Tag: IT
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IT Security Woes Can Mean Opportunity for Resellers
A new survey of enterprise IT managers released today showed that as large organizations struggle with insufficient IT security staffs, cyber-security threats increasing in complexity and frequency, higher costs incurred by data breaches and a greater amount of work thrown up by security regulations, channel partners with distinct security services practices should be able to… Read more
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IT Certification Values on the Rebound
Categories: CareersIT Certification Values on the Rebound What’s your IT Certification Worth?Foote Partners ITSCPI examines the individual pay premiums given to the recipients of more than 200 different IT certifications, as compared to an average base salary determined by Foote analysts. Data shows that only one of eight categories of certifications saw any gains in 2009.… Read more
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IT Distributors Hit Road to Recovery
Categories: News and Trends(Reuters) – Technology distributors, often seen as a barometer of IT spending, should meet or surpass Wall Street projections when they report quarterly results, fueling hopes of a broader recovery in the sector. Ingram Micro, Avnet Inc, Arrow Electronics — which distribute products of technology bellwethers IBM, Apple and Hewlett-Packard — are seen returning to… Read more
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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… Read more
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Connecting IT Customers with Social Networking
Categories: News and TrendsConnecting 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… Read more
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Forrester: US IT Spending To Hit $568B in 2010
Categories: News and TrendsAfter a brutal 2008-09, things are finally looking up for the U.S. IT market, according to Forrester Research, which predicts sales will climb 6.6 percent to $568 billion in 2010. Globally, the company expects IT sales to jump 8.1 percent to more than $1.6 trillion. The recovery will be lead by software and computer hardware,… Read more