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May 22, 2013
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LogMeIn AppGuru IDaaS Aims to Redefine IT's Role

LogMeIn has launched a preview of its AppGuru identity-as-a-service (IDaaS) offering that is intended to help IT professionals redefine their roles in a cloud-centric work environment by putting into place easy onboarding and offboarding of employees, as well as centralized user management....More
May 22, 2013
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Amazon Web Services Gains FedRAMP Compliance for GovCloud

Amazon Web Services has scored a big win within the federal government that could result in the ramping up of AWS cloud services deployments by U.S. federal government agencies. AWS GovCloud (U.S.) and all AWS U.S. regions have received an Agency Authority to Operate (ATO) from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)....More
May 21, 2013
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TwinStrata Releases CloudArray 4.5 to Relieve Backup, DR Challenges

Cloud-integrated storage solutions provider TwinStrata announced the latest release of its CloudArray software, which aims to increase control and reduce the need for separate backup software or disaster recovery strategies....More
May 21, 2013
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Managed Services Deals: Pitfalls to Avoid to Win More Business

Having been working in the managed services space for years now, I continue to be struck by the fact that while many issues and opportunities are unprecedented, many times I also see history being repeated. This applies to both the good and the bad. Often, service providers will repeat some preventable mistakes that can either torpedo deals before they come to fruition, or irreparably harm account relationships after the initial deal has been won. In this brief, I’ll detail some of the most pressing pre-sales pitfalls I’ve seen service providers hit....More
May 21, 2013
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Spanning Cloud Turns to Channel with Reseller Program

Spanning Cloud Apps is looking to the channel to continue its expansion. The company, which is responsible for Spanning Backup for Google Apps, has launched a channel reseller program to work with VARs and systems integrators to build its marketing and sales....More
May 21, 2013
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Tech Data Adds Intermedia Hosted PBX and Cloud Server to Offerings

Tech Data is beefing up its TDCloud portfolio with the addition of Intermedia's Hosted PBX and Cloud Server offerings. Aimed at small and medium businesses (SMBs), the cloud solutions are now available to Tech Data's solution providers....More
May 21, 2013
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Dell to Drive Public Cloud IaaS Through Partners

For the next step in its cloud strategy, Dell is looking to work with partners. The company has launched the Dell Cloud Partner Program to deliver its public cloud IaaS offering through the channel....More
May 20, 2013
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iWeb Unveils Fully Managed Cloud Hosting Service Based on OpenStack

IaaS provider iWeb has released a fully-managed cloud hosting service based on OpenStack. According to the company, cloud service provides guaranteed disk speed as a key element of overall system performance....More
May 20, 2013
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Veeam Touts 65,000 Customers, Announces Backup & Replication v7

Veeam Software, a company that develops backup and management software for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V environments, has released the latest version of its Veeam Backup & Replication solution to provide customers with two new main product features: built-in WAN acceleration and backup from storage snapshots, along with other additions....More
May 17, 2013
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Walmart Acquires Cloud Startups OneOps and Tasty Labs

The Silicon Valley technology subisidary of Walmart, @WalmartLabs, has acquired two cloud computing startups to further boost its capabilities....More
May 17, 2013
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Google Compute Engine Takes on AWS with General Availability

Amidst the launch of Google Play Music All Access, Google Play Game Services, updates to Google Maps and a variety of other consumer-driven product announcements, the news about the general availability of Google Compute Engine seems to be getting lost. Or maybe nobody is simply not surprised, as this is something the industry has been expecting for some time....More
May 16, 2013
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Webcast Today: Cloud Backup Revenue Tips for MSPs from Intronis CEO

Intronis CEO Rick Faulk and VP of Channel Development Neal Bradbury will show MSPs (managed services providers) how to generate double-digit revenue growth from cloud backup and disaster recovery (BDR). Join us for the webcast at 2pm ET/11am PT today....More
May 16, 2013
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Google Apps Scores Over Microsoft Office 365 with NARA, CBC Wins 1

Google has scored two more government wins over Microsoft. The National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) has completed its migration of 4,500 employees over to Google Apps for Government....More
May 16, 2013
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Rackspace Makes Investment in Cloudant for NoSQL DBaaS

Rackspace is the latest company to make an investment NoSQL database-as-a-service (DBaaS) provider Cloudant. The Rackspace investment of an undisclosed sum follows three months after Samsung Ventures made a similar strategic investment in the company....More

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