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Public Cloud Architecture

• November 26, 2020 26 Nov'20

  Tech Data kicks off second wave of AWS Practice Builder scheme

  Distributor builds on scheme that started back in June, inviting more partners to get skilled up

• November 02, 2020 02 Nov'20

  NetApp pointing partners to hybrid multicloud future

  Vendor’s view of the world has been validated by the response to the pandemic and it wants partners to accelerate customer cloud adoption

• October 16, 2020 16 Oct'20

  Cohesity and AWS tie-up will add options for partners

  Storage player has shared the implications for its partners from the strategic collaboration it has announced with the cloud giant

• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Google Cloud forecasts growth for UK partners

  Public cloud player shares findings of an IDC study into the growth prospects for those that choose to partner with the vendor

• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Content+Cloud emerges out of IT Lab and Content & Code merger

  Newly formed entity will be one of the largest MSPs in the UK providing Microsoft cloud services to customers

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  AWS: Partners grow more quickly selling cloud

  Public cloud player shares research that reveals that those in the channel selling cloud are experiencing faster growth than those that are not

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Now’s the time for MSPs to fully embrace cloud

  Many MSPs already offer hosted services in some form, but the pandemic has shown that the future is going to involve even more cloud

• August 10, 2020 10 Aug'20

  Logicalis and Claranet look to Brazil for investment targets

  Channel firms have identified companies with cloud expertise that will add more muscle to their portfolios

• July 29, 2020 29 Jul'20

  Aptum tracks shifting responses to cloud

  Firm shares research with its channel that shows just how far most customers have come to adopting the cloud during the coronavirus pandemic

• July 02, 2020 02 Jul'20

  Resellers overcoming resistance to agent model

  Avaya has seen its channel partners change their position on the master agent model as the vendor has led more of them through the process

• June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20

  Veeam reminds partners of data’s role in a digital transformation play

  Vendor’s recent VeeamON event underlined its belief in the need to focus on the data

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  Coronavirus gives cloud service providers short-term boost

  The move to hosted tools has helped drive record sales of cloud infrastructure services in the first quarter of 2020, but the big migration projects have been put on hold

• April 22, 2020 22 Apr'20

  F5 reveals users facing multi-cloud security concerns

  Vendor’s latest report on application services finds that the EMEA customer base is pro-cloud, but is dealing with some challenges

• April 21, 2020 21 Apr'20

  SCC steps in to develop and support PPE training website

  Channel player SCC moves quickly to help roll out a resource that NHS staff can access nationally to provide guidance on the correct use of personal protective equipment

• March 13, 2020 13 Mar'20

  IT Lab adds Azure expertise with Sol-Tec acquisition

  Firm makes its fourth acquisition in as many years as it continues to expand the depth of cloud support it can provide

• March 11, 2020 11 Mar'20

  Cloud security concerns remain an issue

  The argument that cloud security has been dealt with appear premature, according to research

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  Nutanix aims for SMB growth with channel Cloud Bundles

  Enterprise cloud player is looking for SMB growth across EMEA and views the channel as key to its ambitions

• February 20, 2020 20 Feb'20

  Insight will move de Sousa into EMEA role

  Next year will see changes in Insight’s EMEA leadership, with the current UK boss the chosen candidate to take up that role

• February 14, 2020 14 Feb'20

  Rubrik surfs demand for multicloud data management

  Firm has shared some of the highlights from its fiscal year, with the efforts of partners clearly delivering for it

• February 06, 2020 06 Feb'20

  Commercial sales fuel high channel revenues at NetApp

  Data specialist NetApp has seen its channel business hit record levels thanks to the growth in demand from the partner-facing customer base

• February 04, 2020 04 Feb'20

  NetApp: Digital transformation and hybrid cloud key market themes

  Data specialist NetApp uses London event to highlight some of the key trends that are driving customer spending

• November 06, 2019 06 Nov'19

  VMware nudging partners towards SaaS model

  Software and services is the way that the vendor is expecting more of its partners to go

• October 31, 2019 31 Oct'19

  Canalys: Cloud infrastructure players need the channel

  In a hybrid multi-cloud world the channel is in an ideal position to help guide customers to make the right decisions

• October 30, 2019 30 Oct'19

  Avaya hits back at ‘no cloud’ claims

  Avaya responds to reports it is losing channel partners due to its lack of cloud offering

• September 26, 2019 26 Sep'19

  Private cloud infrastructure spending holding steady

  An analysis of Q2 from IDC indicates that public cloud infrastructure spending weakened but sales on the private side held up

• September 25, 2019 25 Sep'19

  Insight exposes the challenges for those running cloud projects

  European wide research casts a light on the struggles that users are having meeting the various demands of their businesses

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  AWS partner HeleCloud sets sights on Europe with acquisition

  AWS specialist makes its first acquisition gaining a foothold in the Benelux region with the aim of exploiting the growth opportunities in that region

• August 06, 2019 06 Aug'19

  Financial services sector needs help with cloud and security

  A recognition of the need for digital transformation is twinned with an acceptance that the skills and security is not there to make it happen for quite a few financial services players

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  Ingram Micro extends AWS relationship to cover UK&I

  Distributor builds on existing US relationship to add AWS to its UK and Ireland portfolio

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Enterprise growth delivers strong year at UKFast

  Cloud player has shared its 2018 numbers showing that revenues have increased by double digits

• July 23, 2019 23 Jul'19

  Microsoft's OpenAI investment a positive for developers

  The $1bn multi-year investment should put Microsoft developers at the forefront of coming up with artificial intelligence tools for the Azure Cloud

• 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 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

• 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 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

• 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

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Vendor lock-in a user concern for those heading to the cloud

  Research from Fujistu has revealed some of the anxieties that customers are going through with the cloud

• November 30, 2018 30 Nov'18

  Juniper Networks heralds multi-cloud channel opportunity

  Networking player views SD-WAN as a staging post on a much longer journey towards a multi-cloud automated world

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  AWS hails year-on-year rise in leads and deal sizes for cloud channel partners

  During the Global Partner Keynote at the AWS re:Invent user conference in Las Vegas, the firm’s vice president of global alliances ecosystems and channels, Terry Wise, revealed how its sales enablement efforts are paying off for partners

• November 27, 2018 27 Nov'18

  AWS CEO Andy Jassy highlights untapped cloud growth opportunities for channel partners

  AWS CEO Andy Jassy used the Global Partner Keynote at re:Invent 2018 to highlight how helping enterprises migrate to the cloud now could have follow-on business benefits for channel partners for many years to come

• October 03, 2018 03 Oct'18

  Consolidation hits Microsoft channel with IT Lab and Content and Code tie-up

  The combination of IT Lab and Content and Code will create one of the largest Microsoft partners in the UK

• September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18

  IDC increases cloud infrastructure spending forecasts

  The channel should benefit from customers spending on infrastructure in both private and public cloud areas

• September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18

  IaaS and PaaS combination in demand from public cloud buyers

  Forecasts from Gartner and Synergy Research Group have highlighted grow in IaaS, PaaS and SaaS next year

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  Rackspace ramping up channel business

  The cloud player has been looking to ramp up its channel over the course of this year and those efforts are continuing

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Channel key to greasing the public cloud wheels

  Both customers and public cloud vendors benefit from the involvement of partners to provide expertise and feedback

• July 24, 2018 24 Jul'18

  Customers need cloud experience both on and off prem

  One of the talking points at the recent MicroScope storage roundtable was around the shift towards off-prem with vendors concluding that the experience is what really matters more than the location

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Nadella signals hybrid theme for fiscal year ahead

  The CEO of Microsoft has indicated that it is going to work with partners around the hybrid message as it moves into a fresh fiscal year

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  UKFast increases public options with ClearCloud

  Firm known for hybrid and private cloud provision steps up efforts in the public space

• June 18, 2018 18 Jun'18

  Cloud journey still causing problems for many users

  Rackspace identifies the key role that the channel can play in helping customers through the cloud migration process

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  Spiraling public cloud costs making private option attractive

  An increasing number of companies are bringing their data back in-house and managed cloud providers are in an ideal position to

• May 25, 2018 25 May'18

  Resellers missing out on cloud cross-selling opportunities

  The decision by many channel firms to offer a low number of subscription services has been highlighted by Ingram Micro as a missed chance to sell more cloud applications

• May 23, 2018 23 May'18

  MSP Day: Progress made but more to be done to widen SME appeal

  The first MSP Day has come with research showing the progress of the channel to deliver services but highlighted a mismatch with what SME buyers want to buy

• May 22, 2018 22 May'18

  CompTIA: Cloud the springboard to further innovation

  The industry group has found that more customers are looking to use the cloud as a way to introduce more emerging technologies into their organisations

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  AWS: The channel really matters

  The public cloud giant has been expanding its channel base and is keen to work with more resellers and ISVs

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Claranet adds Azure depth with Union buy

  The managed services player is again hitting the headlines for making an acquisition to bolster its cloud offering

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Channel can help users with inefficient cloud usage

  An analysis of the cloud infrastructure services market from Canalys has highlighted an opportunity for partners with the right skills

• March 28, 2018 28 Mar'18

  KCOM deepens cloud commitment

  The firm has strengthened its cloud credentials extending its relationship with AWS and joining Google's partner ranks

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Computacenter one of the first off the blocks with VMware Cloud on AWS

  The first two partners in the UK selling VMware Cloud on AWS have been revealed

• March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18

  BSA: The UK is a good place to move to the cloud

  Those customers concerned that a move to the cloud might be the wrong thing can take comfort in research that indicates the UK is one of the most robust places in the world to take the plunge

• December 12, 2017 12 Dec'17

  Cloud projects spur server growth

  An analysis of the server market in the third quarter from both Gartner and IDC has revealed that cloud projects are driving forward sales

• December 11, 2017 11 Dec'17

  Juniper CEO tackles complexity of multi cloud

  Juniper CEO argues that complexity is biggest challenge facing industry today; talks cloud ambitions

• December 04, 2017 04 Dec'17

  ANS bolsters app skills with Webantic buy

  ANS Group has added more depth to its cloud services offering with the purchase of Webantic

• December 01, 2017 01 Dec'17

  On-prem needs to pitch harder as unclouding continues

  The trend might be towards putting more workloads into the public cloud but there are strong reasons why staying on-prem might be a good alternative channel pitch

• November 29, 2017 29 Nov'17

  AWS plots reseller partner programme revamp in 2018

  Cloud giant plans to offer reseller partners more incentives and support through revamped channel programme next year

• October 13, 2017 13 Oct'17

  Trying to make the move to cloud easier

  Vendors and distributors have a role in making it smoother for resellers to get to grips with their role in selling and support cloud technologies

• September 22, 2017 22 Sep'17

  One size does not fit all cloud migrations

  The importance of being able to deliver specialised customer support has been highlighted by a report from Virtustream

• August 31, 2017 31 Aug'17

  Public cloud not the panacea

  Customers are finding that the cloud is not all they thought it would be and are shifting back to a more hybrid world

• July 21, 2017 21 Jul'17

  NTT Com preparing for Azure Stack launch

  In its position as one of the early adopter partners the views from NTT Com indicate that Azure Stack should make life easier for managed services specialists

• May 16, 2017 16 May'17

  Channel crucial to cloud infrastructure players achieving enteprise growth

  Canalys has highlighted growth in the cloud infrastructure market but concluded that further growth is going to involve more channel involvement

• May 05, 2017 05 May'17

  Ingram Micro: resellers have got the cloud

  The feeling from those that attended Ingram Micro's UK Cloud Summit was that the channel has understood the opportunities that cloud can deliver

• April 19, 2017 19 Apr'17

  Oracle calls on channel to skill up and go for the base

  Oracle's shift to the cloud is creating an opportunity for the channel to move existing customers away from on-premise to a public platform

• March 14, 2017 14 Mar'17

  Cloud adoption reaches fresh highs but skills and security issues remain

  The latest stats from the Cloud Industry Forum has revealed that the UK cloud adoption has hit its highest level so far

• March 07, 2017 07 Mar'17

  Avaya turns the focus on moving mid-market customers to the cloud

  The "Powered by Avaya" campaign aims at working with the channel to get more mid-market customers to move to the cloud

• February 23, 2017 23 Feb'17

  IaaS set to grow strongly

  Gartner is forecasting an uptake in public cloud spending with IaaS getting the largest cut of that investment

• February 13, 2017 13 Feb'17

  Intel Security flags role channel has to play to calm cloud fears

  UK customers are still having their doubts when it comes to the cloud and the channel has a crucial role to play if those concerns are going to be overcome

• December 15, 2016 15 Dec'16

  AWS puts MSPs on notice with new managed service offering

  Another day, another potentially disruptive offering from Amazon Web Services. Should MSPs be concerned?

• December 14, 2016 14 Dec'16

  AWS opens UK datacentre regions

  AWS addressed demands for locally hosted clouds with new UK data centre region

• December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16

  Barracuda looking to channel to help it double growth

  Barracuda's UK boss has set out ambitious growth targets in the next couple of years and accepts that the channel is vital if those are going to be reached

• December 07, 2016 07 Dec'16

  Microsoft rolls out free channel traning in Azure skills drive

  In a bid to improve the level of skills needed to help customers with their digital transformation projects Microsoft has made some Azure training free and reduced other courses for partners

• November 28, 2016 28 Nov'16

  Claranet warns retailers of disruption threat

  Despite a good few days where the tills have done nothing but ring the consequences of some retailers failing to embrace the cloud are likely to be blacker than last Friday

• November 15, 2016 15 Nov'16

  NetApp: It's all about data

  If there is one theme coming out of NetApp Insight 2016 in Berlin then it is that customers need help with data management

• November 14, 2016 14 Nov'16

  UK SMEs are not formalising their cloud strategies

  New research suggests that small and medium businesses in the UK are neglecting to properly define a cloud computing strategy

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  Journey to the cloud: Are vendors doing enough for the channel?

  Billy MacInnes asks whether vendors are doing enough for their channel partners to help them transition to selling cloud-based services

• October 24, 2016 24 Oct'16

  Rackspace: Multi-cloud poses security challenges

  The conclusion of a recent Rackspace roundtable was that multi-cloud does pose security risks and is exposing skills shortages

• October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

  VMware boss outlines digital transformation opportunity

  The vast majority of customers have not embarked on a digital strategy and the move to the cloud is going to take a while giving the channel the time to help users

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Canalys: Public cloud PR campaign needs to be countered

  AWS, Google and Microsoft are winning the PR battle around public cloud and other vendors and MSPs need to fight back with an alternative argument

• September 07, 2016 07 Sep'16

  Microsoft hands data centre boost to UK cloud partners

  The ribbon has been cut on Microsoft's UK data centre months ahead of its rival

• August 26, 2016 26 Aug'16

  Evolving the channel for cloud

  Philippe Fosse, vice president of channel for EMC EMEA discusses the challenges and opportunities the channel faces in a cloud-first world

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  EMEA cloud IT infrastructure revenue grows to $1.3bn in Q1

  IT infrastructure spending for public and private cloud in EMEA grew by 17.6% in the first quarter of 2016, according to the latest figures from IDC

• May 20, 2016 20 May'16

  HPE's Cloud28+ v2.0 adopts a more open approach

  The pan-European cloud of clouds project loosens its grip on Helion Open Stack and embraces the likes of Azure, VMware and Docker

• April 21, 2016 21 Apr'16

  Tech Data deepens faith in wearables

  Tech Data continues to back the growing activity tracker market, picking up an agreement to handle Microsoft's Band 2

• April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

  Businesses need educating in cloud security, report finds

  There is a 'c-level blindspot' when it comes to cloud security, according to a new report from Intel. Channel... to the rescue!

• March 10, 2016 10 Mar'16

  Cloud migration a committee decision

  Those resellers hoping for a single sign off for a cloud project need to be aware numerous players are getting involved, according to the Cloud Industry Forum

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  VMware aiming to get channel to sell beyond vSphere

  As it looks to transition its business into high growth areas VMware is encouraging partners to embrace the full breadth of its product range

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  Claranet continues to build cloud capabilities

  Claranet has made its third acquisition in six months as it continues to bolster its ability to provide managed services in public cloud environments

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Colossal cloud growth to continue, Cisco claims in new CGI

  Cloud use has been growing rapidly from day one, and Cisco sees no sign of the uptake stopping any time soon

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  HP exit leaves the public cloud to a handful of giants

  The decision by HP to exit the public cloud business might be part of its pre-split pruning but it also says something about the state of the cloud market

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  AWS launches fresh partner competencies

  Amazon Web Services launches range of new competencies covering DevOps, cloud migration, and IoT

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Azure CTO views the channel as part of the cloud future

  The CTO of Microsoft Azure has used his keynote slot at IP Expo to talk about the future of the cloud and consistent throughout his vision were partners