Ericka Chickowski

Alternative Antivirus Vendors Worth a Look KasperskyRecently climbing into the coveted number 3 spot in the list of antivirus vendors for the first time, Kaspersky has got great cache for its technological prowess. Not to mention it has rocketed from unknown to alternative superstar largely based on its favorable channel relations. No Title Trend MicroA […]

A new study out this week showed that the global outsourcing market declined significantly over the last year due to companies spending less money renewing deals with their existing outsourcing vendors. Released by TPI, an Information Services Group company, the first quarter 2011 Global TPI Index showed that the total contract value of commercial outsourcing […]

When IT solution provider mergers and acquisitions go down, most business owners undergoing a buyout have thought through the valuation details, they’ve planned for how their customers will continue to be satisfied under a new regime and they’ve made sure their employees will be taken care of. But often they forget to plan for one […]

Freedom to Focus As an owner-operator of a small channel business, it can sometimes be hard to see the forest from the trees. Owners can get so mired in the details of running a business and keeping the lights on that they’re unable to work on those revolutionary product and service ideas that have been […]

With so many experienced IT solution provider leaders fast approaching retirement age and the competitive landscape of the technical services market evolving, it stands to follow that over the next decade many entrepreneurs in this field will be seeking to cash out on their investments or grow their businesses through mergers and acquisitions. But before […]

SMBs are could drive the tablet market in the coming years as business owners are made aware of the benefits these devices afford to the bottom line, but organizations must be ready for increased bandwidth requirements, reported the experts from analyst firm AMI-Partners. According to AMI research, SMBs that have embraced mobility trends generated 40 […]

25 Facts About Research in Motion RIM was first founded in 1985. No Title It’s initial focus wasn’t on telecom. One of its first gigs was building networked LED display terminals for General Motors’ assembly line. No Title In the early 1990s, RIM founder Mike Lazaridis won an Oscar and an Emmy for developing a […]

Russian Mob The big bad wolves in the world of cybercrime, Russian mobsters control a huge hunk of the identity theft and fraud black market. Access to tokens that would get them more easily into banking and financial industry systems would further fuel their profitable enterprises. China When government types talk about cyberwarfare threats, the […]

Apple Apple has taken the smartphone category that RIM first revolutionized and turned it into a cultural phenomenon with the iPhone. RIM’s been struggling to keep up with Apple’s cool factor ever since. Google Hot on Apple’s heels, Google has taken advantage of RIM’s vulnerability through a surge of new Android-powered smartphones. Last quarter it […]

Tablets The Small Business Secret Weapon SMB tablet penetration is only at about 3 percent at the moment. No Title However, firms that do embrace tablets and other mobile devices tend to generate 40 percent higher revenue growth than their non-mobile counterparts. No Title AMI expects tablet prices to decrease by close to 50 percent […]

In spite of a surfeit of security technologies that it develops to detect fraud and malicious activity on networks in real-time, it seems that security firm RSA was unable to detect a targeted phishing attack last month before attackers took information related to the company’s SecurID authentication products. Over two weeks after informing its channel […]

The State of the Security Workforce 2011 As of 2010, Frost & Sullivan estimates that there are 2.28 million information security professionals worldwide. This figure is expected to increase to nearly 4.2 million by 2015. No Title Three out of five security professionals said they got a raise in 2010. No Title The survey found […]