Associations/Consortia


  • MSPAlliance Names First Certified Managed Services Pros
    The MSPAlliance announced Monday the first group of individuals to pass the Certified Managed Services Professional (CMSP) exam. Fifteen individuals who sat for the CMSP exam on April 30, 2009, have passed the written test and have met the educational and work experience ...More
    May 11, 2009
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  • MSP Groups Spar Over Dueling Certifications
    A feud is erupting in the otherwise relatively calm MSP waters over competing accreditation programs. Channel Insider reported members of the MSP Alliance are bent out of shape over a “redundant” certification program run by MSP Partners, an organization that ...More
    April 22, 2009
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  • CTIA Celebrates Earth Day With Universal Charging Solution
    CTIA-The Wireless Association announced today its commitment to support a common format for wireless phone chargers, known as the “Universal Charging Solution” (UCS). Developed by the Open Mobile Terminal Platform industry standards group and recently adopted by ...More
    April 22, 2009
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  • AOTMP: Enterprise Wireless Apps Up 50 Percent
    The latest research from AOTMP indicates that enterprises today are managing more wireless devices, wireless users and wireless applications than ever before. The organization found that on average, enterprises are supporting 4.2 wireless applications, up 50 percent from ...More
    April 17, 2009
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  • Agent Association Doubles Membership
    The Technology Channel Association (TCA) announced Friday that membership in the agent association has doubled since the organization’s launch last summer, with an influx of applications from the Channel Partners Conference and Expo delivering more than 100 agent ...More
    March 27, 2009
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  • TCA to Unveil Insurance Program at Channel Partners Expo
    The newly launched agent group Technology Channel Association (TCA) will launch the TCA Health Plan at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo, March 1-3, in Las Vegas.In addition, TCA announced that agents and vendors who join by the conclusion of the Channel Partners ...More
    February 26, 2009
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  • TCA Announces Management Team, HQ
    The newly formed Technology Channel Association, which represents the communications industry’s indirect sales channel, announced its new management team and headquarters.The association will be based in Princeton, N.J., at 191 Clarksville Road and can be reached by ...More
    December 31, 2008 By Khali Henderson
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  • IT Solutions Provider Groups to Collaborate
    Two IT industry groups ― MSP Partners and The ASCII Group ― have agreed to swap certain member benefits under a new cooperative agreement.MSP Partners was founded in March 2007 by Cisco, Intel, Ingram Micro, Level Platforms and Microsoft, to educate IT solutions ...More
    December 24, 2008
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  • XO, Level 3 Join Agent Association
    The newly formed Technology Channel Association, which represents the communications industry’s indirect sales channel, added two new vendor members: XO Communications Inc. and Level 3 Communications Inc.. Both carriers joined at the beginning of December.In addition, ...More
    December 12, 2008 By Khali Henderson
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  • Verizon Wholesale to Add Security, Professional Services
    Verizon Partner Solutions, the wholesale arm of Verizon Communications, plans to add security and professional services to its portfolio of services available to resellers, according to a VPS executive attending the COMPTEL PLUS Convention + Expo this week.Quintin Lew, ...More
    October 8, 2008
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