CompTIA Breakaway 2012 has attracted several hundred VARs and MSPs this week in Las Vegas. So what’s the chatter here in the halls? Beyond cloud computing, CompTIA is now focused on Big Data and Machine to Machine opportunities for partners, said CEO Todd Thibodeaux. Also, he called on the U.S.
CompTIA has rebranded its popular Breakaway conference as CompTIA ChannelCon (July 29-31, Orlando, Fla.). Breakaway had been on The VAR Guy’s Top 100 Channel Partner Events list. ChannelCon replaces it. So what’s behind the name change at the conference, which is overseen by CompTIA Senior VP Kelly Ricker?
As Microsoft Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Office 2013 and Surface tablets near their respective launches, the software giant missed a strategic opportunity to engage channel partners at CompTIA Breakaway this week in Las Vegas. Here’s where Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) goofed.
Breakaway isn’t the biggest channel event.
Michael Weymouth is CEO of TechWizard, a technology consulting firm on Long Island. The big twist: He’s 14 years old. So what can a junior geek, speaking at CompTIA Breakaway 2012, teach technology entrepreneurs about sales, marketing, business development, branding, consulting and customer support?
Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) is making multiple strategic hires that will deepen the open source company’s work with channel partners across Linux, virtualization, storage, cloud platforms and JBoss Middleware. The evidence surfaced when The VAR Guy met Red Hat North America Channel Chief Roger Egan at CompTIA Breakaway this week.
Who are the world’s top 100 cloud services providers (CSPs), VARs and MSPs working in the cloud? Get answers this Wednesday, May 16, during our Talkin’ Cloud 100 webcast. Formerly the Talkin’ Cloud 50, check out our newly expanded research and learn which business models IT service providers are pursuing in the cloud.
When it comes to VMware (NYSE: VMW), channel partners typically think big –as in big data centers, big virtualization projects and big cloud build-outs. But VMware is reminding partners not to overlook opportunities in the small and midsize business (SMB) market. That’s where VMware vSphere 5.1 solutions enter the picture.
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