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Seems like big dogs doing big speeches dominated the news this week, leaving us to wag the dog with a few missed news missives.
A recent report from Parks Associates examines the insurance channel for smart home products and services.
Anixter execs offer integrators advice on how to capitalize from IoT trend through maintenance contracts and understanding product life cycles.
Integrators have to master new technology that they think may not apply to them, such as IoT, AI, and mobile, because "futuristic" tech is already filtering into your customer requests.
LAN Infotech is all-in on helping its nonprofit customers obtain and deploy business-class technology that not only helps them run more efficiently, but can change people’s lives.
Easy setup and speedy monitor refresh times make this dual-link switch a great option when space is limited.
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ICYMI: Our Channel News Roundup for the Week of September 18th
September 22nd, 2017 | James E. Gaskin
Seems like big dogs doing big speeches dominated the news this week, leaving us to wag the dog with a few missed news missives. - read more
 
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IoT Research: Consumers Will Switch Insurance Providers to Obtain Smart Home Products
September 22nd, 2017 | SSI Staff
A recent report from Parks Associates examines the insurance channel for smart home products and services. - read more
 
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Aryaka Enters First UCaaS Partnership with 8×8 Deal That Creates a ‘Meet in the Channel’ Solution
September 22nd, 2017 | Mark Cox, channelbuzz.ca
The best-of-breed partnership is aimed at enterprises with a global presence, as well as regional customers with significant challenges. - read more
 
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How Integrators Can Reap Rewards of IoT
September 22nd, 2017 | Lisa Montgomery
Anixter execs offer integrators advice on how to capitalize from IoT trend through maintenance contracts and understanding product life cycles. - read more
 
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Barracuda Was Cloud Before Cloud Was Cool
September 22nd, 2017 | Rich Freeman
The security and backup vendor took its first steps into the world of off-site computing eight years ago. Now it’s sharing its considerable cloud know-how with partners. - read more
 
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WatchGuard Adds Endpoint Protection to Threat Detection and Response Service
September 21st, 2017 | Rich Freeman
Direct integration between endpoint-based software agents and WatchGuard’s cloud-based sandbox solution enable organizations to block malware attacks on devices outside the network perimeter for the first time. - read more
 
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The Irrefutable Case for Mastering IoT, AI, and Mobile
September 21st, 2017 | Daniel Newman
Integrators have to master new technology that they think may not apply to them, such as IoT, AI, and mobile, because "futuristic" tech is already filtering into your customer requests. - read more
 
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The ASCII Group Announces the 2018 IT SMB Success Summits
September 21st, 2017 | ChannelPro
The summits to feature an enhanced educational agenda, new cities, and new content, plus a keynote by a former White House CIO. - read more
 
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An MSP Guide to Selling IT Security
September 21st, 2017 | SolarWinds MSP
MSPs can evolve into Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) and increase their growth trajectory, just so long as they adopt a mature and comprehensive approach to the market. If you thought you could reinvent yourself as an MSSP with a simple antivirus offering, though, think again. Capitalizing on this growing market requires a more full-featured service set. - read more
 
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The Greater Good
September 21st, 2017 | Michael Goldstein
LAN Infotech is all-in on helping its nonprofit customers obtain and deploy business-class technology that not only helps them run more efficiently, but can change people’s lives. - read more
 
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Sophos Adds Cloud Security Resources and Certifications to Partner Program
September 20th, 2017 | Rich Freeman
The vendor also announced that Sophos Server Protection now supports Microsoft Azure server instances, and can coordinate defensive measures with Sophos XG Firewall on Azure. - read more
 
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SonicWall Launches Professional Services Program for Partners
September 20th, 2017 | Mark Cox, channelbuzz.ca
The new SonicWall program will co-develop professional services with the designated professional services partners, and then make the services available to all partners through a SKU, with the implementation done by a local professional services partner. - read more
 
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Voice of the Vendor: What's Hot and What's Not in Managed Services
September 20th, 2017 | ChannelPro
Wondering where it's at in managed services these days? ChannelPro’s Joel Zaidspiner asked the people who know at The ASCII Group’s recent Chicago summit event. Find out what they said! - read more
 
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Lenovo Announces Scalable In-Memory Analytics Solution for SAP S/4HANA
September 20th, 2017 | ChannelPro
Called the Lenovo Scalable Solution for SAP HANA, the new offering is engineered to help S/4HANA users accelerate application performance and expand memory scalability beyond current thresholds. - read more
 
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IOGEAR MiniView Dual View Dual-Link DVI KVMP Switch
September 20th, 2017 | James E. Gaskin
Easy setup and speedy monitor refresh times make this dual-link switch a great option when space is limited. - read more
 
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