Topic: Business Strategy - Page 114

Sales and marketing guru Cindy Bates outlines some of Microsoft’s SMB partner offerings for VARs inside and outside the cloud, and says there’s room for both in the house that Gates built.

SMB Nation announced the launch of a new company known as Cloud Nation. Cloud Nation, which will operate as a separate entity, is intended to educate and excite small to midsize businesses.

Providing secure cloud computing for your clients means providing business continuity and disaster recovery plans as well. J.R. Winkler provides advice on disaster recovery for cloud scenarios, how to handle security breaches, and ways to prepare your customers for possible litigation.

MSPs, VARs, and IT service providers can now manage Datto devices through the Autotask interface.

SAFElink Anti-Theft software and can remotely lock down and wipe laptops or notebooks reported stolen.

The distributor is giving away five $100 gasoline gift cards each business day during the month of June.

A key question in the new world order is, “Who owns the customer?”

Synnex now offers its partners a managed services offering and mobile applications development on the Windows Phone 7 platform.

The company touts this as a chance for resellers to address midmarket and smaller customers with cloud services and benefits from the new partner program.

The program upgrades include new discounts, deal registration, sales and marketing support, and training certification.