BPOS

Robert Bracey, president of Quartet Services
Solution Provider News

Quartet expands Office 365 reach with En Vogue purchase

February 2, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Quartet expands Office 365 reach with En Vogue purchase
Quartet Services is looking to advance its own growing Office 365 practice by purchasing fellow Toronto-based MSP and O365 specialist En Vogue Computers.

Microsoft channel chief Jon Roskill
Cloud

QuickVid: Microsoft’s changing cloud conversation

August 4, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on QuickVid: Microsoft’s changing cloud conversation
Channel chief Jon Roskill with advice on partners concerned about now owning the billing relationship

Clouds
Channel Communities

The cloud and the Microsoft Canada/VTN connection

July 10, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on The cloud and the Microsoft Canada/VTN connection
How member roundtables and the actions of one Microsoft Canada exec are making the cloud more accessible for VTN members.

Office 365 Logo
Cloud

Office 365: Come for Exchange, stay for SharePoint, Lync

June 28, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Office 365: Come for Exchange, stay for SharePoint, Lync
Microsoft looking for the channel’s help in extending the Office 365 value prop beyond e-mail

Invoice
Cloud

Office 365: Addressing two potential channel caveats

June 28, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Office 365: Addressing two potential channel caveats
Billing questions persist, while VARs and MSPs also face competition from service providers

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
Featured Post

Microsoft to partners: What should Ballmer say at WPC?

June 16, 2011 Robert Dutt 1
Microsoft wants partner feedback for CEO’s keynote; partners offer no shortage of ideas

Renee Bergeron Ingram Micro
Cloud

Ingram’s cloud: What’s ready for Canada and what’s not

June 14, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram’s cloud: What’s ready for Canada and what’s not
New partnerships abound, but which services will find their way onto the distributor’s Canadian cloud linecard?

Renee Bergeron Ingram Micro
Distribution

Ingram expands cloud solutions with seven new offerings

April 13, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram expands cloud solutions with seven new offerings
Distributor adds outsourced service desk, compute and backup, hosted PBX and firewalls to its cloud services family

Windows InTune
Cloud

Windows InTune goes live

March 23, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Windows InTune goes live
Microsoft’s cloud-based PC management software gets PSA integration for final release

Clouds
Channel Programs

Ask not what the cloud can do for you

October 25, 2010 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ask not what the cloud can do for you
Microsoft, Google, CA, Avnet and Rackspace channel leaders on what the cloud means to MSPs