Disaster Recovery as a Service: Moving confidently to the cloud

Submitted by Denyse Cromwell-Mackey on December 2, 2015, 2:22 pm EST

In today’s IT ecosphere, it’s now a well-known fact that cloud services are central to the future of organizations when it comes to managing the massive amounts of data they’re faced with in the age of digital business. It took a few years, but we are now moving past the skepticism phase and rapidly adopting cloud strategies. However, fear is no longer the issue for its adoption; instead, IT decision makers are asking themselves, “Where do I start?”

Synchronized Security: A revolution in protection

Submitted by John Zorabedian on November 30, 2015, 10:20 am EST

For decades, the security industry has been treating network security and endpoint security as completely different entities. It’s just like putting one security guard outside the building and another inside the building, but not allowing them to talk to each other.

Do Hackers Take Holidays?

Submitted by Hanna Hurley on November 23, 2015, 10:19 am EST

The holiday season is here, and business owners are adjusting schedules for extra days off at the end of the year. For many businesses, the weeks in December are filled with lots of work followed by much-needed downtime. Hackers follow a similar routine, only instead of downtime; they go into overtime during the holidays.

Compete with “Big Public Cloud” …and Win!

Submitted by Neil Salamack on November 23, 2015, 9:52 am EST

You’ve delivered added value to your customers through services, relationship building, and consulting. Yet, you may feel like David to the Goliath of “Big Public Cloud” service providers.

How to Achieve 3 Strategic Business Objectives with Cloud Backup

Submitted by Zaid Rasid on November 23, 2015, 9:48 am EST

Asigra’s Eran Farajun recently was a guest speaker in a Channel Expert Hour webinar called How to Achieve 3 Strategic Business Objectives with Cloud Backup. During the webinar Eran discusses the benefits of Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) as a strong opportunity for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to increase their monthly recurring revenue, expand their total addressable market and increase wallet share with existing customers.

Third Platform Security: a Profitable, Necessary Role for the Channel

Submitted by Lisa Person on November 17, 2015, 3:10 pm EST

Fear of the unknown is a real problem for small business owners. Whether running a struggling “mom and pop” convenience store or a thriving manufacturing plant, any changes in rules and regulations or even the technologies they could and should be using, can be at least a little disconcerting.

From Checkboxes to Frameworks: CISOs as Risk Leaders

Submitted by David Jarvis on November 10, 2015, 5:31 pm EST

You’ve been hearing it with increasing frequency over the past few years: In the near future, every business will be a digital business — a de facto software or IT company. It won’t matter what industry you are in. Everything will have an information technology component.

Introducing the XG Firewall with Security Heartbeat – synchronizing network and endpoint security

Submitted by Chris Weeds on November 10, 2015, 1:24 pm EST

Sophos is a great place to work on any day but today is particularly exciting. It’s the day Sophos revolutionizes the IT security industry. Yes, that’s a big claim, and one many security vendors have made over the years.

EMC a “Rising Star” with Distribution

Submitted by Fred Kohout on November 9, 2015, 12:00 pm EST

EMC won Bronze at the 10th annual Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) U.S. “Rising Star” Awards event held Sept. 9.

Samsung Partners Doing Better Than They Realize

Submitted by Samsung Channel on November 9, 2015, 11:54 am EST

Success is never guaranteed in business, and neither are sales. The sale of products and services will ebb and flow with shifting economic and operating conditions. The constant, though, is that all businesses must strive for profitability and growth, ensuring they have the resources to meet customer expectations and remain ahead of the competition.

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