Channel Insider Staff

An informal survey by server and desktop virtualization specialist Citrix Systems found an overwhelming majority of businesses would support the adoption of Apple’s iPad, which has moved 2 million units since its debut in April. The preliminary results of the survey were posted by the company’s vice president of community and solutions development Chris Fleck, […]

Doug Ford was never looking for any kind of exit strategy when he started up The I.T. Pros, a San Diego-based IT solution provider and MSP that has grown to a lean 21 employees and three profit centers in cloud computing, managed services and professional services.Rather, Ford was looking to expand beyond the San Diego […]

Google Android devices have surpassed Apple’s iPhone market share during the first quarter, according to a new market research report. That was quick, huh? Even though Google says it “is focused on the consumer market right now,” Google Android will affect the enterprise mobile market. Take a look inside and find out how technology heavyweights […]

Dollars are beginning to flow again as pent up demand for technology refreshes, project work and security is finally coming to market and IT budgets are being spent again, albeit judiciously.IT services marketplace OnForce CEO Peter Cannone tells Channel Insider that work order volume grew about 15 percent during the first quarter over the same […]

After cutting IT budgets back to the bone over the last few years and negotiating prices way down during the recession, is it time for IT solution providers and resellers to look at raising services prices again? Here’s what those in the trenches say. Channel Insider’s Guide to Price Increases With the long winter of […]

For Cisco partners who sold the company’s Telepresence system, the acquisition and integration of Tandberg was welcome news. And with the deal completed just a few weeks ago, Cisco at its partner conference this week shed some light on the integration of partner programs going forward and announced a new discount for channel partners.Cisco will […]

Planned investment in energy efficiency by businesses is expected to rebound in 2010, according to a new survey of more than 1,400 executives and managers in North America responsible for spending on such technology in commercial buildings.The survey found that 52 percent (up from 46 percent last year) said they plan to make capital investments […]

Juniper Networks is offering a switch trade-up program — “Switch To Juniper” — aimed at helping customers move from “legacy suppliers” to Juniper’s EX Series products, with discounts of up to 60 percent on the new switches.Juniper says that now through Sept. 30, eligible businesses in the Americas can purchase new Juniper Ethernet Switches through […]

With analysts putting data growth in the range of 50 percent or more per year, storing duplicated data is just adding insult to injury.According to one source, duplication rates run as high as 30 percent or more among companies that don’t have the appropriate policies and tools in place. This might help explain why data […]

Hybrid cloud-based storage and data protection vendor CTERA Networks is reaching out to service providers, including MSPs and resellers, with a cloud platform that is a turnkey solution for delivering cloud-based storage and data protection services, from creating service plans to remote maintenance of appliances, including the CloudPlug and C200.Available immediately in SaaS and Datacenter […]