http://www.channelinsider.com SMB Partner - RSS Feeds en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:46:47 -0500 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:46:47 -0500 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:00:20 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/CDW-Bullish-About-SMB-Market-217575/?kc=rss - CDW has discovered some interesting trends in the SMB market that reveal a number of potential opportunities for the channel. Coupled with another CDW study from two weeks ago, the super-VAR -- 2008 sales of $8.07 billion -- paints an optimistic picture for the sale of IT products and services. T...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/CDW-Bullish-About-SMB-Market-217575/?kc=rss Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:18:55 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Intuit-Focuses-Channel-Efforts-Around-Value-251338/?kc=rss - Finance and accounting software maven Intuit wrapped up its annual partner conference in Chicago this week with a renewed focus on fostering a channel with a finite number of high-value partners. The company, which entered the channel three years ago, recently benchmarked itself against competito...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Intuit-Focuses-Channel-Efforts-Around-Value-251338/?kc=rss Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:53:56 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Amazons-New-Electronics-Brand-Competes-with-VARs--600025/?kc=rss - Amazon announced late last week that it will sell a new private-label collection of optical media, cables and other consumer electronics accessories in a gambit thats sure to rile the channel. Known as AmazonBasics, the new line adds another layer of competition in a product niche known to offer ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Amazons-New-Electronics-Brand-Competes-with-VARs--600025/?kc=rss Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:10:58 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/SMB-Surveys-Reveal-Mixed-Results-637465/?kc=rss - A trio of new surveys indicates that SMBs will: (a) be reducing their budgets 4 percent this year (Forrester Research); (b) make significant investments in new hardware and software over the next six months (Spiceworks); and (c) believe the economy will improve moderately by the end of the year (Par...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/SMB-Surveys-Reveal-Mixed-Results-637465/?kc=rss Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:16:56 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Report-Small-Business-Needs-IT-Partners-to-Thrive-128580/?kc=rss - Small and midsize businesses are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn, as theyre finding customers less willing to spend and credit harder to come by. Nevertheless, one in four SMBs is investing more in IT and another 30 percent will maintain level IT spending through the recession, accordi...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Report-Small-Business-Needs-IT-Partners-to-Thrive-128580/?kc=rss Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:36:48 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/How-eBay-is-Alienating-Selling-Allies/?kc=rss - eBay was once king when it came to selling and buying used and overstocked products. Many solution providers and end users would turn first to eBay to locate bargain items, hard-to-find products and low-cost supplies. Just as important was the horde of sellers that saw the giant auction house as a w...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/How-eBay-is-Alienating-Selling-Allies/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:44:07 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Troubled-Lenovo-Reports-Loss-Appoints-New-CEO/?kc=rss - Lenovo Group announced a net loss of $97 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, down from net income of $172 million during the same period a year ago. The company cited continuing decreases in worldwide commercial PC shipments. Globally PC shipments dropped 5 percent and in China they dropped 7 ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Troubled-Lenovo-Reports-Loss-Appoints-New-CEO/?kc=rss Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:29:27 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Lenovo-Sweetens-PC-Server-Financing/?kc=rss - Looking to soften the one-two punch of tighter credit from banks and slashed IT budgets, Lenovo has joined the ranks of IT hardware vendors that are sweetening their financing offers for end customers in order to boost sales through the channel. Lenovo told Channel Insider that it is offering ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Lenovo-Sweetens-PC-Server-Financing/?kc=rss Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:19:10 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Storm-Watch-IT-Solution-Providers-Speak-Out-on-Economy-and-Business/?kc=rss - While IT solution providers may be seeing their business customers push out payments or delay deals, they are taking the now-confirmed recession in stride. quot;It's not like we are in the auto industry facing bankruptcy, quot; says Ken Lamneck, Tech Data's president of the Americas, speakin...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Storm-Watch-IT-Solution-Providers-Speak-Out-on-Economy-and-Business/?kc=rss Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:39:23 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Intuit-Cuts-Forecast-on-Small-Business-Sales/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU), maker of TurboTax tax preparation software, posted a quarterly loss and lowered its full-year outlook, saying its customers were facing a challenging economic environment. The company cut its fiscal 2009 forecasts for sales of QuickBooks...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Intuit-Cuts-Forecast-on-Small-Business-Sales/?kc=rss Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:30:20 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Is-Unified-Communications-Still-A-Hot-Channel-Product/?kc=rss - The reports are everywhere that small and midsize businesses are cutting back on IT purchases due to the impact of the financial crisis and continuing global economic downturn. Many industry watchers have said unified communications will be a hot technological area for SMBs going forward wit...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Is-Unified-Communications-Still-A-Hot-Channel-Product/?kc=rss Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:09:49 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Lenovo-to-Cut-50-jobs-in-US-by-End2008/?kc=rss - HONG KONG, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Lenovo Group (0992.HK), the world's No.4 personal computer maker, said on Wednesday it will cut 50 jobs at its U.S. headquarters by the end of 2008, as the global economic crisis overshadows the business outlook. Global PC shipments grew a slower-than-expected 15...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/Lenovo-to-Cut-50-jobs-in-US-by-End2008/?kc=rss Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:50:31 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/DH-Increases-Credit-for-Resellers/?kc=rss - VARs are wary of the uncertainty and chaos in financial markets and its potential to filter down to their businesses as well, but they haven't seen that happen. Yet. That's the message they sent to their distributor at D amp;H Distributing's conference in Pennsylvania this week, according to Dan ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/DH-Increases-Credit-for-Resellers/?kc=rss Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:25:33 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/VMware-Woos-System-Builders/?kc=rss - Even as small and midsize business favorite Microsoft gets set to launch Hyper-V, its free virtualization offering, virtualization market leader VMware is preparing for the new competitor by creating a program to attract system builders. And the program's ability to attract those board designe...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/VMware-Woos-System-Builders/?kc=rss Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:59:55 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/A-12Step-Program-To-Dispose-of-Old-IT-Gear/?kc=rss - By Pedro Pereira A 12-Step Program To Dispose of Old IT Gear Figuring out what to do with old hardware has been one of IT's biggest challenges. Equipment contains hazardous materials that must be disposed of properly, and data must be erased in accordance with privacy and financial regula...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/SMB-Partner/A-12Step-Program-To-Dispose-of-Old-IT-Gear/?kc=rss