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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• December 19, 2011 19 Dec'11

  SaaS leads other cloud services in adoption, spurred by mobility

  The most popular cloud service on the market is Software as a Service, and channel resellers say the success is driven by mobile users who need quick access to business applications anywhere.

• April 15, 2010 15 Apr'10

  VMware cloud push continues with Salesforce.com news

  Big Salesforce.com and VMware cloud computing news is coming. The two vendors have promised their April 27 announcement will change the future of cloud computing.

• August 26, 2009 26 Aug'09

  Salesforce.com cuts VARs in on recurring revenue

  The new Force.com VAR program lets resellers that build custom apps atop Salesforce.com's cloud infrastructure charge for their own work on an ongoing basis.

• June 10, 2008 10 Jun'08

  Salesforce.com, partners face new hosted CRM market competition

  As more vendors expand into hosted CRM, don't expect Salesforce.com to get into on-premise software, partners say.

• December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07

  Hosted CRM requires change in vendor sales, channel support

  Hosted CRM, or CRM as a Service, is a growing market with lots of opportunities for channel partners -- as long as their vendors focus on services, not just sales.

• December 07, 2006 07 Dec'06

  Salesforce.com provides more integration, may be moving up-market

  Salesfore.com released a new tool to increase compatibility with other programs. The application could be part of a move towards becoming a platform for other SaaS applications to build off of.