http://www.channelinsider.com Surveys - RSS Feeds en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:23:46 -0500 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:23:46 -0500 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:19:39 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Channel-Insider-Announces-Bulls-Eye-Awards-651165/?kc=rss - Lets start by stating the obvious: 2009 was a tough year. Recession, uncertainty, declining IT spending, disruptive technologies and services, and fierce competition all added up to one of the most challenging business years in industry history. And yet many vendors and solution providers thrived....]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Channel-Insider-Announces-Bulls-Eye-Awards-651165/?kc=rss Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:26:26 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Gartner-Boosts-PC-Forecast-But-Still-in-Negative--294451/?kc=rss - Analyst firm Gartner has released an updated forecast for 2009. The good news is that the numbers are improved from its' June forecast. The bad news is that the numbers are still in the red, compared to 2008. The September forecast projects worldwide PC shipments as being on pace to reach 285 mil...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Gartner-Boosts-PC-Forecast-But-Still-in-Negative--294451/?kc=rss Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:03:11 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Server-Numbers-Weak-in-Q2-But-More-Positive-Signs-Ahead-132481/?kc=rss - IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker recorded poor numbers in Q2. Factory revenue in the worldwide server market declined 30.1 percent year over year to $9.8 billion, the fourth consecutive quarter of revenue decline and the lowest quarterly server revenue since IDC began tracking the server mar...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Server-Numbers-Weak-in-Q2-But-More-Positive-Signs-Ahead-132481/?kc=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:58:47 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Top-10-Most-Profitable-Vendor-Certifications-200631/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Top-10-Most-Profitable-Vendor-Certifications-200631/?kc=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:17:54 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Sales-Training-More-Bang-for-the-Buck-376600/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Sales-Training-More-Bang-for-the-Buck-376600/?kc=rss Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:50:21 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/7-Vendor-Tech-Certifications-End-Users-Love-897352/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/7-Vendor-Tech-Certifications-End-Users-Love-897352/?kc=rss Fri, 22 May 2009 09:50:14 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/10-Most-Coveted-Technologies-858697/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/10-Most-Coveted-Technologies-858697/?kc=rss Mon, 04 May 2009 14:38:51 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Optimism-Surfaces-in-New-IT-Outlook-Studies-785278/?kc=rss - Despite the gloom-and-doom atmosphere surrounding 2009s economic outlook, both vendors and solution providers are surprisingly optimistic about their prospects this year. Two studies bear this out – one from managed security services provider MXLogic and the other from Amazon Consulting. Here are th...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Optimism-Surfaces-in-New-IT-Outlook-Studies-785278/?kc=rss Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:02:55 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Establishing-Better-Partnerships-with-Technology-Vendors-622089/?kc=rss - More than $500 billion in IT goods and services is sold and delivered through North America channel partners solution providers, managed service providers, systems integrators, custom systems builders, ISVs and VARs. Most vendors are dependent upon solution provider and reseller partners to reach an...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Establishing-Better-Partnerships-with-Technology-Vendors-622089/?kc=rss Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:38:54 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Report-IT-Needs-to-Partner-with-Business-Counterparts-642724/?kc=rss - In a Unisys survey of 188 North American CIOs and other IT decision-makers, 76 percent of respondents said they believed their organizations should not simply provide technology support for internal business organizations, but should actively partner with clients to create and drive initiatives that...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Report-IT-Needs-to-Partner-with-Business-Counterparts-642724/?kc=rss Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:38:56 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Projections-for-the-PostRecession-Technology-Market-571850/?kc=rss - As of this writing, the United States is suffering the worst economic recession in half a century. The fall 2008 seizing of the credit markets was likely the midpoint in a chain of events that plunged the United States and global economies into a deep recession. Over the past two quarters, the Uni...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Projections-for-the-PostRecession-Technology-Market-571850/?kc=rss Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:13:37 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Vertical-Spending-Cut/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Vertical-Spending-Cut/?kc=rss Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:17:43 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Recession-Changing-Channel-Relationships/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Recession-Changing-Channel-Relationships/?kc=rss Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:49:03 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Top-10-Most-Exciting-Technologies-of-2009/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Top-10-Most-Exciting-Technologies-of-2009/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:22:47 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Credit-is-Tight-but-Not-Impossible-to-Find/?kc=rss - Most solution providers – 51 percent – believe their company's access to credit is the same as it was a year ago, an encouraging result amidst a sea of negative economic news. According to the Channel Insider 2009 Market Pulse survey, only 22 percent of solution providers thought their firm's acces...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Surveys/Credit-is-Tight-but-Not-Impossible-to-Find/?kc=rss