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  • Top Channel Executive Changes of 2008

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  • Great Depression 2.0? Nah, Says IT Distributor

    While the economic outlook may have some people talking about a second Great Depression, one company that weathered the actual Great Depression in the 1930s and is still going strong says that it’s ready for whatever 2009 brings – and so far things don’t look so terrible. In spite of gloomy news about Black Friday…

  • VBS Reduces Back-Office Pain with VAR-specific ERP

    ERP systems were not designed with solution providers in mind. Either they’re too simple or too linear in design to accommodate the unique workflow of their sales process. Not so with a solution from VBS Software. The company’s ERP software, aptly titled VBS version 5, was designed specifically for solution providers to address what could…

  • New SAAS Provider StrataScale Redefines ‘On Demand’

    Software on demand already has changed the way applications are sold and consumed, and now a new player is tweaking the model a little further. The newcomer, StrataScale, is adding flexibility and speed to deployments and updates with its server management tool, IronScale, which administrators can control through a secure Web portal. StrataScale, a subsidiary…

  • CA Brings Data Modeling to the Masses

    CA is offering up a data-modeling opportunity for solution providers serving the midmarket with its ERwin Data Profiler, designed to provide an enterprise view into data for effective management and governance for companies not yet ready for large enterprise products.   Offered through a partnership with Exeros and sold exclusively through the channel, CA’s ERwin…

  • Six Money Making Tips for Success in Tough Times

    Unless you can make a persuasive case for a government bailout, chances are you will have to rely on your market savvy and hard work to turn a profit in the coming year. Hard work, of course, is nothing new to the entrepreneurial crowd that makes up the IT channel, so you’ve got that covered.…

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