion-plus sales season.  Continue Reading

• Channel startups: How business partner agreements protect your investments

  When starting channel businesses, making the wrong decisions about the business partner agreement and entity selection can have severe consequences later on down the line.  Continue Reading

• How to build out your managed print service business

  Channel partners adapt to the changing managed print service market by pushing into software and creating services to meet the needs of vertical and niche industries.  Continue Reading

• Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 and 4: A business play for channel partners

  Microsoft channel partners cite an uptick in Surface Pro sales in the enterprise, with healthcare, retail and law enforcement among the leading markets.  Continue Reading

• Application rationalization: Assess your clients' cloud options

  To determine which apps to migrate to cloud and which to maintain on premises, application rationalization projects analyze numerous aspects of your customers' businesses.  Continue Reading

• Apple's iPad contends for the 2-in-1 device market

  Channel partners can sell Microsoft and Apple products in the tablet segment and the emerging market for 2-in-1 devices. Read on to learn more about the Apple option.  Continue Reading

• Oracle: Partners can find work in engineered systems, cloud

  Oracle's recently appointed channel sales vice president emphasizes 'Oracle on Oracle' engineered systems, the company's cloud portfolio and midmarket accounts.  Continue Reading

• Security consulting firms find niche in breach detection platforms

  Channel partners, particularly those with IT security experience, may find new opportunities in the emerging field of breach detection technology.  Continue Reading