In The Know: Top 5 Must-Read Cloud Stories, April 8
Talkin’ Cloud at the end of each day pulls out five must-read cloud computing stories from the news cycle for its readers to review in the morning. Today’s column features Egenera, Cirrity and Amazon (AMZN).
Some of these stories have been gathered from Talkin’ Cloud’s article database, while others have been collected from elsewhere. If we missed something, feel free to leave a comment below. We might just add it into the mix.
Here’s today’s list of must-read cloud computing stories.
Cloud Computing: What MSPs Must Consider To Grow Their Business, Part 2. Last week we reviewed several items for managed services providers (MSPs) to consider before leveraging cloud computing to grow their businesses. This week we’ll cover a couple of more areas for MSPs to think about as they expand their businesses into the cloud. Some of these topics include software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS).
Egenera Introduces Xterity Cloud Services. Egenera hopes it can make it easier for its channel partners to enter the cloud services market without upfront costs by offering them a new set of customizable solutions that attempt to tackle several business challenges for customers.
TC 100 Profile: Cirrity Aims To Assist MSPs, VARs With Overcoming Recurring Services Model Challenges. What does it take to become a channel-only cloud services provider (CSP)? Ask Cirrity, a CSP that wants to “work with” the channel instead of “in competition with” it, according to Cirrity President Dan Timko.
What Egenera’s Cloud Orchestration Service Means For The Channel. Based on management software that Egenera originally created to manage converged infrastructure, Egenera CEO Pete Manca said the Xterity cloud orchestration service is designed to enable solution providers across the channel to become provider of cloud management service without having to incur any capital cost.
Anatomy of a Channel Program: AWS’ Customer-Obsessed Partner Network. Talk to the channel chiefs of most vendors, and they’ll tell you their channel partner program is focused on meeting the needs of their partners (or the vendors themselves). But Amazon shifted the focus of its program to meet the needs of its customers—a strategy that is paying off in many ways.
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