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• 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

• Will MSPs answer the call for cybersecurity services?

  Despite high demand, channel businesses have largely avoided developing a focus around security services. Learn how companies can do more.  Continue Reading

• DRaaS market: Ransomware, compliance open channel opportunities

  Organizations battling ransomware attacks or responding to regulatory obligations may be prime candidates for channel partners' cloud-based DR services.  Continue Reading

• How to start a cloud business: A channel partner guide

  Channel companies entering the cloud computing business must prepare for a subscription-based revenue model, cultivate partnerships and differentiate their services.  Continue Reading

• A leap into the cloud security market: The story of Fishtech

  Gary Fish is no stranger to business reinvention. In 2016, he decided to transition from background in traditional cybersecurity and spin up a cloud security firm.  Continue Reading

• Channel companies lose customer scope to incumbency challengers

  Channel companies fail to retain many of their enterprise customer accounts when contracts are up for renegotiation, according to an ISG report.  Continue Reading

• School infrastructure project: ConvergeOne upgrades aging data center

  ConvergeOne, a communications service provider, is working on a project in the education vertical that could help a school district recover $30 million in state aid.  Continue Reading

• Cloud hosting firm turns to Agiloft for customer support automation

  ENKI, a managed cloud services provider, has developed a series of applications using Agiloft's customizable business software applications platform.  Continue Reading

• SADA Systems helps startup with cloud, Kubernetes container management

  Cloud consultant SADA Systems is supporting Smyte, a SaaS startup, in a variety of ways, including Google cloud optimization, Kubernetes support and business development.  Continue Reading