Recent Articles
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Network Depot Delivers Instant MSP Kit
The winds of change are blowing for the small business solution provider, fueled by shrinking hardware margins, a dying break-fix market and general apathy for new product sales. That situation has forced many solution providers to rethink how they will survive, much less grow their businesses. Many are in the process of re-inventing themselves as…
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Tech Layoffs Climb Above 100,000
Friday is becoming a dreaded day at most companies. What used to be seen as the start of the weekend is now the day most employees are advised they no longer have a job. Since the beginning of the year, IT vendors have slashed more than 19,000 jobs—mostly sales and marketing positions, but also technical…
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IBM Launches Midmarket Software Partner Incentive Program
Looking to win more business from midmarket customers, IBM has upped the incentive ante for a subset of its software solution provider channel partners, with co-marketing dollars, leads and for the first time a social network marketing component. IBM is calling the new program the IBM Business Partner Software Midmarket Value Initiative. To qualify, a…
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7 Tune-Up Tricks to Improve PC Performance
The economic downturn has hit both solution providers and their customers in the pocketbook. Many businesses are delaying purchasing new PCs and are stretching out their replacement cycles to five years or more. If your customers aren’t buying new PCs, any revenue and profit from hardware sales goes right out the window. There are ways…
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Getting Out of the Microsoft Office
Getting Out of the Microsoft Office Google has spent the last several years playing on the periphery of one of Microsoft’s richest markets: Office applications. Now Google is launching a reseller program to accelerate the adoption of its Web-based Google apps. But Google isn’t the only one trying to challenge Microsoft’s dominance of everyday productivity…
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Obama Has a Bright IT Vision
President-elect Barack Obama has an aggressive plan to rebuild America’s infrastructure, from improving highways to making ubiquitous the 21st century classroom. This is good news for all, but solution providers who have dealings in the government channel may be the ones benefiting the most. According to a recent report by market research firm Onvia, major…
