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Don’t Turn Off That Smartphone
The recent economic downturn has American workers stressed, overworked and anxious, but many are turning to technology to help them cope. According to a survey released today by InterCall, a conferencing and collaboration services provider, workers are using technology to stay connected (sometimes even secretly), work harder and maintain job security to survive the economic…
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Finding Opportunity in Apple iPad Connectivity Problems
As anecdotal evidence of Apple iPad WiFi connectivity issues continues to mount, experts within the reseller channel believe that partners who make the effort to learn about workarounds stand to gain. The homework they do now will add to their iPad expertise which will lead to greater opportunities down the line when the iPad gains…
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VARs Tread Carefully on Raising Service Prices
With the long winter of the 2009 recession seemingly behind us, everyone has got an eye out for signs of spring—job creation, more hiring and more contracts. Is there also room for higher technology services prices? The answer seems to be a qualified yes. For five essential tips to follow before you raise your price,…
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Five Essential Tips Before You Raise Your Price
Five Essential Tips Before You Raise Your Price Five Essential Tips for Raising Services PricesEconomic conditions over the past couple of years have made raising prices the exception rather than the norm for many businesses including IT solution providers and managed services providers. But now that the economy seems headed towards recovery, it may be…
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Tough Tactics as Cisco, HP Force Partners to Choose Sides
Image by frankblacknoir via Flickr As Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard have ratcheted up their competitive efforts against each other, with HP even scheduling its partner conference in Las Vegas the same week as Cisco’s partner summit in San Francisco, channel partners may very well be feeling much of the pain. Can you be vendor-agnostic and…
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Acer Targets Smartphones, MIDs
Completing a lineup of connected devices, Acer additionally plans to launch a series of MIDS (mobile Internet devices). The additions will complete the user experience Acer offers, from occasionally connected devices, such as notebooks and netbooks, and moving to highly connected devices such as the MIDs and smartphones. READ MORE>>
