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Where MSPs Go To Grow: IT Nation 2011
11/18/2011
Last week's IT Nation show was the perfect event to mark my return to covering the channel. One thing that stood out to me right away about this show is that the attendees were there to learn and grow their businesses. This was not a lifestyle-VAR-friendly event. By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor
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Physical Security: An Opportunity Made For Integrators
11/15/2011
If I'm doing my job well, the magazine content in Business Solutions magazine should align with what our readers need in order to maintain and grow their book of business. By Mike Monocello, chief editor, Business Solutions magazine.
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Looking Down The Road With Tigerpaw
10/25/2011
During last week's Tigerpaw Partner Summit in Dallas, President James Foxall discussed and reviewed recent tweaks to its Tigerpaw 11 product, as well as outlining what 2012 will bring for Tigerpaw partners.
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Tigerpaw Opens 2nd Partner Summit With A Roar
10/20/2011
It was classic James Foxall when the president of Tigerpaw Software opened that vendor's second annual partner summit wearing bright orange Chucks. Anyone who knows the friendly and easy-going Foxall wasn't surprised at his attire or his down-to-earth and enthusiastic welcome to the gathering of nearly 400 Tigerpaw partners in Dallas.
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Top 10 Tweets From Ingram Micro’s Solutions Summit
10/7/2011
Ingram Micro's Solutions Summit, held Oct. 5 to 6 at the Sheraton Meadowlands in East Rutherford, NJ, brought together resellers and vendors from data capture, point of sale, mobility, digital signage, and physical security technologies. As you can see from the top 10 tweets sent during the event, the topics of offering total solutions (such as adding physical security to your linecard) and partnering with other resellers to expand your offerings dominated the event. By Jim Roddy, president
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Social Media Is Major Security Risk Survey Reveals
10/7/2011
A recent global study of 4,000 IT and IT security practitioners sponsored by Websense, a provider of unified web, email, and content security, revealed how much of a concern social media's threat really can be. I spoke with Tom Clare, senior director of product marketing at Websense, to get some perspective on the problem. By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor
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Zenith Infotech Spins Off Zenith RMM
9/30/2011
Zenith Infotech, a vendor that's been known in the channel for its RMM (remote monitoring and management), private cloud, and business continuity offerings, recently spun off its RMM division into a separate company called Zenith RMM. I caught up with Zenith Infotech's CEO, Akash Saraf, who shared some of the reasons behind the decision. "We felt that with our broad product lines, we weren't giving our RMM division enough R&D dollars and other attention it deserved," he says. "We feel this move will also help the RMM business attract more senior management bench strength," which was another goal. By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor
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Webinar: Do You Own Your Customers’ Entire Environment?
9/19/2011
Learn how you can
extend your managed services business (and profits!) without heavy investments in people or infrastructure during this
free webinar at 2 p.m. ET, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011.
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Thinking About Managed Print? Get Advice From MSP James Laszko
9/19/2011
Please join editor Gennifer Biggs at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 27, as she moderates this month's Autotask Academy presentation, a panel including Tim Brien of OKI; Len DiCostanzo of Autotask; and MSPJames Laszko of Mythos Technology.
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Who’s Best Positioned To Sell Video Surveillance & Access Control Solutions?
9/17/2011
The short answer is that you are. Did you know that? Many of today's video surveillance solutions are shifting from analog- to IP-based, while today's access control solutions require complex network integrations. By Mike Monocello, chief editor, Business Solutions magazine.
