The networking giant will implement a new framework for all Cisco-certified individuals that will assess them not only on a specific domain, but also on emerging technologies like the Internet of Things and cloud.
Despite the year-over-year drop in revenue and earnings, NetApp executives were pleased with the results which reflected the transition toward clustered, software-defined and cloud architectures.
Nutanix, the darling of the hyper-converged infrastructure market, inks a deal with startup Ravello Systems that lets customers run Nutanix software in public cloud environments.
In the third-quarter earnings call, CEO Marc Benioff shared details of Salesforce's relationships with all three hyper-scale cloud providers -- AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google.
Private cloud is becoming less restrictive from a price standpoint, and the trend is driving the opportunity for solution providers to help customers create a more dedicated cloud deployment, according to a recent cloud market report from Verizon.
Cisco, in an unannounced round of cuts earlier this month, laid off the head of its global partner marketing team, according to sources close to the company.
Verizon's State of the Enterprise Cloud Market report found that cloud has become just another part of the enterprise IT strategy, but organizations are still seeking cloud managed services.
Former MSP Raven Data – now Phalanx Secure – has transformed into a security reseller, tripling its revenue in 2015. CEO Matt Johnson tells why - and how - the company he founded reinvented itself.
How can channel partners become more knowledgeable about the cloud and making money from it? Take some tips from the CEO of master agent PlanetOne Communications, who created an online repository, Cloud 411, which could hold answers for you. (From ITBestOfBreed.com)
How do you get your customers to keep coming back to you and build recurring revenue? Here are seven tips from a cloud-based subscription billing provider Aria Systems, from customer relationships to how you sell and how you collect money. (From ITBestOfBreed.com)
Security is arguably the hottest market in technology right now, and it is driving CEO salaries to astronomical heights -- one CEO's salary jumped close to 1,000 percent in a year.
Just a handful of months away from the sale of its storage business to private equity, Symantec has hit a snag as banks pull funding from the deal, according to a Bloomberg report.
Solution providers' use of public storage clouds ranges from no way to all the way as they weigh the options based on flexibility, resilience, privacy and cost.
Bob Stegner discusses distributors' value as solution providers move toward the cloud, and looks at how distributors can help partners as some of the biggest IT vendors split and merge.
Ingram Micro plans to begin offering MDF and co-op dollars to its top cloud partners, introduce a cloud referral program for ISVs and telco agents, and integrate cloud billing capabilities into PSA tools.
While the popular SaaS collaboration tools weren't much of a channel play and the split was expected, there could still be reverberations through the vendor's channel.
Intel's 14nm second-generation Xeon Phi processors, code-named Knights Landing, will appear in supercomputers in the coming year, the chip company said Monday.
