Recent Articles
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Managed Services: Is It Too Late?
With managed services shining a rare beam of light in an otherwise gloomy market, a flurry of activity in this space is a certainty in this new year. The high-tech trade group Computing Technology Industry Association predicts that competition among MSPs (managed services providers) will intensify in 2009 as solution providers zero in on what…
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Do Users Really Love Laptops? Survey Says Maybe Not
It turns out that laptop users aren’t as satisfied a computing bunch as previously thought, and solution providers may find a new market opportunity in making them happy. According to the results of a survey, “Track the Yack,” released today by the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience (FAME), laptop users are suffering from a…
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9 Steps to Better Business Automation
For a long time, IT solution providers talked but did not walk for themselves. They automated the businesses of their clients, but neglected their own businesses, often keeping track of billable time and trouble tickets on loose pieces of paper and awkwardly constructed spreadsheets. These bad habits started to change a few years ago when…
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Green Leadership: Vendors Leading the Eco-Friendly Charge
Oil prices may be plummeting, but it won’t last forever. If the energy shock in recent years has taught us anything it’s that conservation is good for both the environment and business. These tech vendors are leading the charge in making the earth greener and more efficient.
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Tech Stocks Hemorrhaged Value in 2008
Wall Street closed out 2008 with a 100-point gain, but nothing could save technology stocks. In 2008, the leading technology vendors saw double-digit losses, with 30 percent of the companies seeing losses greater than 51 percent. Nortel (NYSE: NT) has watched its stock drop from $14.95 to $0.26 in the last 12 months and is on…
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Debuting the New Channel Insider
New Year’s is always a period of change. We make resolutions to better ourselves, plans to grow our businesses and goals for the future. Change is often for the better. As we turn the calendar to start 2009, Channel Insider is making a change for the better: a new look and design for our Web…