Newsletter | December 1, 2011

12.01.11 -- BSM's Hottest Tech Articles To Help Grow Your Business - December Edition

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Back In The Channel Again
By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor
Hello, channel — I'm back. Some of our long-time readers may remember seeing me years ago when I was a channel editor here at Business Solutions magazine.
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Internet Security Software Can Be A Significant Revenue Generator For Resellers And Integrators
By Robert Gorby, Global Head of Small Business Propositions, AVG Technologies
The technology landscape in smaller organizations and the resources available to tackle Internet malware are likely to be different from larger enterprises.
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4 Tips For Managed Services Success
By Gennifer Biggs, contributing editor
When Dave Cunningham first tackled managed services in 2004, the business model was just hitting its stride. There were definitely more business owners struggling to figure out managed services than those who knew the ropes.
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Restaurant Franchise Transforms Its Human Resources Department Through Document Management Automation
By KeyMark
As a 51-store Wendy's franchise, First Sun Management Corporation employs approximately 1,400 employees on any given day. With nearly 4,000 to 4,500 new job applicants every year and 120 new employees each month, mountains of paperwork regularly flow into First Sun Management's corporate offices. With the growing challenges of maintaining, locating, filing and storing documents, First Sun's executive team sought a better way to manage its documents.
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Security Risks From Mobile Devices Create Opportunities For VARs
By Pedro Pereira, contributing editor
As an increasing number of users bring personal devices to work, SMBs face new security risks which for the most part they have failed to address, putting the onus on solutions providers to guide their clients through an expanding minefield of threats.
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A POS VAR's Guide To Loyalty
By David J. Gosman, CEO, pcAmerica
If you've heard about loyalty applications in POS, but don't know where to begin or if it's something you could sell, here's your primer.
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Integrator's Access Control Solution Trumps Client's Internet Purchase
By Pedro Pereira, contributing editor
When Whole Foods was getting ready to replace its Aurora, CO, distribution center's door locks and keys, all the company wanted its integrator, Security Install Solutions Inc. (SIS), to do was to run wire and install equipment bought over the Internet.
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Special Report

Differentiate Yourself With Converging Tech
By Gennifer Biggs, contributing editor

Since opening its doors in 1988, Imagine! Print Solutions has seen a lot of change. Its management team can recall technology ebbing and flowing, and their business with it.
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Cloud Backup Podcast Series


In Part 2 of this six-part series, Chris Johnson, CEO of Untangled Solutions, an MSP-focused on small to midsize healthcare companies, and MJ Shoer, president and virtual chief technology officer of Jenaly Technology Group, an SMB-focused managed services provider, comment on how they had to change their thinking about recovery and business continuity when they were considering a cloud backup solution.
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Tech Trends

Hosted Email Security Moves Beyond Spam Blocking
By Brian Albright, contributing editor

Web-based email threats, including spam, phishing, and social engineering attacks, have become more complex and harder to block.
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Podcast

Mythos Technology Offers Four Reasons VARs Should Offer MPS

James Laszko, CTO for managed services provider Mythos Technology, talks about his success with managed print in this excerpt from the webinar "Do You Own Your Customers' Entire IT Environment?"
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Tech Trends

A Payment Processing Market In Flux
By Brian Albright

The payment processing industry continues to undergo changes and transformations as new technologies enter the market and government regulations evolve.
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