Newsletter | July 18, 2012

07.18.12 -- 6 Due Dilligence Questions To Ask Your Cloud Provider

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Little Known Ways To Recover Missed Revenue Opportunities
By Rick Harber, president and CEO, decisionDigital
In this video Rick discusses how Tigerpaw has improved his access to customer information by pulling all their applications together into a single application. Hear about how decisionDigital has created more touchpoints with their customers than before and experienced many savings across their company.
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An MSP Overcomes Stagnant Sales With A New PSA Solution
By Autotask Corporation
Friendly Computer Services, a Florida-based MSP (managed services provider) serving the Southeastern United States, hit a flat spot in its sales cycle while simultaneously experiencing growing complexity with its business.
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6 Due Diligence Questions To Ask Your Cloud Provider
By Jamie Brenzel, CEO, KineticD
Selecting the right cloud provider can be the difference between keeping your business in good health when it comes to protecting your data or losing everything and starting over.
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ASIS draws the top players in the industry – in every sector, every year. More than half of the 20,000 attendees don’t attend any other show. So if you want to rub elbows with security movers and shakers, you need to roll up your sleeves here. Get INside the Expo and touch the technology with 700 plus exhibitors. Expo admission is free in advance. Use the Show Planner to view sessions in 24 topic tracks and search exhibitors, products, and more. Visit www.asis2012.org for details and register today.

ASIS International 58th Annual Seminar & Exhibits
September 10 to 13, 2012 | Philadelphia, PA

Take The Guesswork Out Of Server Migrations
By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor
An industry veteran shares his wisdom regarding which type of server migration is the best choice for your customers' storage and networking environments.
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Video As Simple As A Phone Call
By Gary E. Barnett, senior VP and GM, Collaboration Platforms, Avaya
Video continues to rise in popularity, but will it ever achieve the ubiquity of the traditional voice call?
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How To Be The Solution To Your Customer’s Print Service Quandary
By Marty Reader, EVP, FieldSolutions
Integrated field service platforms offer a valuable opportunity for managed print services (MPS) providers to expand their capabilities with limited investment and risk.
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Book Review: Rules Of The Hunt By Michael Johnson
By Ken Thoreson, president, Acumen Management Group LTD
Over the weekend I picked up the book Rules Of The Hunt from Michael Johnson, founder of SalesDog.com. It was a great weekend read.  From the book you can tell Michael has been there and done that! It is jammed full of tips, reminders, and real-world stories on the topics that every entrepreneur and small business person either has faced or will face.
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MegaPath Delivers New Tools For Partners

MegaPath, one of the leading providers of managed data, voice, and security services in North America, today announced the availability of new Partner Portal tools for its partners.
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Asigra Announces First Tiered Technical Cloud Backup And Recovery Certification Program

Asigra Inc., a leading Cloud backup, recovery and restore (BURR) software provider since 1986, unveiled the Asigra Cloud Backup(tm) Technical Certification Program.
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A Tenfold Increase In Mobile Data Consumption Predicted Between 2011 And 2016

Commenting on a recent report from Informa indicating a tenfold increase in mobile data consumption, Napatech stated that this will drive renewed interest in improving insight into telecom network performance and optimization.
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New Age Of Enterprise Solid State Storage Systems Set To Begin With Launch Of Skyera

Skyera Inc., founded by an executive and engineering team with unsurpassed backgrounds in the solid state, storage, and networking arenas, announced today that the company is creating enterprise solid state storage systems that deliver unparalleled performance and density at a price parity equivalent to today’s hard disk drive-based enterprise SANs.
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Vision Solutions Launches Business Continuity Services For App/Data Protection

Vision Solutions, Inc., a leading provider of information availability software and services, announced today the release of Double-Take 6.0, a “Simply Evolved” solution for exceptional application and data protection in virtual, Cloud, and physical computing environments. 
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July 30 to August 2, 2012 | Las Vegas, NV

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Creating And Managing SLAs

You're in the business of IT services, but do you have the tools in place to monitor, measure, and manage the delivery of those services? Join Autotask's Len DiCostanzo on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 11:00 a.m./12:00 p.m. Eastern, as he discusses service-level management programs and strategies you can use to do just that.
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