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Reflect Systems, a Dallas based digital signage company, has announced the official launch of “Ovation,” its new partner program. “Though we have been partnering with other companies in our industry for years, we felt it was time to accelerate this effort and bring more packaged resources and structure to our program,” said Lee Summers, CEO […]

Reciprocity, a San Francisco-based information security risk and compliance vendor, has expanded its Reciprocity Partner Program to enable InfoSec solution providers and VARs to develop and deliver products and services supported by the company’s ZenGRC platform. In addition, the company signed an agreement with Synnex, a prominent distributor, to manage the onboarding and ordering process […]

Marketing budgets have fallen to their lowest recorded level, dropping to 6.4% of company revenue in 2021 from 11% in 2020, according to Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey, which surveyed 400 CMO and marketing leaders in North America, the UK, France and Germany from March 2021 through May 2021. The survey tracks the critical areas marketers […]

Gartner: Marketing Budgets Plummet to 6.4% of Overall Company Revenue in 2021 Marketing budgets have fallen to their lowest recorded level, dropping to 6.4% of company revenue in 2021 from 11% in 2020, according to Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey, which surveyed 400 CMO and marketing leaders in North America, the UK, France and Germany from […]

Granite Telecommunications, a Quincy, Massachusetts-based provider of communications solutions, has announced a wholesale agreement with Cox Business to deliver competitive local telephone service over Cox’s network. “We are excited to expand our relationship with Cox Business, which understands the important role local phone services play for business customers looking to grow and maintain price stability,” […]

Hiring within the technology sector continues to grow with tech firms adding 10,500 workers in June and 80,600 through the first half of 2021, according to an analysis by CompTIA, a nonprofit industry association based in suburban Chicago. New staffing in the data processing, hosting and related services employment category led the June job gains, […]

The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 40.7% in 2020 to total $64.3 billion, up from $45.7 billion in 2019, according to Gartner, Inc. “Hyperscale providers are continuing to build distributed cloud and edge solutions that extend the public cloud’s reach into private and on-premise locations, addressing the needs of organizations relating to […]

Gartner: Worldwide IaaS Public Cloud Services Grew 40.7% in 2020 The worldwide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market grew 40.7% in 2020 to total $64.3 billion, up from $45.7 billion in 2019, according to Gartner, Inc. “Hyperscale providers are continuing to build distributed cloud and edge solutions that extend the public cloud’s reach into private […]

Netskope, a Santa Clara, California-based SASE company, has announced a new accreditation supporting Secure Access Services Edge (SASE). Developed in collaboration with industry expert Dr. Edward Amoroso, CEO of TAG Cyber and former chief security officer of AT&T, the SASE Accreditation is designed for network infrastructure and cybersecurity practitioners seeking a vendor-agnostic curriculum. Attendees will […]

Secureworks, an Atlanta-based cybersecurity company, announced the launch of a new global partner program, the “Secureworks Technology Alliance Partner program that extends the Taegis ecosystem and data integrations to accelerate threat detection. Taegis is the company’s cloud-native security analytics platform designed to improve detection of advanced threats, streamline investigations, and automate responses. Secureworks Technology Alliance […]