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Gearing Up for the Cloud, AT&T Tells Its Workers: Adapt, or Else
“There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop,” said Randall Stephenson, the chief and chairman of AT&T. He is reinventing the company for a cloud-heavy future. Credit Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times
Marketers Looking To Measure Customer Experience Based On Business Outcomes, Not Campaign Metrics
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Clicks, views, posts, shares and visits have taken a back seat to acquisition, retention and revenue growth as core measures of customer experience and engagement success, reports the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council.
Dazed and Amazed: Atera’s Disruptive PSA and RMM Pricing Model
Once in a great while, disruptive financial models are created. Take derivate trading in the financial markets and how that led to high speed trading an amazing disruption.
Jamison West’s Start Over Strategy
Further supporting our basic contention that now is the time to start over as existing MSPs, Jamison West’s Arterian MSP practice announced this week it was acquired by Texas-based Aldridge. But there’s more to this story then a simple acquisition – its more complex. Read on.
The NEW SMB Nation – Start-up or Start Over!
Relevancy is an essential success factor. Stories we told several years ago on the server-side are no longer relevant. Today we believe the storytelling you will value most is the pivot facing the partner channel.
Harry Mention: On SMB MSP & Cloud Channel Challenges
Who Dat? Below is a reprint of a blog., based on our SMB Nation State of the Union 2016 Webinar (January 2016) with Anurag from TechAisle. Enjoy the read!