Cloud ecosystems

News and trends on cloud ecosystems and how to navigate them. Learn about the wealth of partnering opportunities surrounding the major cloud platform providers and how to leverage relationships to build sales.

August 13, 2021 13 Aug'21
SADA, Intel collaborate in Google Cloud optimization program

Through a new partnership, SADA and Intel engineers will fine-tune customers' Google Cloud Platform environments; other IT channel news.
July 27, 2021 27 Jul'21
Microsoft Inspire 2021 news and conference guide

At its annual global partner conference, Microsoft will reveal its key priorities for the upcoming year. Read on for news and analysis from Microsoft Inspire 2021.
July 16, 2021 16 Jul'21
Microsoft partner community gets industry cloud, training boost

At Microsoft Inspire, the company expanded its industry cloud portfolio with a sustainability cloud and promised to expand partners' technical expertise; other IT channel news.
July 15, 2021 15 Jul'21
Microsoft Cloud platform to fuel FY 2022 priorities

At Microsoft Inspire 2021, executives highlighted ways Microsoft has differentiated its cloud platform from rivals. Partners can expect to see the cloud platform expand.

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Why Microsoft 365, Windows 365 matter for IT services firms

Office 365, Microsoft 365 and Windows 365 differ not only in their feature sets and capabilities, but in the opportunities they afford service providers. Continue Reading
cloud service provider (cloud provider)

A cloud service provider, or CSP, is a company that offers some component of cloud computing -- typically, infrastructure as a service (IaaS), software as a service (SaaS) or platform as a service (PaaS). Continue Reading
cloud provisioning

Cloud provisioning is the allocation of a cloud provider's resources and services to a customer. Continue Reading

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Salesforce partner demand soars, M&A follows

The Salesforce skills crunch has generated a wave of acquisitions in the partner ecosystem. But M&A isn't the only remedy: Consultants have also boosted training. Continue Reading
Selling professional services on cloud marketplaces

Partners say cloud sales platforms offer a way to find new customers, launch proofs of concept and seed bigger deals. Learn more about this emerging channel. Continue Reading
Accenture: Channel partner ecosystem taps cloud, innovation

Times have changed for channel partners. Companies today drive most business through cloud providers and seek to co-innovate industry-specific offerings with technology partners. Continue Reading

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SAP modernization calls for varied skills, phased approach

SAP's partner ecosystem plays a role in legacy-system-to-cloud migration, moving customers away from aging hardware platforms such as mainframes and client-server systems. Continue Reading
How cloud management tool sets can help MSPs

To tackle today's cloud management challenges, MSPs need new software tools and strategies. Find out why cloud management tool sets should be on MSPs' radars. Continue Reading
Single cloud counters multi-cloud trend among MSPs

For some services providers, focusing resources on one cloud platform makes more sense than distributing resources across two or more public cloud environments. Continue Reading

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Partners donate technology, services to pandemic relief

IT services companies are contributing a mix of advice and cloud offerings to help research groups and other organizations battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading
5 Microsoft Azure managed services to grow your channel business

Andy Syrewicze, a former MSP engineer and current Microsoft MVP, detailed five Azure solutions that service providers can offer their clients. The packages run from the simple to the visionary. Continue Reading
Building targeted cloud services with software developers as partners

Operators entering the cloud market need to target business customer needs and consider software developer partners for higher revenue SaaS offerings. Continue Reading