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Intel, Kutenda to Help VARs Reach Maximum Cloud Benefits
By Regina Ciardiello (managing editor, SMB Nation)
May 26, 2011
Earlier this week you might have caught my blog on how Intel is “stepping it up,” when it comes to hybrid cloud services. The company announced the availability of its new AppUp Small Business Service. The new application lets SMBs use Intel’s hybrid cloud, offering benefits of cloud computing with both server and data on-site on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Within this program are companies, such as Kutenda, who have formed a collaborative program, in conjunction with Intel, to bring new profitable cloud computing opportunities to the IT services sector. To provide further insight on the program, and how both current and potential Kutenda customers can benefit, Mike Cooch, the company’s CEO, will co-host a Web Seminar on Thursday, June 2 (1:30 pm EST) with Intel’s Bridget Karlin. Titled “How to Profitably Leverage the Cloud for Your IT Services Business,” attendees are invited to join Cooch and Karlin, who will guide MSPs on how to bridge the gap in service offerings, generate new revenue and successfully grow by profitably leveraging the cloud.
Both companies will also discuss the details of the program, as well as how the program is focused on helping independent IT service providers deliver Intel AppUp solutions to end users. As a partner with Intel on the program, Kutenda said it will be offering a bonus marketing “package” via Intel Hybrid cloud, which is contributing up to 66% of Kutenda’s client marketing services.
“Small and midsize businesses are more and more interested in the efficiencies and cost-savings of the cloud,” Mike Cooch, Kutenda’s CEO, said in a media statement. This helps service providers with their marketing. “They’ve started to ask their IT providers, ‘How can you help me with cloud computing?’”
The Web Seminar on June 2 will offer details on the Intel and Kutenda program and how IT service providers can use the Intel AppUp Small Business Service and Kutenda’s marketing packages to benefit from cloud computing and increase revenue.
For more information, and to register for the June 2 Web Seminar, which begins at 1:30 pm EST, log on to: https://kutendaevents.webex.com/kutendaevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=662105511