Managed Services Executive Commentary

51. Take A Second Look At Solid State Storage
    2/27/2012
    WhipTail CEO Dan Crain answers the top questions storage VARs are wondering about the future of flash-based storage for their SMB and enterprise customers. By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor
52. Identify Virtualization Sales Opportunities
    2/22/2012
    Backing up your customers' data to the cloud was the first step to protecting them. Is creating a virtualized environment the next step? By Jay McCall, networking & managed services editor, Business Solutions magazine
53. Executive Toughness: How to Get It!
    2/14/2012
    Get in touch with what you want for your business, and learn how to take action to achieve high performance. By Ken Thoreson, president, Acumen Management Group LTD
54. The Road To Success: Part 2
    2/2/2012
    Your business is a beast, and it eats cash! Revenue generation is an ongoing challenge for many organizations — especially technology companies where the founders typically come from a technical background, not a sales background. By James Foxall, president, Tigerpaw Software
55. A Sales Manager’s Recipe: What’s Cooking In 2012?
    1/25/2012
    Here are four ideas for motivating your sales team and creating an atmosphere of creativity and personal growth. By Ken Thoreson, president, Acumen Management Group LTD
56. Liability In The Cloud
    1/24/2012
    Recently I downloaded new software for my mobile phone and immediately saw my battery consumption go from numerous hours to three hours per charge. Since I was traveling out of the country, I quickly went to the local store to speak with a “Genius.” By Bob Goldberg, RSPA General Counsel
57. Part 1: Four Pillars — The Road To Success
    1/18/2012
    The first two pillars entail organizing your business (capturing all billable hours) and optimizing your customer experience (via your SLAs). By James Foxall, president, Tigerpaw Software
58. Be Prepared To Sell Public And Private Cloud
    1/18/2012
    With all the confusion about cloud computing, VARs can increase their value add by bringing clarity to their customers. By Margaret Lewis, director of server product marketing, AMD
59. Q&A: Is Solid State Ready For Prime Time?
    1/13/2012
    Flash memory vendor Nimbus believes solid state storage is a viable alternative to conventional disk arrays, and it has a few compelling reasons you should know about. By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor, Business Solutions magazine
60. A Walkthrough Of A Broken Organization
    1/13/2012
    For the past 14 years I have been working all across North America and internationally meeting, speaking, and consulting with organizations of all sizes and areas of focus. While every client engagement is unique, some problems are common to many corporate cultures and tend to prevent a company from reaching its business potential. By Ken Thoreson, president, Acumen Management Group LTD