Solution providers know that earning certifications, while important, isn’t the key to producing value; vendors need to step up and re-evaluate channel-program requirements....
Could this deal be the catalyst that compels IT solution providers and telecommunications companies to come together at long last?...
The line of demarcation between managed and cloud services is blurring fast – and is virtually invisible already on solution provider balance sheets....
Building an enduring business isn’t about magic formulas; it’s about defining value and consistent execution. In other words: effort....
Vendor earnings put it on a course for cloud nine. ...
2112’s new Channel IQ quiz allows you to test your general knowledge of channel functions, operations and partner management....
The 2112 Group and Baptie & Co. have partnered to define and expand the evolution of niche and emerging channels with a new research project that culminates in the new Specialized Channel Focus conference....
More solution providers and resellers are forgoing vendor loyalty in favor of independence based on their own technical prowess and business savvy. What they lack in loyalty, they make up for in influence. ...
Just months after divesting of storage management software specialist Veritas, Symantec is doubling down on its security business by buying Blue Coat, which brings revenue, customers, and hardware....
Vendors looking to build a business model based on recurring revenue walk a fine line: Cultivate performers without disenfranchising the rest....
‘Box-pushing’ continues to be a losing proposition for vendors and their channel partners. Find out how solution providers can adjust their focus from hardware to services....
Incorporating M&A programs in channel operations will help vendors in a number of ways – chiefly by reducing channel overdistribution....