Newsletter | December 22, 2011

12.22.11 -- How One VAR Nearly Doubled Its Billing In 30 Days; Disaster Recovery Checklist

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How One VAR Nearly Doubled Its Billing Within 30 Days
By Autotask Corporation
Eric Gould said that he had known about Autotask for some time, but wasn't comfortable with increasing his monthly costs to pay for the software. "I was so focused on the monthly fee for the software, I didn't realize how much more money it would help me bill, and how much time I would save," he said. "So I just struggled with the wrong solutions."
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Active Virus Control - Proactive Protection Against New And Emerging Threats
By Bitdefender, LLC
With new and variant strains of malware emerging at an unprecedented rate, heuristic malware detection has become an increasingly critical line of defense against threats for many organizations.
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Disaster Recovery Checklist
By StorageCraft Technology Corporation
When it comes to data protection and recovery, many businesses are not as safe as they believe. The first thing that comes to mind when considering a disaster recovery plan, by the average consumer and corporate technology professionals alike, is a backup of critical files.
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Talking To Customers About Your Managed Services Offering
Listen as Garry Booth, president of Internetwerx, talks with Level Platforms' Dan Wensley about the challenges of migrating customers over to a managed services agreement.
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How Nimble Is Your MSP Business?
By Bob Penland, CTO, TruMethods, LLC
As more technology vendors try to sell directly to SMBs (small to midsize businesses), MSPs (managed services providers) need to see themselves and what they're selling in a whole new way.
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5-Minute Podcast: Cloud Backup


MSPs Chris Johnson, CEO of Untangled Solutions, and MJ Shoer, president and virtual CTO at Jenaly Technology Group, share their insights along with Ted Roller, VP of channel development at Intronis. Click the link below to check out this 5-minute podcast or to access previous podcasts in this series.
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News

HP UPS Network Module Remotely Manages UPSs And Attached Devices

HP introduced the HP UPS Network Module, which enables small, medium, and enterprise-sized businesses to remotely monitor, diagnose, and manage uninterruptible power systems (UPS) and attached devices.
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Catalyst Telecom Introduces FastQuote Efficiency Tool

Catalyst Telecom, a sales unit of ScanSource, Inc., and value-added distributor of voice, video, and data convergence solutions, has created FastQuote, a web-based tool designed to assist resellers in quickly creating accurate quotes for their end-user customers.
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Continuum Introduces Continuum Vault

Continuum, the newly branded company formerly known as Zenith RMM, announces it has entered the backup and disaster recovery (BDR) market with the launch of "Continuum Vault."
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BDRfacts.com Aims To Help VARs Compare BDR Solutions

This past week, Datto Inc. went live with BDRfacts.com. This website provides a platform that enables solution providers to make educated decisions about vendors based on factual information.
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