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VAR guide: Breaking into the cloud services
market Both Gartner Inc. and IDC predict astonishing levels of growth for the cloud services market, largely because it extends existing markets, including MSP services, SaaS, outsourcing and on-premises virtualization infrastructures. Fortunately, there are three ways to get into the cloud services market even without building your own high-volume, high-end data center. Our tutorial on breaking into the cloud services market details the best methods for interacting with the new technology.
VAR guide: Unified fabric
services
Unified data center fabric combines traditional LAN and storage area network (SAN) traffic
on the same physical network, improving the efficiency of data flow and access while making the
architecture less complex. Unified fabric is a way of managing multiple switches and components as
one, making all traffic move in a converged manner. This method of network convergence is a good
solution for enterprises with cluttered network architectures in which storage is running
separately from the network, and this primer can provide an immediate understanding of the
service.
Guide: Offering mobile device management
services
If you are looking to expand your business portfolio and include mobile devices and the
related services, this guide, which includes a tip series from Frank Ohlhorst, will help you
understand what you need to know about mobile device management. If you're a service provider
offering mobile services already, this guide will help you optimize your mobile device management
services, including the use of cloud computing services, mobile device security, and mobile OS
selection.
VAR guide: Virtualization certifications and
storage certifications
Virtualization certification can be a way to distinguish among a flood of job applicants.
It can also be a proactive way to get training prior to being dropped into an expanded role, or a
means of proving to an employer that you are willing to take the extra step in expanding skills.
Most importantly, virtualization certification ties directly into desktop virtualization and
unified data center fabric strategies, which networking solution providers need to learn one way or
another. This guide covers a range of possible certifications, outlining them so that VARs can
choose to pursue an appropriate, applicable certificate.
Healthcare networking: Healthcare IT services
guide
Are you thinking about adding healthcare IT consulting services to your portfolio? Learn
the ins and outs of healthcare networking and other healthcare IT services in this comprehensive
guide for networking solution providers and consultants.
This was first published in February 2011