Partner Profile: Managed Services Demand Drives Akuity's Growth

Submitted by Rick Saia on November 7, 2016, 1:26 pm EST

Success With Services

It began as a three-person shop whose business mission was building, selling and shipping custom-built personal computers. Nearly three decades later, the company originally called PC-Plus Technologies is now Akuity Technologies, with a heavier focus on managed services.

Partner Profile: Red River Rises With New Acquisition

Submitted by Rick Saia on October 31, 2016, 4:03 pm EDT

Part Of A Bigger Expansion Plan

Claremont, N.H.-based solution provider giant Red River, which has been historically entrenched in the federal government space, has now dug deeper into the commercial arena with its recent acquisition of Accunet Solutions, based in Boston.

Partner Profile: Computex VP On Cloud, Growth, The Year Ahead

Submitted by Rick Saia on October 28, 2016, 5:32 pm EDT

Moving Into The Future

Computex Technology Solutions, long a channel power in data center infrastructure, has broadened its appeal to businesses by moving into services, especially after its 2014 acquisition of ENETSolutions, a Cisco Gold Master managed services provider based in Houston.

Q&A With Leap The Pond CEO: Here's Why We're Growing

Submitted by Rick Saia on October 21, 2016, 2:44 pm EDT

Injecting Excitement Into Financial Data

As businesses increasingly turn to the cloud, they're finding solutions – and solution providers - even for their regulation-sensitive back-office systems.

On-Demand Webinar: Why Data Protection for Office 365 is Critical

Submitted by Tracy Staniland on October 19, 2016, 3:24 pm EDT

According to Gartner, 50% of SMBs will move to a cloud productivity suite by 2020, with many large organizations swept up in this trend as well. If your organization has migrated to, or is considering a migration to Office 365, you won’t want to miss this webinar.

Best Of Breed Conference Preview: NetApp And Its CEO, George Kurian

Submitted by Rick Saia on October 18, 2016, 5:09 pm EDT

Following the merger of Dell and EMC, NetApp has become the leading independent storage vendor.

Best Of Breed Conference Preview: Dell EMC's Marius Haas On Channel Plans

Submitted by Rick Saia on October 17, 2016, 4:54 pm EDT

When last year's Best Of Breed Conference convened in Orlando, Dell and EMC had just reached agreement on the biggest acquisition in the history of the information technology industry.

Last Week's News, By The Numbers

Submitted by CRN Staff on October 17, 2016, 8:10 am EDT

From an acquisition within the channel to an announcement of layoff plans from a major vendor, here's a look at five news stories of interest to the channel from the week of Oct. 10-14, focusing on key numbers within those stories.

5 Hot Topics At This Year's Best Of Breed Conference

Submitted by Rick Saia on October 14, 2016, 2:34 pm EDT

Navigating A Sea Of Change And Chaos

In a year of much industry change and upcoming political upheaval, how do solution providers know if they're headed in the right direction?

Partner Profile: Focus On Present, Future Helps Solution Provider's Speedy Rise

Submitted by Rick Saia on September 19, 2016, 11:28 am EDT

Behind Incedo's Rise

A combination of planning and customer satisfaction has been key to the rise of Incedo since its founding five years ago, according to Rena Nigam (pictured), president of global solutions and services for the rising channel giant.

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