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IT Skills Triumph Over Certifications
IT certifications once had a guaranteed value. In the wake of the dot-com bust, large numbers of IT professionals stocked up on letters after their names to improve their job security and prove to their business departments that they had value. In return, they were paid at a higher premium for those letters. Years later,…
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HD Video Conferencing for the Rest of Us
To thank Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard for validating the market for high-definition video conference, LifeSize Communications is launching three offerings that make the technology more affordable and accessible. The new LifeSize Express, LifeSize Team MP and LifeSize Conference, launched Oct. 23 at Fall Interop in New York, are aimed at different environments and multiple locations…
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Lloyd Group Offers IT Managed Care
The Lloyd Group is not a managed service provider. Co-founder, President and CEO Adam L. Eiseman won’t even let the staff of his New York-based solution provider use the words. “We banned ‘managed services’ from our vocabulary years ago,” Eiseman told audiences Oct. 15 at the Ingram Micro Venture Tech event, in Las Vegas, Nev.…
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Channel: What’s the Future?
Crystal balls aside, a serious business question was posed at the kick off panel debate at Gartner Channel Vision 2007 in Palm Springs yesterday: What will the channel look like in 2010? The panel of experts including executives from Oracle, Microsoft, Ingram and a range of solution providers lead by Gartner research director Tiffani Bova,…
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SAAS Channel Data Provider Wins Investment
SAAS-based channel data services provider InfoNow has raised $6 million in venture funding, the company announced. InfoNow, which collects, processes and enriches channel sales and inventory data for companies that sell through channel partner networks, said it would use the proceeds to further invest in product development, marketing and sales activities. InfoNow restructured its organization…
