Tag: IT
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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
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Do Converged Data Centers Mean Smaller IT Teams?
While the converged data center holds the promise of more efficient power usage and administration, it’s failed to win over a few key constituents so far – data center workers afraid of losing their jobs and IT solution providers who say that early programs from some vendors have favored direct sales over channel sales. But… Read more
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IT Services Hiring a Bright Spot in Jobs Report
IT services firms are hiring. That’s the latest from the U.S. Department of Labor jobs report released today, which provided some encouraging news for folks in the channel. For the fourth straight month, the DOL recorded gains in IT services jobs. IT employment in general has also experienced growth over the last three consecutive months.… Read more
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P2P Collaboration: Everybody’s Doing it Right?
Categories: News and TrendsVendors routinely promote and reward the practice and the subject always sparks discussion at industry partner events. I’m talking about partner-to-partner collaboration or P2P. Haven’t you heard? Everyone’s doing it. But are they? A recent study by Channel Insider and Amazon Consulting reveals that while P2P is indeed a trend in the channel, it’s far… Read more