7 Cloud Must-Reads of the Week, March 20
Every Friday Talkin' Cloud rounds up the top cloud computing stories of the week for our online community of channel partners. Here's what you might have missed while you were at work.
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7 Cloud Must-Reads of the Week, March 20
Every Friday Talkin' Cloud rounds up the top cloud computing stories of the week for our online community of channel partners. Did we forget to include one of your favorite articles from the week? Send an email to Talkin' Cloud Executive Editor CJ Arlotta at cj.arlotta [at] penton.com to let him know. If he doesn't get back to you right away, bother him some more — and more.
HP Reassures Channel Partners That Everything's Okay
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) executives used this week's Global Partner Conference 2015 to stress how hard they've been working to ensure its partners remain unaffected by the company's decision to split into two separate corporations.
Executive Spotlight: 11 Salesforce Channel Execs You Should Know
Salesforce.com (CRM) is a San Francisco-based company that ranked second on last year's Talkin' Cloud 100 list of the top 100 CSPs. This customer relationship management software provider also works closely with the channel, which is reflected by its channel team. Here's everything you need to know about 11 Salesforce executives who support the company's channel and partner programs.
Vonage Buys SimpleSignal for $25.25 Million
Vonage (VG) will acquire Dana Point, California-based unified communications-as-a-service (UCaaS) provider SimpleSignal for $25.25 million, approximately 1.5 times SimpleSignal's estimated 2015 revenues.
7 Recent Cloud Acquisitions Involving TC 100 Honorees
Which Talkin' Cloud 100 honorees have made acquisitions over the past six months? Here are the transactions channel partners should know about.
Twilio Brings Elastic SIP Trunking To The Cloud
Twilio wants to change that by adding support for elastic Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking to a communication service delivered via the cloud. According to Twilio CEO Jeff Lawson, the elastic SIP trunking services being offered by Twilio can be provisioned in a matter of seconds via an online portal or application programming interface (API) the company exposes.
AppDirect Helps Channel Monetize Microsoft Office 365
AppDirect this week at the Microsoft Cloud and Hosting Summit 2015 conference unfurled AppDirect Express, a service for cloud service providers that automates much of the selling process around Microsoft software, including, of course, Microsoft Office 365.
TC 100 Profile: TekLinks Delivers 'Anything-as-a-Service'
Many cloud services providers (CSPs) deliver either on-premise and value-added reseller (VAR) solutions or fully managed and cloud-powered offerings. Conversely, TekLinks is an exception; it provides both successfully
TC 100 Profile: TekLinks Delivers 'Anything-as-a-Service'
Many cloud services providers (CSPs) deliver either on-premise and value-added reseller (VAR) solutions or fully managed and cloud-powered offerings. Conversely, TekLinks is an exception; it provides both successfully
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