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Is Cloud Just Hype?
A short conversation with the CEO of VAR Dynamics, an MSP Enabler, about white-label and the hype around cloud. We also talk briefly about cloud and the economy. Have you read is our first interview with Tony Francisco? ...
The VDI Trend
EarthLink launched TechCare. "EarthLink TechCare is a fully managed outsourced help desk that is customizable and scalable, enabling customers to relieve their overburdened IT staffs and refocus on more strategic initiatives, " states the press release. Basically, it is a...
Dell Gets WYSE
Dell announced that it is acquiring WYSE today. WYSE is known for its dummy terminals, particularly for POS (point-of-sale). WYSE also has gotten into desktop virtualization - not that strong a leap. Wyse has shipped more than 20 million units...
A Fun Chat with VAR Dynamics
It started out coincidentally as VAR Dynamics CEO, Tony Francisco, was on my plane this morning. And he just recently moved from Silicon Valley to Tampa Bay, where I live. He is working with Gazelle Labs and spoke at BarCamp...
Trouble at Vu
Got an email that VU dumped their entire sales force this week! The email went on “They are in dire financial trouble and their CEO is facing prison for insider trading for his sale of his stock as CEO of...
Agents Have to Transform in 2012 (or So I'm Told)
It seems that the channel execs - including master agents - are betting on VAR's to be the salvation for sales in the future. I can see a piece of that perspective. The tradition agent is transactional and slow to...
Presidio, Best Buy Make Acquisitions
Big day at Best But as they buy out the stake in Carphone UK and pick up an MSP.< br/>Bloomberg reports, “Best Buy Co., the world’s largest consumer-electronics retailer, agreed to buy Carphone Warehouse Group Plc (CPW)’s stake in their...
3 Reasons VAR's Should be in Austin
Maybe you didn’t go to ASCII Summit or Everything Channel, then Austin is the place for you as a VAR. There are at least three reasons VAR’s should be in Austin:1) MSP World where value-added resellers can hear about how...
Thoughts on Deploying Cloud
In this 13 minute interview with Dale Frohman of The Frohman Group , we discuss Cloud Deployment in the business.Deployment of Cloud services is much easier in the small business space (under 100 employees), because typically this is not a...
Did EarthLink Goof on Branding?
Yesterday when I was speaking to a client, I mentioned that new Edge Networks merged with Deltacom to become EarthLink Business. The confused look on his face was not unexpected. Again this morning when discussing the new name, EarthLink is...
Too Many Terms (Mini Glossary)
I use a lot of terms in my writing. I figured I would explain a few of them today, since someone asked nicely.Agent is a member of the Indirect Channel. Also called a channel partner. An agent is an independent...
A Pocket MBA for the MSP
At SMB Nation, Harry Brelsford announced an online MBA program for executives of managed service providers. It's a 16 week online course tailored for the SMB market by Aspen University. From Finance to HR to sales and marketing - in 16...
SMB Nation VoIP Survey
"SMB Nation is a community of over 35,000 small and medium business (SMB) technology consultants, channel partners, sponsors and resellers. With an impressive 10-year history serving as a trusted advisor and mentor to the SMB consulting and reseller channel, SMB...
IT Industry Groups Announce Membership Agreement
MSP Partners, an alliance founded by Cisco, Ingram Micro, Intel, Level Platforms and Microsoft, and supported by Autotask Corporation, EMC, HP, Kaseya and Xerox, with the active participation of over 15 other leading IT vendors, and thousands of solution providers...
