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  • Synnex Adds Managed Services Suite to Offerings

    Although cloud overshadowed all other IT topics at Synnex’s first Varnex community conference of the year, the company also gave solution providers and managed service providers new tools with the launch of suite of managed services through its Technology Solutions Division. The division’s OnDemand IT group is now providing a suite of managed services aimed…

  • Worldwide PC Shipments Hurting

    PC shipments worldwide totaled 84.3 million units in the first quarter of 2011, a 1.1 percent decline from the first quarter of 2010, according to preliminary results from IT research firm Gartner. Although the first quarter is traditionally a slow one for PC sales, these shipment results indicated potential sluggishness, not just a normal seasonal…

  • Marketing: Whetting Customers’ Love of Buying

    I’m bemoaning sales again. I’m in the process of wrapping up Q1’s numbers, and I’m pretty pleased with Evolve’s continued growth. We were within $4,000 of my budget goal for Q1, and my team hit our goals from a “bottom line” profitability standpoint. It should be a time to celebrate. But like every owner, I’m…

  • Vertical Market Opportunity: Selling to Healthcare

    Vertical markets represent one of the more fertile opportunities for VARs, MSPs and IT solution providers these days, according to industry experts, but just how do you decide on which vertical market to pursue and then how do you go about pursuing it? Look for a vertical market that is poised for growth, recommends Donald…

  • 5nine Adds Resource, Performance Monitors for Microsoft Hyper-V

    5nine Software, a provider of Microsoft Hyper-V management solutions for small to midsize business virtual data center environments and V-Cloud hosting providers, April 13 announced that it has added Easy Monitor for Hyper-V to 5nine Manager for Hyper-V Free Edition and 5nine Manager for Hyper-V. Manager for Hyper-V is designed to provide user-friendly management for…

  • Nimbula Launches Cloud Operating System

    At this still-early stage of the cloud IT era, a software vendor coming up with a bulletproof operating system for running public, private or hybrid clouds could find itself in a golden position in the future. Usual-suspect candidates at this point include hypervisor developers VMware, Citrix and Microsoft, as well as systems providers Hewlett-Packard, IBM,…

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