October 19, 2010
PEER 1 Hosting Launches Partner Directory
MSPmentor
Matthew Weinberger writes about PEER 1 Hosting’s new partner directory.
“The PEER 1 Hosting Partner directory, as the company’s press release refers to it, is open to Silver, Gold, and Platinum level partners. Customers can search the database by geographic region and skill set. PEER 1’s Sales and Support teams might use this tool as well to offer direct sales customers end-to-end solutions, by way of partnerships.”
IBM Focuses On Cloud Service Providers
MSPmentor
Dave Courbanou shares more information on IBM’s recent cloud service providers focus.
“Fast and fresh services to providers is IBM’s goal, along with helping those providers cost-effectively launch and manage those new cloud services. So enter the IBM Cloud Service Provider Platform, which is an all-in-one package of hardware, software and services rolled into one deployable solution. It even comes complete with security and management features. The idea is to take a communication service provider to the next level as quickly as possible, and since it provides new services right away, it has the ability to provide new sources of revenue, potentially providing a quick ROI.”
HP Envy 17 review
Engadget
Joanna Stern shares her thoughts on HP’s Envy 17 notebook.
“Nope, HP’s Envy 17 still isn’t the perfect desktop replacement — the touchpad is still a bit finicky and it can get a bit warm during graphics intensive activities — but like the Envy 14, it comes pretty darn close to it. If you can live with those shortcomings, and our guess is that you can by picking up an external mouse, the 17.3-inch rig is bound to keep you procrastinating — whether with games, glorious sounding tunes or stunning HD movies — for a very long time.”