Tag: IT

  • Survey Finds IT Pros Consider VARs Strategic

    Carolyn April

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    A recent survey of 2,400 IT professionals and decision-makers offers pretty convincing proof that solution providers matter to customers and are considered a vital resource in the process of buying and implementing technology. The blind survey, conducted by MarketTools on behalf of Microsoft, polled IT pros about whether they engage with solution providers and to… Read more

  • Creating Jobs How IT Influences the Economy

    Creating Jobs How IT Influences the Economy

    Carolyn April

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    Creating Jobs How IT Influences the Economy Global spending on IT will create 5.8 million new jobs between the end of 2009 and the end of 2013. The expected growth rate of 3 percent a year is more than three times as fast as the growth of total employment. No Title IT spending is expected… Read more

  • IT Association CompTIA Acquires MSP Partners

    Carolyn April

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    Looking to expand its reach and capabilities in serving the managed services market, IT trade association CompTIA announced plans Wednesday to acquire a counterpart association, MSP Partners. CompTIA officials characterized the deal, for which financial terms were not disclosed, as just the latest piece of a broader effort to engage with other organizations serving the… Read more

  • Belkin Aims Green IT Savings Beyond Data Center

    Channel Insider Staff

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    While the last several years has seen a great focus on Green IT, primarily as a way of controlling costs, much of the focus has been on the data center. But there are also cost savings opportunities outside the data center which have not been as extensively explored, And thats where Belkin hopes its new… Read more

  • IT Confession Doom Gloom and More Cost Reductions

    IT Confession Doom Gloom and More Cost Reductions

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    IT Confession Doom Gloom and More Cost Reductions This week, IT Service Management provider Axios Systems released survey results that spell doom, gloom and dissatisfaction for IT organizations moving into 2010. Channel Insider takes a closer look at the results and enterprise IT’s ongoing angst. No Title IT organizations may need some collective Prozac. According… Read more

  • CSC Gets Contract to Drive Nissan IT

    Lawrence Walsh

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    Nissan North America, the subsidiary of the Japanese carmaker that manufacturers cars and trucks for the U.S., Canada and Mexico markets, has contracted with Computer Sciences Corp. for help desk, mobile computing and IT infrastructure support. The value and duration of the contract is unspecified. But the goal of the engagement is cost-cutting to help… Read more