Planning
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How 2016 Cyber Attacks Will Impact 2017 Security Strategies
12/27/2016
Survey finds despite escalating threats, few changes to security are planned in 2017. By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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5 Steps To An Agile Business Plan
12/22/2016
It’s the year of the business plan. Running a business means wearing a lot of hats, and something is bound to keep ending up on the back burner. But, for the sake of your business success, don’t let that be your business plan.
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Digital Business Transformation: 4 Recommendations For Success
12/19/2016
DBT is the overarching strategy that guides the reimagining of the business in a customer-first, networked world. It is the thread that unites the organization’s digital efforts and compels business leaders to radically rethink the ways in which the business will meet customer needs in an always-on world. By Sheldon Monteiro, global Chief Technology Officer, SapientNitro
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Reinventing The Channel: 5 Top Emerging Trends
12/13/2016
While it has always been incumbent upon a manufacturer to keep pace with changes in technology to ensure success of its channel partners, the challenge to do so has never been greater. By Stephanie Dismore, Vice President & General Manager, U.S. Channels at HP Inc.
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5 Solutions That Can Streamline Your Business Operations
11/2/2016
With technology advancing at a rapid pace, more and more companies are finding it difficult to streamline their operations, often enduring painful consequences. Companies that don’t want to get left behind, stuck in the old days, would be wise to consider implementing these five solutions to keep up with the times.
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5 Of The Most Challenging Obstacles In Channel Management
11/1/2016
Channel managers are required to possess a plethora of social and tactical skills; not just someone whom wears many hats, but someone with a comprehensive understanding of the channel industry, it's ever-evolving modification (in both technology and economics), the complexities and miscommunication it produces as well as the ambiguous gamble an indirect partnership entails.
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Top Takeaways From ISVs On Raising Capital
10/18/2016
Four ISV executives — Granbury Solutions’ CEO Tom Bronson; Tony Glowacki, CEO of Gusto; Jon Halpern, Co-Founder and CEO of AthleteTrax; and Software Logic Founder and CEO Luis Reyes — took part in How To Build A Successful Reseller Program, a panel held as part of the Business Solutions ISV IQ Live! conference October 6 in Philadelphia. The four discussed different avenues available for raising capital and how to successfully grow a software business.
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ISV IQ Live! Takeaways
10/17/2016
Last week, I attended ISV IQ Live! hosted by Business Solutions Magazine. It was truly a fantastic event. Even though I attended as a guest speaker on a panel at the conference, I arrived in Philadelphia eager to gain constructive insight on the various business topics shared by industry veterans that I could exercise as CEO of a software development firm.
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Tips For Solving Top Business Challenges Through Software Development
9/7/2016
Historically, software development projects would spend considerable time gathering tedious amounts of requirements from a group of business leaders before the developers write a line of code. In this process, months can pass by before any tangible results begin to form. However, Agile was created to solve this problem. Agile helps to organize your development into smaller components so that developers can start writing code right away. Agile is effective because the business receives real and tangible results very early in the process. Because of its benefits, Agile enables the developer to meet timelines and expectations; therefore, we learned how to do it really well.
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Service Level Agreements: 3 Best Practices For MSPs
8/31/2016
The transition to managed services from a break-fix business model can be challenging for MSPs. There is much to consider in terms of setting expectations, documenting the deliverables, and defining how the MSP’s relationships with its clients will be governed under this new model.