Small business

VeriFone is laying off staff and cutting jobs after experiencing Point of Sale (PoS) deployment and EMV activation problems in the SMB channel.

HP Enterprise is rallying MSPs around recurring revenue SMB servers, management tools & Microsoft Azure discounts. Plus backup that counters Acronis, Veeam.

FreedomVoice CEO Eric Thomas describes the VoIP company's partner strategy under GoDaddy's ownership. Plus, differentiating from Microsoft Cloud PBX.

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

Is Microsoft preparing to re-launch SBS as Windows Small Business Server v.Next -- a reboot of the classic SBS platform for SMB customers? Hmmm...

GoDaddy has acquired FreedomVoice, an MSP-friendly provider of cloud-based VoIP phone systems that serves nearly 40,000 customers across the U.S.

At the Lenovo Accelerate 2016 partner summit, ChannelE2E will pursue updates on Lenovo's hyberconverged partnerships with Juniper & Nutanix, and more.