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• The hybrid cloud and clearing technical debt

  When done properly, hybrid infrastructure can deliver efficiency, cost savings and performance, but with so many options available, good advice from a channel partner is key to achieving these benefits  Continue Reading

• Channelling the cloud – building healthy CSP relationships

  Creating a successful relationship with cloud service providers is essential for channel partners looking to increase their cloud portfolio. iLand 's director of channel sales has five tips to make the most of the opportunity  Continue Reading

• Could the NPL be the good referee that helps the IT industry’s game?

  The National Physics Laboratory might have a role to play in keeping the IT industry on track explains Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• Does the UK slide down the cloud rankings matter?

  In light of the recent BSA findings that the UK has dropped down the rankings of a good place to use the cloud Billy MacInnes wonders if that is a terrible thing  Continue Reading

• The Microsoft cloud case that could have far reaching consequences

  The ongoing legal battle between Microsoft and the US government over just what can be shared in the cloud is one that Billy MacInnes thinks could have a far reaching impact  Continue Reading

• Cloud computing: changing the roles of the channel

  Colleen Smith, vice president SaaS/Cloud at Progress Software, looks at how the hosted world is changing things for the channel  Continue Reading

• VMware’s motivation for joining foundation is fooling no one

  Abiquo CEO Jim Darragh says that while VMware's decision to join OpenStack was no surprise, its motivation for joining is fooling nobody  Continue Reading

• You, cloud salesman, are a CAD

  Resellers who try to lead SMEs into a virtual world of pain have created a new genre of product – Cloud-as-a-Disservice (CAD), says Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• The seven cliches of cloud

  Cloud computing: the very name conjures up images of steam driven vapourware. As if that wasn't bad enough, salesmen keep repeating some even more off-putting terms, says Nick Booth  Continue Reading

• What is the value of a cloud certification?

  With the announcement that SMEs have been knocking on the door of the Cloud Industry Forum trying to get certified, Billy MacInnes wonders why  Continue Reading

• Should the channel embrace cloud formations?

  Melvyn Wray at Allied Telesis discusses the main considerations of the channel community with regards to the evolving world of cloud formations.  Continue Reading

• Most IT contractors have their heads in the clouds

  There appears to be a fair amount of bluff and bending of the truth going on among those that claim they can offer customers cloud support, discovers Nick Booth  Continue Reading