With the recent passing of the Modernizing Government Technology Act, it will not just be government increasing their investment in new technologies in 2018. There is no better time than now to work with customers as they migrate workloads to the cloud. Download our guide to learn what to sell now that will open the door to more sales and will build your cloud solution funnel.

For businesses that are reluctant to adopt software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN), it’s important to remember that it doesn’t have to be an all-or-nothing migration.  Easing into the many proven benefits of SD-WAN – such as reduced total cost of ownership (TCO), flexible bandwidth options, and unprecedented simplicity of networks and applications – can be a gradual process, without sacrificing existing investments in traditional networking infrastructure.

Today’s wide-area network is being challenged like never before. These environments are required to handle an unprecedented volume of data – adjusting for customer demands in real-time while staying on the cutting edge of innovation. The ultimate goal is agility, aligning resources for whatever challenge comes next.

Securing customers’ information is becoming more important than ever. Damages from cybercrime are expected to exceed $6 trillion annually by 2021. Malware is constantly evolving; DDoS attacks are on an exponential rise and ransomware is no longer just a threat to enterprise organizations, but to every company that is online.

IoT is on the rise, creating a greater need to secure and manage end points and a perfect opportunity to position security. As connected devices increase on the network, end users need guidance to ensure they are protected. Download our guide to learn the security risks associated with IoT and what solutions to sell, now.

This is SD-WAN in a nutshell: it transforms the delivery of Wide Area Network (WAN) services to business users, improving connectivity and WAN management. Research firms forecast a continued bright future for SD-WAN and its near-primacy in the network services market.

New SD-WAN 2.0 course on the University of TBI!

As more of your customers’ businesses shift to cloud, the opportunity for you to complement network solutions is with cloud migration, managed infrastructure and application access. Download our guide to learn what customers to target and questions to ask to uncover cloud opportunities.

In May, we publicly announced the Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) beta launch for Comcast Business. As we continue to drive growth across our Mid-Market and Enterprise segments, we are offering new and innovative solutions to meet the unique demands of business customers with large networks stretching across multiple locations nationwide.

TBI has launched a new video series, TBI Talks Tech, to further enhance partner awareness of TBI happenings, industry news and provider updates. Featuring a healthy mix of TBI, partner and provider involvement, the series will provide insight on emerging technologies, mergers and acquisitions, and TBI-specific events and programs.

International opportunities in the channel are on the rise. Download our comparison guide to learn what international providers and solutions you can offer with TBI.

Financial services firm to capitalize on surges in investor interest through network performance improvements.

MetTel, a leading communications solutions provider for enterprises and businesses, today announced that financial services firm Wunderlich has accelerated its ability to respond to investor interest in stock market shifts through MetTel's software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) solution.

Many industry experts are saying 2017 will be the year SD-WAN sees mainstream adoption. In fact, an IDC survey of 200 enterprise communications professionals found that 30 percent of participants plan to migrate to SD-WAN by 2018. A rapid growth like this in such a short period of time means one thing: The time to begin positioning SD-WAN is now.

Overcome the limitations of traditional routing and offer Cisco to your customers with Verizon's Cisco IWAN solution. Through application-aware routing, this CPE-based technology allows for intelligent distribution of traffic across multiple available paths, enhanced application prioritization, and secure connectivity across all enterprise locations. 

Ever wondered what an SD-WAN device looks like or how it works? TBI’s training manager, David Landsberger, and solutions engineer, Joe Fizor, unbox VeloCloud’s Edge 520 and break down the various ways customers can connect to it and enjoy its benefits.

To effectively sell to competitive verticals like healthcare, finance, and retail, you must understand the challenges businesses within them face. Download our guide to uncover these pain points and how to solve them.

Now that we’ve officially ushered in the new year, it’s time to get back to work and focus on winning in 2017. From colossal M&A deals to some of the largest cyber-attacks in history, 2016 brought a lot of excitement to the channel, and we’re expecting more of the same this year. Last January, we made a few forecasts that turned out to be fairly accurate, so we decided to take another stab at it this time around.

Start the new year with improved connectivity for your customers. With more and more businesses already On-Net with best-of-breed carriers like XO, it is easy to prospect and even easier to sell thanks to the number of benefits LIT buildings offer. 

At TBI, we put strong emphasis on providing partners with the education they need to succeed in the competitive indirect channel. From the very start of each journey, we provide guidance to the vast sales-enablement and educational resources we offer, one of which being our exemplary training department.

The technology landscape is evolving rapidly, as is the complexity of the solutions within it. With more businesses moving their workloads to cloud environments, larger opportunities are emerging for channel partners to throw their hats into the ring and earn residual income. Originally published in Comcast's Newsletter, The Download, Comcast, one of TBI's most prominent vendor partners, outlines the various cloud models and how to best advise your clients.