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  • Working Today’s Network

    The power of networking is more important than ever in today’s fast-paced business environment. Plenty of people will tell you that networking is important and why, but few offer help with the basics of how to get started using networking to grow your profits and revenues. And as the solution provider business changes from one…

  • Automating Security Assessments

    One of things that most solution providers routinely offer potential new customers is a security assessment. The basic idea is that it’s a great way to get your foot in the door so you can discover what the customer actually needs versus just blindly trying to sell products. And best of all, after the assessment…

  • Managed Services Survival Guide

    If you are reading this article, you’re probably in one of two groups. The first group can best be described as companies who, while they wish the economy would get better faster, are seeing an increase in revenue and their margins are staying steady if not increasing. The second group, feeling the same about the…

  • Pillar Expands into Italy, Intros New Channel Program Enhancements

    Pillar Data Systems is revamping its channel partner program with benefits designed to better fit solution providers’ business models and eliminate channel conflict, and is also announcing new expansion into the lucrative market in Italy. Pillar’s Axiom storage platform allows the company’s solution providers a competitive advantage over other vendors’ solution, since the Axiom can…

  • Supply Chain Affirms Intel Statement: PC Market Bottoming Out

    Recent statements from processor maker Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and electronics and IT distributor Avnet (NYSE: AVT) that PC sales may have hit bottom may not be so far off the mark, even if processor maker AMD (NYSE: AMD) disagrees. Supply chain checks this month into second quarter PC builds with the top five notebook original design…

  • IBM Global Financing Extends $2B in Stimulus Fund Credit

    IBM Global Financing is adding another $2 billion in credit available to end customers over and above the approximately $40 billion it offers them each year, in an effort to jumpstart any IBM-related IT projects that may be awaiting economic stimulus funds expected to become available as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment…

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