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  • CompTIA: Green IT Trends Up as Business Priority

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    Green IT initiatives will take on added importance in the next few years as more organizations commit financial resources and develop comprehensive strategies, according to a study released this week by CompTIA, the non-profit association for the IT industry. CompTIA’s study was based on an online survey of 650 IT and business executives involved in… Read more

  • Synnex Resellers Talk Back on Managed Services

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    Distributors are working to help businesses build their services business, whether it’s cloud or managed services, but when a solutions provider has already built out their own services practice, how does a managed services suite from distribution affect their business and relationships? Following Synnex’s (www.synnex.com) announcement of its partnership with Level Platforms earlier during the… Read more

  • IBM to Offer Business Process Management Consulting Services

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    LAS VEGAS – IBM announced a new global consulting and services practice to help companies improve the performance of core business processes such as marketing, human resources and finance, as well as industry-specific processes such as insurance claims, campaign management and compliance. Announced at the IBM Impact 2011 conference here, the new IBM Business Process… Read more

  • Small Business, Big Resources: The Power of Community

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    If you were dropped on an island with 10 other people, which would you consider the best option? Go-it-alone to get shelter and food; or Work with the 10 others for the potential benefit of everyone. Most would consider Option 2 the favorable route. But many in the IT industry continue to follow the less… Read more

  • Selling Your Business: Preparing a Post-Acquisition Landing Strategy

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    When IT solution provider mergers and acquisitions go down, most business owners undergoing a buyout have thought through the valuation details, they’ve planned for how their customers will continue to be satisfied under a new regime and they’ve made sure their employees will be taken care of. But often they forget to plan for one… Read more

  • Freedom to Focus

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    Freedom to Focus As an owner-operator of a small channel business, it can sometimes be hard to see the forest from the trees. Owners can get so mired in the details of running a business and keeping the lights on that they’re unable to work on those revolutionary product and service ideas that have been… Read more