News
SaaS implementation
- July 24, 2019
24 Jul'19
Microsoft Teams platform emerges as training, governance opportunity
Microsoft Teams governance, training and other services are emerging as business opportunities for channel partners working with Microsoft's collaboration platform.
- May 23, 2019
23 May'19
Salesforce consultants get bigger AppExchange spotlight
Changes to AppExchange will highlight consulting firms within the Salesforce partner ecosystem. Additions include a consultant finder and new analytics tools.
- January 18, 2019
18 Jan'19
DXC, Citrix partner on Saab digital workspace platform
A digital workspace platform at Saab combines components from DXC, a global systems integrator, and Citrix, which sees opportunities beyond virtualization; more news from the week.
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- January 26, 2017
26 Jan'17
Accenture bolsters ServiceNow consulting skills
The professional service firm's latest cloud consulting acquisition is consistent with its drive to stay on top of customer demand for cloud ecosystem services.
- October 26, 2016
26 Oct'16
SaaS consulting shakeout: Appirio deal signals end of era
Wipro's pending purchase of Appirio, a cloud services firm, would further reduce the number of independent cloud consultancies in a rapidly consolidating market.
- September 30, 2016
30 Sep'16
Cloud partners: G Suite update heralds a Google enterprise push
Google's rebranding efforts make a strong appeal to the enterprise and could reposition the company as a major force in the market, according to cloud partners.
- March 31, 2016
31 Mar'16
IBM cloud acquisition expands Salesforce consulting
The latest IBM acquisition aims to unite cloud consultancy Bluewolf and the IBM iX practice to create a larger pool of resources in the Salesforce professional services arena.
- March 09, 2015
09 Mar'15
Ingram Micro Cloud unit fine-tunes Office 365 options, adds services help
Ingram Micro is rolling out a number of cloud-related enhancements, including more granular options around Office 365 and service delivery help; it's also adding a 24/7/365 Level 1 support desk for the entire IT environment.
- October 03, 2014
03 Oct'14
Office 365 Business: Microsoft aims for higher partner appeal
Microsoft says its new Office 365 Business delivers on partners' requests for core Office applications that are compellingly priced, easy to sell, have an easier onramp and improved upselling possibilities.
- September 19, 2014
19 Sep'14
Cloud Technology Partners updates cloud-readiness tool
This week, Cloud Technology Partners unwrapped the 2.5 version of PaaSLane; Avnet Technology Solutions introduced its converged infrastructure product line and expanded the availability of its Linux courses.
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- May 06, 2014
06 May'14
Dropbox Partner Network program goes international
Dropbox announced today the international expansion of its partner network program, which until now has been available to the U.S. channel only.
- October 25, 2013
25 Oct'13
Cloud Technology Partners releases cloud migration tool to public beta
Cloud Technology Partners puts its PaaSLane cloud migration tool for application testing and optimization into public beta; plus, more news.
- August 21, 2013
21 Aug'13
VMware vCloud helps IT service provider deliver health care SaaS apps
IT service provider Press Ganey is using VMware's vCloud suite in its data center to deliver health care SaaS applications to its customers.
- May 24, 2013
24 May'13
Citrix SaaS efforts focus on partner channel expansion
Citrix is executing on a long-term strategy to enable partners worldwide to sell, manage and provision SaaS services.
- April 01, 2013
01 Apr'13
Cloud and SaaS market was fastest-growing sector of tech M&A activity
While technology M&As in 2012 declined in value and plateaued in volume, the number of deals in cloud and SaaS market tripled over the previous year.