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Seven Unfortunate Opportunities for VARs

Strength in the Face of Adversity If misery truly loves company, there’s quite a crowd gathering on the world stage right now. Corruption, malfeasance, financial strife, natural disaster and just plain stupidity are combining to make the world a scary place. But behind many gloomy headlines are opportunities for VARs to lend a hand and […]

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Chris Gonsalves

Jun 23, 2008

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Strength in the Face of Adversity

If misery truly loves company, there’s quite a crowd gathering on the world stage right now. Corruption, malfeasance, financial strife, natural disaster and just plain stupidity are combining to make the world a scary place. But behind many gloomy headlines are opportunities for VARs to lend a hand and earn some business at the same time. Here’s our list of seven opportunities we’d rather not have.

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