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<item><title>Ingram's Fastest Growing Public Sector VARs</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:21 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[This month Ingram Micro awarded its top-performing public sector partners during its 2009 GovEd Alliance Spotlight Awards. This group of fast-growth solution providers serves customers across the spectrum of K-12, higher education, state, local and federal government. Channel Insider provides a look at the winners.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Top 10 Reasons Why Cracking Into the U.S. Market Is Tough</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:03:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[More and more tech companies are looking to enter the US market, but deciphering a formula for success is not an easy task. Lucian Wagner, co-founder and chairman of Launch in US Alliance, says that most European companies who try to seed the US market fail. Channel Insider takes a deeper look at the top 10 mistakes most companies make.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>5 Smart Phones for Business</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:08:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Even as sales of enterprise technologies declined smart phone sales have been on the rise, growing 13 percent in the third quarter of 2009 alone. And where BlackBerry had reigned, other devices have started to infiltrate the enterprise. From Motorolas Droid to Apples iPhone, heres a quick overview of the top smart phones today most likely to be found in a business environment and in need of IT support.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Nokia Finding Corporate Demand for Netbook</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[The company says it is seeing surprising interest from companies -- not just consumers -- for its first device of this kind.<br/>   -  (Reuters) - Top cellphone maker Nokia has seen growing interest among companies for its first netbook or mini-laptop, a company executive said on Thursday.

 quot;When we launched the Booklet 3G ... we thought it to be primarily a consumer device, but after the launch a big, growing interest is co...]]></description>
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<item><title>Building Brand through Social Networks</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:14:48 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[A recent study by the industry organization CMO Club and communications consultancy Hill   Knowlton found that chief marketing officers are struggling to harness the power of social networking to build their brands. Channel Insider takes a deeper look at the recently released research and how CMOs are tackling the social network trend.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Bull's Eye Awards: Time Is Running Out</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:05:50 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Channel Insider is still accepting nominations for its first Bull's Eye Awards, but time is running out. Don't miss out on this opportunity to have the excellence of your vendors, distributors, partners and services companies recognized. Deadline is Nov. 20.<br/>   -  Channel Insider has received dozens of nominations for the Bulls Eye
Awards, which will recognize excellence among vendors, solution providers,
MSPs, distributors and channel services companies. Nominations are still open,
but time is running out. Nominations must be received by Friday, Nov. 20, ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Microsoft, IBM Prime for RFID`s Next Wave</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:11:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[The hype around RFID solutions peaked around 2004 but has not come close to meeting lofty expectations -- much to the dismay of some invested solution providers. But IBM and Microsoft see a revival in the works, and are banking that a newly positioned RFID will finally make headway.<br/>   -  When it comes to RFID, the buzz has subsided and most budgets have dried up. Today, leery customers search first for RFIDs business impact. No brainer, right? Think back to 2004 and the budding RFID mania. Analysts and industry watchers sat perched on the edge of their chairs, watching and waiting f...]]></description>
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<item><title>9 Significant Technology Acquisitions of 2009</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:18:58 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[In a recessionary year not everyone has cash to spend on acquisitions, but cash-rich companies can gain advantages by making big strategic moves and taking advantage of bargains. Big movers this year include Cisco and Oracle, certainly. But here are our picks for the biggest and most significant technology acquisitions so far in 2009.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Vertical IT: Down But Not Out</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:24:14 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Gartner has released new data on what's happening globally in the vertical IT markets.
Sales will be down in 2009 but they are predicting growth in 2010. Channel Insider takes a closer look at whats hot and whats not.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>EC Objects to Oracle, Sun Microsystems Deal</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:42:52 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Oracle's proposed $7 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems is now in question following an objection by the European Commission. The EC says that combining Sun's MySQL database product and Oracle's products could hurt competition in the database market.<br/>   -  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Commission has objected to Oracle Corp's acquisition of computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc, throwing the $7 billion deal into question.

The commission said in a preliminary assessment that combining Sun's MySQL database product and Oracle's products c...]]></description>
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<item><title>Illume Capitalizes on Texting and Driving Debate</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:19:22 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Illume also sees a potential distribution channel for its product through VARs that play in the government solutions space and the enterprise mobile application markets, specifically transportation and logistics, field service, and direct store delivery.<br/>   -  The political debate over texting while driving is heating up and one software player is positioning itself to take full advantage. Illume Software, maker of mobile safety application iZup, added some big-name political power players to its advisory board this week, including former Senator Tom Dasc...]]></description>
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<item><title>CFOs, IT Collaborate Around Technology Investments</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:43:10 -0500</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Focus on cost reduction is leading IT and finance to forge a closer relationship, and the two are working closely together to identify, evaluate and approve projects that provide measurable and tangible return in improving efficiency and productivity.<br/>   -  A new survey-based research report from CFO Research Services, released today, sheds some   light on how CFOs and IT are working together to prepare for economic recovery. A close look at the survey results indicate new IT trends will emerge as economic recovery continues. 

The report evaluates t...]]></description>
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<item><title>Adding Value through Reseller/ISV Partnerships</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:33:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Looking for a way to pump up margins? Partnering with an ISV may be the answer. Solution providers who team up with ISVs find they add more value for end-customers -- value that end customers will pay for.<br/>   -  In an age of squeezed margins for IT hardware sales, everybody is
looking for higher-margin value they can add to the deal, whether its
integration, services or even software as a service.

And one road that some VARs are traveling down to boost margins is
partnerships with ISVs (independent so...]]></description>
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<item><title>Making the Switch to IT Solutions Sales</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:46:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[It's one thing to realize that you need to lead with IT solutions sales rather than IT hardware sales. It's another thing to transition your business for that change. A panel of top VARs shares their experiences, stumbling blocks and strategies for making the switch.<br/>   -  The decline in margins on IT hardware sales may have accelerated the
move of many VARs to solutions selling, but the Wall Street meltdown,
credit crunch and recession only served to solidify the commitment of
many to move into those kinds of sales.

That was the impetus behind the formation of ...]]></description>
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<item><title>IT Service Trends: Highest Paying, Biggest Demand, Top Geographies</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Online IT services marketplace OnForce says that a recovery may be in the works, based on the results of its third quarter market trends report. Heres what you need to know about the highest paying jobs, the jobs in the most demand and the top geographies for IT services<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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