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Valuable Social Media Lessons, Sponsored by Verizon and Netflix
Verizon and Netflix's recent gigantic errors in judgment can serve as lessons for the rest of businesses. Here's a look at the right way to treat customers.
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Sign of the Times: Now Hiring
The pendulum is swinging in favor of employees again, according to channel executives, who say the labor market has tightened and they have plans to hire. But they won't be looking to hire just anyone. Do you fit the job description?
Providing the Perks to Keep Your Best Employees
So your VAR or MSP business doesn't have the resources to offer gourmet cafeteria food, free Coke and Mountain Dew or other Google/Facebook-style employee benefits? Here's a look at why employee benefits matter and how you can provide them even if your company bank account is tight.
Recruitment Firms That Specialize in the Channel
If you are looking to augment your workforce with help for a special project or else add to your headcount, recruitment agencies that specialize in helping IT solution providers can help you find just the right fit.

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Mistakes, I've Made a Few
I recently sold my MSP business. And now with the benefit of hindsight, here are the mistakes I believe I made when I started it and built it. Are you making these mistakes?
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    While it may be tempting to scan that QR code with your iPhone or Android phone, it's not a good idea. Hackers, pranksters and fraudsters are now using those QR codes in phishing attacks and to download malware to your device.

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    Storage, Servers, Software Boom for Avnet in Q2

    Value-added distributor Avnet saw strong sales of storage, software and industry-standard servers during the second quarter of its fiscal 2012, driven by vertical solutions and customers looking to leverage IT to be better businesses.

    Emerson Offers Avocent Data Center Planner

    Avocent Data Center Planner provides data center managers with complete information about where their devices and equipment are located.

    Enterprises Are Embracing BYOD, Not Resisting It

    An Avanade survey finds that IT administrators and business executives are embracing the dual ideas of the consumerization of IT and BYOD. The resistance to these charges is a "myth."

    Small Businesses Know More About the Cloud: Fonality

    The study concluded that cloud-based unified communications (UC) could eliminate productivity shortfalls among SMBs.

    Kindle Fire Powers Android Tablets to 39% Market Share

    Market share for tablets based on Google's Android operating system climbed to 39 percent in the fourth quarter, led by Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet. Apple's iPad led with 58 percent share.

    EnterpriseDB Launches Postgres Plus Cloud Database

    EnterpriseDB delivers its Postgres Plus Cloud Database with support from CloudBees, Engine Yard and others.

    Threat Update: Malicious QR Codes Pose Risk to iPhone, Android Devices

    While it may be tempting to scan that QR code with your iPhone or Android phone, it's not a good idea. Hackers, pranksters and fraudsters are now using those QR codes in phishing attacks and to download malware to your device.

    HP Committing webOS to Open Source by September

    The company also announced it is releasing version 2.0 of webOS' innovative developer tool, Enyo.


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