Cloud Sherpas, a Google Apps and Salesforce.com partner, has raised $40 million and acquired CloudTrigger. The VAR Guy’s sister site, Talkin’ Cloud, has all the details plus an interview with Cloud Sherpas CEO David Northington.
Cloud Sherpas has raised $40 million and made its eighth acquisition to expand its cloud brokerage service.
The funding, lead by Greenspring Associates, brings Cloud Sherpas’ total to $62.6 million. Existing investors Columbia Capital and Delta-V Capital joined in the new round.
Google Chromebooks, those cloud-centric notebook computers, are now available for rent. The cost: $30 per month for Chromebooks, and $25 per month for Chromeboxes (a desktop form factor). The really interesting part: There’s no long-term commitment required. Chromebooks, which run Chrome OS, have not taken the world by storm. But VARs should watch the market closely.
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.
American-based firm Cloud Sherpas have confirmed they’ve opened a Sydney office to help Australian businesses “go Google”.
A Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Chromebook has arrived at The VAR Guy’s doorstep. Starting January 14, our resident blogger will live on the cloud-centric notebook (running Google’s Chrome OS) for 30 days. Why should channel partners, businesses and consumers care about this niche (but promising) form factor?
The 2nd Annual Top 50 Cloud Services Providers survey ends today (Friday, April 27). Complete the survey, available on Talkin’ Cloud (The VAR Guy’s sister site), and your company could be ranked among the world’s top CSPs in the Talkin’ Cloud 50. The survey is open VARs and MSPs that generate revenues from cloud-related projects and services.
In the cloud computing market, channel partners most frequently embrace Citrix Systems (NASDAQ: CTXS), Google Apps (NASDAQ: GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Office 365 and VMware (NYSE: VMW), according to the second-annual Talkin’ Cloud 50 survey, which ends April 27.
Distributor D&H has lined up new services to help SMB-focused channel partners capitalize on sales of cloud-based infrastructures through a deal with newcomer cloud services aggregator Cloud Nation.
Under the terms of the agreement, D&H channel partners gain access to Cloud Nation’s membership-based cloud solutions platform and online portal, features training, services and technologies ai
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