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Cloud Computing Services

July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19
Cloud Distribution launches ARMR service

The distributor has launched a suite of white label security services aimed at making life easier for resellers
July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19
Asolvi seals third UK acquisition with PC Data buy

Nordic firm extends its footprint in the UK with move for Hull-based firm making its third British buy so far this year
July 09, 2019 09 Jul'19
ASL and Orange add to the consolidation trend

ASL and Orange have both turned to acquisition as a way to strengthen their market offerings
July 05, 2019 05 Jul'19
Mason Advisory lands major government contract

IT consultancy beats off stiff competition to get a two-year multi-million pound public sector contract

July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19
Connect Managed Services and G3 Comms merge

Customer Experience and Unified Comms players bought together to form a £55m revenue business
July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19
Canalys: Demand for Security as a Service increasing

An analysis of Q1 from the research house has indicated that hosted offerings are growing at much faster rate than traditional hardware and software sales
July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19
ScanSource snaps up intY

The deal gives ScanSource access to intY's CASCADE cloud platform to strengthen its portfolio
June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19
Adept4 showing progress during challenging H1

Managed services provider updates investors on its half year indicating that although things remain down year on year it has been taking steps to remedy the situation
June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19
Extreme Networks rolls out the welcome mat to Aerohive partners

Vendor makes it clear that there will be opportunities in a unified partner programme after its acquisition is completed
June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19
Lenovo joining the DaaS party

Vendor on the brink of rolling out an offering that channel partners can take out the SME customers

June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
SysGroup strengthens West Country position with HNS buy

MSP makes its second buy of the year to bolster its cloud services proposition
June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19
Insight adds muscle on both sides of the Atlantic with PCM buy

Insight has forked out a significant amount to add IT products and services player PCM to the portfolio
June 21, 2019 21 Jun'19
Cloud IT infrastructure revenues rising despite spending drops

An analysis of the IT infrastructure market from IDC shows that spending will slow this year but vendors do not look like missing out on revenues
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
Channel consolidation continues with trio of deals

This year has already seen plenty of action on the mergers and acquisitions front and this week has added another three deals to the list
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
The MSP journey starts with identifying skills and vendors

Advice for those looking to move into managed services came out of an online Q&A on the back of MSP Day last month
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
Blue Prism snaps up Thoughtonomy

Channel building intelligent automated specialist the target of an acquisition which leads to joint commitment to continue building the partner network
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
HPE to go fully as a Service

The firm has set 2022 as the deadline all of its portfolio will be available on an as a Service basis with the channel playing a key role delivering it
June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19
NetApp positions for hybrid world with as-a-service model

Vendor offers more flexibility to appeal to those users that want to pay in the as-a-service style
June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19
Cloudian boss sees a long-term hybrid future

Hybrid is here to stay according to the leader of one of the storage firms that offers both on-prem and hosted technology
June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19
SMEs still not getting the cloud

Small firms are crying out for education around the cloud with many not using the technology
June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19
MSPs told to be wary of the CSP model

A channel event in Canada will resonate with managed service players here who are worried about losing customer relationships
June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19
Goodbye Daisy Partner Services and hello Allvotec

Daisy Partner Services is to be rebranded and given more independence as voice and data specialist Allvotec
June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19
Security vendors reaching out to MSP community

One of the themes of InfoSec is the ongoing move by vendors to appeal to the managed service provider community
June 04, 2019 04 Jun'19
Tech Data increasing managed security services support

Distributor rolls out a programme to support those resellers looking to make the shift into the MSSP market
May 24, 2019 24 May'19
Customers struggling with cloud security

Research from Claranet has revealed that many customers are finding it difficult to find the in-house resources to handle cloud security issues
May 23, 2019 23 May'19
MSP Day: More education needed but the future is bright

The second annual MSP Day has arrived and with it research into what is happening with the managed services community
May 22, 2019 22 May'19
SMEs increasing looking to MSPs

Datto's latest State of the MSP report paints a picture of a market in rude health that is enjoying an expanding customer base and widening service offerings
May 17, 2019 17 May'19
Recarta acquisition extends vendor relationships and infrastructure expertise

The IBM partner joins the growing list of resellers that have struck acquisitions this year after picking up Möbius Business Technologies
May 17, 2019 17 May'19
Barracuda enlists partners to hit $1 billion target

Barracuda CEO reveals growth plans to partners during firm's channel get together
May 17, 2019 17 May'19
Alibaba Cloud continues to expand partner ecosystem

The cloud player continues to sign up partners as it gets ready to bring the message to the UK
May 15, 2019 15 May'19
Oncore IT and Node4 hit the acquisition trail

Both firms bolster their activities through purchases that will deliver unified comms for Oncore IT and SaaS skills for Node4
May 14, 2019 14 May'19
Insight makes hire to support services ambitions

Channel player brings on board more expertise to grow its services ambitions across EMEA
May 10, 2019 10 May'19
Nutanix encouraging partners to develop HCI skills

The vendor is keen to get partners moving upstream to deliver hyper converged infrastructure products and services
May 10, 2019 10 May'19
Kaseya CEO: MSPs are dealing with the biggest issues in SME IT

Managed service providers are being looked to from customers struggling to deal with increasing complexity
May 09, 2019 09 May'19
MSPs have to address the security dimension

The need for managed service providers to push the security conversation with users has emerged as one of the key themes of the SolarWinds MSP event in Amsterdam
May 03, 2019 03 May'19
VMware getting UK partners ready for Connect

The vendor is rolling out a revised partner programme next year and efforts are already under way to make sure the channel is ready for that development
April 29, 2019 29 Apr'19
Computacenter gets off to a good start

A trading update for Q1 reveals that the growth it enjoyed last year has continued into 2019
April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19
SolarWinds and AdEPT both on the acquisition trail

Some changes in the IT services channel with a couple of deals designed to bolster the portfolios that are being offered by SolarWinds and AdEPT
April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19
Digital transformation spending flooding across all verticals

IDC is forecasting strong customer investments in digital transformation projects but the channel needs to make sure the focus is on more than just spending on tech
April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19
Data-driven services key to partner success, says Schneider

Vendor claims data analysis offers MSPs differentiation as their businesses move to the edge
April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19
M2 fully merges into SCC

The managed print operation that SCC acquired five years ago will now be merged into the core business
April 10, 2019 10 Apr'19
HaaS already an option for many customers

Hardware as a Service is a model already being used by plenty of customers according to research from Spiceworks
April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19
WatchGuard makes life easier for MSPs

The security player has launched a cloud platform to support its managed service partners
April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19
Nutanix channel will benefit from HPE partnership

The two vendors are working together and the integrated appliance that will appear later this year will be available through Nutanix partners
April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19
Adept4 looks at legal options after customer cans contract

The managed services provider is looking at its options after a customer handed it a termination notice
April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19
Pure Storage rolls out distributor programme

Storage player looks to formalise relationships with distribution partners across EMEA
April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19
Rapid7 acquires NetFort

Security player adds more muscle to its cloud platform with acquisition that will add network visibility and analysis tools
March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19
Security world moving more to subcription model

Vendors are being advised to make sure that the channel can support that shift away from traditional ways of purchasing security hardware and software
March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19
Private cloud infrastructure spending on the rise

The focus has been on public cloud for quite a while but the balance is shifting and IDC expects more action on the private side over the next few years
March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19
Time and money holding back IT pro skills development

Those delivering technological solutions for customers are only too aware that the world is changing and skills need to be developed but as SolarWinds has uncovered its not quite that simple