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Blog Roundup: Thriving In The Digital Era

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What’s on the minds of solution providers? ITBestOfBreed scours their blogs in search of perspectives that can help broaden your knowledge of current information technology issues.

Here are three recent posts focusing on the shift to digital infrastructures and Oracle's announced acquisition of NetSuite.

COGNIZANT: Thinking beyond technology to thrive in the digital era

IT departments embrace hybrid environments, yet CIOs lack strategies for cloud security and privacy

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As the cloud’s popularity grows, so does the risk to sensitive data. More than half of companies in a recent survey do not have a proactive approach for compliance with privacy and security regulations for data in cloud environments.

Cloud Disruption Forces Unified Communications Vendors To Hunt For Deals

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(Note: This story was originally posted on CRN.com Aug. 9.)

If you're a solution provider looking to score more cloud-based unified communications deals, your ship may be coming in. 

The UC landscape is being shaken up as vendors scramble to become cloud-oriented so they can meet the market’s demand for cloud-based UC solutions.

ScanSource Buying Intelisys: What It Means For Solution Providers

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ScanSource's blockbuster deal to buy master agent Intelisys for at least $83.6 million will combine an IT services and hardware provider with a telecom and cloud solutions provider in what representatives of the two companies believe will disrupt the industry.

What does it mean for the channel? In an interview with CRN, ScanSource CEO Mike Baur said his company's deal for Intelisys will allow VARs to tap into "the biggest opportunity in years" – the $150 billion SMB telecom services market.

CompTIA To Double Down On IT Education, Mentoring To Narrow Skills Gap

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(Note: This story was originally posted on CRN.com Aug. 2.)

Solution providers that are having a tough time filling key roles -- especially in service delivery -- may want to keep tabs on plans by CompTIA that could help them.

The non-profit trade association plans to address the growing IT skills deficit by teaming up with educators to develop more technology curriculum and enlisting mentoring organizations to inspire the next generation of workers. 

Is There Still Room For Legacy Channel Firms In Today's IT World?

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(Note: This story was originally posted on CRN.com Aug. 3.)

If your company tethered to legacy technologies while others move forward with more modern solutions while building recurring revenue?

The emergence of born-in-the-cloud partners and the convergence of the telecom channel mean that traditional VARs and MSPs must place more aggressive bets on emerging technologies, a group of channel chiefs told a gathering Tuesday at CompTIA's ChannelCon 2016.

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