Archive for December 17th, 2012

The Cloud: Enabling Business Agility for 2013

Cloud Computer

With the introduction of the cloud, businesses and channel partners now have a high-functioning, elastic, ready-to-use infrastructure available at the fingertips. But while 2012 saw greater acceptance of the model, and more education as to what the cloud can offer businesses, industry-watchers note that there’s more work to do. Business agility will be at the Read more >>

Zayo Continues Bulking Up: Closes FTS Deal; Snaps Up Litecast

Zayo-AboveNet Combined Footprint

Hot on the heels of Zayo’s recent 100G high-bandwidth upgrade and an announcement that it will buy Baltimore, Md.-based metro optical provider Litecast for $22 million, Zayo continued its expansion-by-acquisition this week with the completion of its previously announced $110 million purchase of First Telecom Services (FTS), a CLEC in the Northeastern and Midwestern United Read more >>

ISI Adds Channel Partners Library for Cloud Sales Support

ISI

IT infrastructure assessment and optimization software provider Infrastructure Solutions Inc. (ISI) has launch of the Channel Partner Support Library. The Web-based library provides the latest marketing, sales support, and technical documentation for ISI’s suite of products, including Snapshot and ISISCon. Snapshot and ISISCon are aimed at partners looking to deliver sophisticated cloud, virtualization and consolidation Read more >>