Recent Articles
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Companies Leverage Services to Keep Data Center Lights On
There’s no better way to sell to a customer than to understand their pain points, which is why the most recent Symantec State of the Data Center 2010 survey should pique the interest of most channel executives. The comprehensive study released last week by Applied Research West on behalf of based Symantec shows what makes…
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Online IT Marketplace OnForce Gets Some Competition
Online IT services marketplace OnForce just got a new rival, and one that has a history of serving the staffing needs of IT solution providers. SmartSource, a Chicago-based IT recruiting company that caters to solution providers’ temporary and permanent staffing needs nationwide, has launched Tecdirect.com—an online marketplace for temporary IT staff. The self-service marketplace is…
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Connecting IT Customers with Social Networking
Connecting IT Customers with Social Networking Who’s Doing It?75 percent of respondents use social networks and 50 percent use microblogging for business purposes. The most common departments using consumer-based social networking for business purposes:• marketing and communications • human relations• customer service departments No Title SMBs Dive InSmall and medium-sized businesses are also taking advantage…
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SMBs Eye SaaS Managed Services in 2010
SMBs Eye SaaS Managed Services in 2010 No Title CompTIA’s survey of more than 400 SMBs across the United States shows that VARS may be well-advised to approach SMBs with low-risk and replacement SaaS and managed services solutions that promise rapid return and positive impacts on productivity and efficiency. No Title Results also show…
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Nexsan, FalconStor Prep Fast, Green Backup
Late next month, Nexsan Technologies will ship a new line of data protection and disaster recovery appliances bundled with deduplication software from FalconStor Software. The Nexsan DeDupe SG (Speed with Green) 2.0 with the new version of FalconStor’s File-interface Deduplication System (FDS) 2.0 is targeted at data protection and disaster recovery applications that require high-performance…
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SGI Launches Channel Program with Best of Rackable and Old SGI
Nine months after Rackable Systems announced plans to acquire technology icon Silicon Graphics (SGI) for $25 million, the combined company, under the name SGI is rolling out a new channel partner program built out of the best practices of both companies. The acquisition was completed in May 2009 for $42.5 million. The new SGI channel…
