CSPs

SAP has named Barry Padgett to serve as president of SMB solutions -- a new position that likely signals deeper engagements with small & midsize customers.

Venture Technologies has acquired WhiteLight Group, a Chicago-area Oracle ERP partner focused on JD Edwards, cloud and on-premises managed services.

Microsoft's board of directors is carefully studying the company's cloud sales model and channel partner strategy, according to Chairman John Thompson.

Microsoft Office 365 cloud adoption within U.S. SMBs (small & midsize businesses) remains very low, Skykick says. But should more channel partners jump in?

Box has hired a new chief marketing officer (CMO) to accelerate the company's strategic alliances and channel partner push, CEO Aaron Levie confirmed.

SolarWinds MSP -- which combines N-able with LogicNow -- could deliver some application performance management (APM) and cloud monitoring surprises.

For many small enterprise and midmarket organizations, public cloud computing may actually be more secure than the traditional on-premises model, EGS says.