Editor's Notebook

91. 5 Tips: How To Transform Data Into Business Intelligence
    10/6/2010

    Here is an interesting column that landed in my inbox a few weeks ago, sent by Digitiliti, a vendor that develops advanced Information Management solutions. As more and more data flows through your customer’s networks, that means more and more information stored in each business. So why not use that information to help your customers grow? Want to know how? Read on.

92. Webinar: Managed Services Education
    9/29/2010
    If you are just starting out in managed services, this opportunity is great for learning proven approaches used by established MSPs to build their recurring revenue stream business.
    
93. Webinar: Leadership For A Competitive Advantage
    9/23/2010

    In our next Business Solutions Lunch & Learn Webinar, scheduled for 12:30 p.m. ET on Oct. 14, Business Solutions Editor Gennifer Biggs welcomes Jason Caras, co-CEO of IT Authorities, a Florida MSP.

    
    
94. Webinar: Max The Value Of Web Apps While Minimizing Your Customers' Risk
    9/21/2010
    Join Editor Gennifer Biggs and SonicWALL’s Dmitriy Ayrapetov to learn how complex threats from Web-based apps provide a significant value-add opportunity for VARs.
    
95. Lunch & Learn Webinar: Marketing Your IT Business
    8/26/2010
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    On Thursday, Sept. 16, at 12:30 p.m. ET, Business Solutions Editor Gennifer Biggs will be joined by MSP Thomas Fox, CEO of Tech Experts. Tom shared his successful approach to marketing in a 2009 cover story, and we will talk at length about how he has automated much of his marketing process, plus the ways he measures a successful marketing campaign during this webinar.
96. Webinar: VAR Opportunity: Migrating Your Customers To 802.11n
    8/19/2010
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    Join Business Solutions Editor Gennifer Biggs as she talks with Jay Tsai, Wireless Product Manager at Cisco, about how the channel can use the pervasiveness of wireless networks and evolving wireless protocols to grow your IT business.
97. Lunch & Learn Roundtable: Future of the Cloud
    8/18/2010
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    Don’t miss this chance to hear how your peers are tackling the issue of cloud computing. Join me on Thursday, Aug. 19, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. ET as I chat with Steve Peck, Expert Data Labs; Ed Cocci, Cocci Computer Systems; and Bob Farkas, Computerama; about how they are using cloud, or hosted, solutions, and how they are handling the conversations with their customers about that technology.
98. Healthcare IT Continues Monumental Growth
    8/13/2010
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    After launching its healthcare initiative in cooperation with electronic healthcare records vendor NextGen in February, distributor Ingram Micro was ready to talk about the future of healthcare IT during CompTIA Breakaway.
99. Don’t Forget The ‘Managed’ Portion Of Managed Print Services
    8/13/2010
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    During CompTIA Breakaway, I had the chance to meet and talk with the new director of managed print services (MPS) at OKI Data, Tim Brien. Tim and I reflected on the traction that MPS gained in 2010, and then talked about what he expects to drive additional growth to come in upcoming months.
100. Bridging The Gap To Managed Services - On Demand Services
     8/13/2010
     By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
     As many in the managed services community know, former owner of MSPSN (MSP Services Network) Amy Luby has joined SYNNEX and is working with Kirk Nesbit, VP of Design and Support Services at SYNNEX to build out the distributor’s services division. I sat down with Amy at CompTIA Breakaway to get an update on that services offering.