MSP

David Maffei, vice president of global channel sales at Carbonite
Cloud

Carbonite launches first channel-only product

June 19, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Carbonite launches first channel-only product
Carbonite Appliance HT10 first purpose-built for channel product to launch in vendor’s shift from direct to indirect sales.

Eran Farajun, executive vice president, Asigra
Cloud

Asigra looks to drop hardware costs for MSPs

June 18, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Asigra looks to drop hardware costs for MSPs
Backup software vendor Asigra builds an open-source stack that it says can cut MSP’s storage costs on backup-as-a-service in half

ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini
Managed Services

ConnectWise aims to exploit Autotask sale

June 17, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on ConnectWise aims to exploit Autotask sale
ConnectWise is looking to capitalize on the acquisition of rival professional services automation vendor Autotask by inviting users to defect.

Autotask CEO Mark Cattini
Managed Services

After long-simmering rumors, Autotask acquired

June 10, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on After long-simmering rumors, Autotask acquired
Autotask acquired by private equity firm Vista Equity Partners for an undisclosed price, making it the latest shakeup in the managed services segment.

Marc Dupaquier, General Manager Global Business Partners at IBM
Channel Programs

IBM continues push for MSPs

June 5, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on IBM continues push for MSPs
IBM looks to further define its relationship with managed service providers, and is developing new contracts and tools to bring MSPs into its partner mix.

Chendra Pulimaritsa, CEO of Sanovi
Channel Programs

Sanovi targets FlexPod resellers, MSPs with new program

June 4, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sanovi targets FlexPod resellers, MSPs with new program
Sanovi, an Indian-based maker of disaster recovery software, launches a partner program to deepen its penetration of the North American market.

Kaseya CEO Yogesh Gupta
Managed Services

Kaseya ends ‘Alt-Shift-Tab’ motion in VSA 7.0

June 4, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Kaseya ends ‘Alt-Shift-Tab’ motion in VSA 7.0
In placing all of its managed services function in a single dashboard, Kaseya says it’s ending the toggling between screens.

David Burton, vice president of global marketing at NComputing
Virtualization

NComputing enters desktop-as-a-service market

June 3, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on NComputing enters desktop-as-a-service market
Thin-client vendor NComputing sees opportunity for service providers to add desktop-as-a-service capabilities

Adam Nelson, head of channel sales and partnerships at Dropbox
Channel Programs

Dropbox takes partner program international

May 7, 2014 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Dropbox takes partner program international
Online storage vendor Dropbox brings its partner program to Canada and other markets, expanding beyond its U.S.-only debut last year.

Douraid Zaghouani, president of the Channel Partner Operations at Xerox Technology
Featured Post

Xerox, LabTech partner to tackle managed print

May 5, 2014 Larry Walsh (Channelnomics) Comments Off on Xerox, LabTech partner to tackle managed print
Xerox launches its Xerox PrintAssist Services, a plugin to the LabTech Software remote monitoring and management platform.