Office 365

aid Nick Earle, senior vice president of cloud and managed services at Cisco
Cloud

Cisco expands Intercloud Fabric capabilities, community

June 16, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cisco expands Intercloud Fabric capabilities, community
Cisco adds new technology to Intercloud Fabric, and introduces new offerings from partners including Calgary’s Long View Systems.

Cloud

Cloud enhancements highlight five new Datto product enhancements

June 16, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Cloud enhancements highlight five new Datto product enhancements
These include a ‘born in the cloud’ router, a sync and share partnership with ownCloud, a new Backupify for Office 365 solution, a new Linux agent and an enhanced partner portal.

NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson
Cloud

NetSuite announces alliance with Microsoft

May 11, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on NetSuite announces alliance with Microsoft
How hyper-competitive NetSuite found an ally in a longtime rival as Microsoft transitions into a cloud-first, mobile-first company.

Cloud

BitTitan launches Partner Advisory Service for complex Office 365 installs

April 2, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on BitTitan launches Partner Advisory Service for complex Office 365 installs
Because BitTitan does not have a professional services arm, it has opted to provide high level professional services help to its partners on complex installs by certifying the BitTitan Cloud Rangers, Microsoft MVPs who are also fully certified on BitTitan products.

Greg Myers, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Tech Data Canada.
Cloud

Tech Data Canada partners with Quatrro to extend partner access to Office 365 via CSP

March 26, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data Canada partners with Quatrro to extend partner access to Office 365 via CSP
Services relationship will help more resellers meet Microsoft’s support requirements to offer Office 365 via its Cloud Solution Provider program.

Microsoft North America president Judson Althoff on Office 365
Cloud

Ingram Micro takes bundled approach to Office 365

March 10, 2015 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Ingram Micro takes bundled approach to Office 365
Ingram Micro announces Office 365 as part of its Cloud Marketplace, introduces automated bundles for solution providers.

Cloud

Asigra broadens converged data protection in Version 13

February 10, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off on Asigra broadens converged data protection in Version 13
The long-time cloud backup solution’s new features include Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service enablement, open infrastructure support for FreeBSD on ZFS and CentOS, and integration with Linear Tape File System for archiving.

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.

Channel Programs

Sorgen says Microsoft’s channel responding well to challenge of change

December 15, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on Sorgen says Microsoft’s channel responding well to challenge of change
Microsoft’s channel chief noted that Signature Cloud Support, an exclusive partner technical benefit that is part of its new cloud competencies, has been well received by partners who have taken advantage of it.

Cloud

BitTitan extends MigrationWiz to migrate DropBox to One Drive for Business and Google Drive

December 10, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off on BitTitan extends MigrationWiz to migrate DropBox to One Drive for Business and Google Drive
BitTitan sees their tool to migrate DropBox accounts to Microsoft One Drive for Business or Google Drive as particularly appealing to customers looking to consolidate all their data.