Newsletter | July 20, 2012

07.20.12 -- Do You Make This Managed Services Sales Mistake?

Business Solutions Newsletter

| Networking & Managed Services Edition

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Do You Make This Managed Services Sales Mistake?
By N-able Technologies Inc.
Copiers and equipment vendors are a critical part of the office solutions market. Despite predictions made roughly 30 years ago, the paperless office has not materialized and businesses across North America are still big consumers of paper, especially copier paper.
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Little Known Ways To Sell RMM Services
By Jay McCall, networking and managed services editor
A former managed services provider offers insider tips about how to sell RMM (remote monitoring and management) services.
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How Malware Can Sneak Onto Your Customer's Network
By AVG Technologies USA, Inc.
The method of choice for early virus writers was bundling up their wares in email attachments. Although still a popular method of attack, levels of awareness around email-based malware, together with more effective scanning-technology, means it is no longer as effective as it once was.
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Virtualization And Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, And Management Maximizes Benefits
By Suzanne Niles and Patrick Donovan, APC by Schneider Electric
IT virtualization, the engine behind cloud computing, can have significant consequences on the data center physical infrastructure (DCPI). Higher power densities that often result can challenge the cooling capabilities of an existing system.
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Partnering With VARs And Vendors To Optimize A Wireless Network
By Bill McDonald, CIO, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
As the chief information officer for Canada’s largest Convention Center, my team and I encounter unique technology challenges every day. The Metro Toronto Convention Centre spans over 600,000 square feet and plays host to some of the world’s most prestigious and technologically demanding events.
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7 Tips For Making Monday Morning Meetings Count
By Ken Thoreson, president, Acumen Management Group LTD
Use a well organized, performance-oriented gathering to motivate your team for the coming week.
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Designing The Next Generation Of Retail Spaces: Part 1 of 4
By Alen Puaca, creative director, iQmetrix
The retail industry is in flux.  Buffeted on all sides by the winds of change, retailers of all stripes are struggling to react to the challenges posed by online commerce, social review sites, and “showrooming” customers.
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News

TP-Link Announces JetStream Gigabit L2 Managed PoE Switch

TP-LINK, a global provider of networking products, today announced its new JetStream™ Gigabit L2 Managed Power over Ethernet (PoE) Switch, offering businesses the ability to manage entire network platforms from a single interface, and the ability to add new data, voice, video, and wireless applications easily as business evolves.
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Ingate Debuts Full Lineup Of Software SIParator And Firewall E-SBCs: Software-Only Enterprise Session Border Controllers

Ingate Systems, a provider of Enterprise Session Border Controllers (E-SBCs) that enable SIP communications such as SIP trunking and Unified Communications beyond the protected enterprise network, announced today the Ingate Software SIParator and Ingate Software Firewall, new software-only versions of the company’s Ingate SIParator and Ingate Firewall E-SBCs.
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KEMP Technologies' Load Balancing Solutions Proven Fully Enabled For IPv6

KEMP Technologies today announced that its LoadMaster LM-3600 load balancer has been fully tested and validated for performing well using IPv4 or IPv6 at Layer 7.
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Panasonic Announces Partnership With BroadSoft

Panasonic, the leader in the business telephony market, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with BroadSoft, Inc., the leading provider of software and services that enable mobile, fixed-line, and cable service providers to offer Unified Communications over their Internet Protocol, or IP networks.
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6fusion Expands iNode Network In Western U.S.

6fusion, a provider of utility-metered public, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure management software and services, in conjunction with Broadcloud, a provider of managed hosting, private IT cloud solutions, and managed security solutions, today announced a new partnership to add the Broadcloud Las Vegas SSAE 16 SOC 2 certified datacenter to the 6fusion iNode Network.
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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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