In our series of “Straight from the Channel” we interview companies that play an important role in the IT Channel. This week we’ve got in touch with Phil from Cumulus, a provider of cloud hosting for resellers in the UK. These are some of the questions that we asked Phil: Can you explain how Cumulus developedRead more >>

What you think you know about managing technicians is probably all wrong! I know… a pretty bold statement. I have read a lot of leadership and management books (Triple Digits), and it was not until I read a book that had nothing to do with management two years ago, that I realized things that IRead more >>

Cloud Sherpas, the world’s leading Google Apps cloud service provider, and GlobalOne, a cloud solution provider at the forefront of the SaaS and cloud computing industry, have merged to combine their expertise in installing and supporting Google Aps and Salesforce.com applications. As one of the first Google Enterprise support partners, and named “Google Enterprise 2011Read more >>

Gartner, the world’s leading IT research and advisory company, has made public the findings of its special report, “Hybrid IT: How Internal and External Cloud Services are Transforming IT.” Hybrid IT (the result of combining internal and external services, generally from a combination of internal and external public clouds), is transforming IT architectures as wellRead more >>

Global leader in the provision of security, storage and systems management solutions, Symantec has announced the release of its cloud information protection platform, Symantec O3 Cloud Identity and Access Control. As a response to organizational concern over moving business-critical applications to the cloud, Symantec O3 establishes a new security control point, enabling organizations to applyRead more >>

Life in the tech industry can definitely be interesting and challenging.  So I thought it would be fun to compile the top 10 funniest tech support & IT videos on the Internet. If these don’t make you laugh, you are way too uptight and should see a psychiatrist right away. With several of these theRead more >>

Managed service providers live and die by their margins, and anywhere they can save even a small cost per user can add up to big savings in a hurry. MSPs also need to distinguish themselves from the competition by offering better and broader services than their competition. These are all great reasons why MSPs shouldRead more >>

Antenna Software, the world’s largest independent enterprise mobility provider, has revealed their Mobile Business Forecast 2012, a report in which 1,000 UK and US-based businesses were surveyed on their current and future plans for mobile projects. Commissioned by Antenna and conducted by Vanson Bourne, the report shows that companies are working with an average ofRead more >>

Software has for many years been the lifeblood of businesses. A super-computer all the way to a cell phone would all be useless without software to do all the great things that make companies more productive and successful. But over the last couple of years there has been a subtle movement of the traditional model ofRead more >>

Today’s Managed Service Provider (MSP) faces a rapidly changing landscape and ever-increasing challenges to become more efficient, productive and of value to their clients while increasing profit. Many MSPs are looking at Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) solutions to improve efficiencies through automation of the most common IT managed services tasks. We are offering aRead more >>