July 14, 2008 4:14 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Channel partner programs,
Heather Clancy,
IT channel products and technologies,
Leading technology vendors,
Reseller channel business development,
Software as a service (SaaS),
Supplier relationship management,
Vendor partner business issuesI've been pretty vocal in the past about the need for an application or system that helps solution providers consolidate all the different information feeds they receive (or could receive) from their preferred vendor partners. Well, such an animal exists in the form of a SaaS application from
July 11, 2008 5:15 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
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Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
IT buyer market researchHello kids, time for the latest round of spending data from national computer products reseller CDW! With the stock market bouncing all over the place, how comfortable REALLY are businesses about spending on information technology?
Certainly there is no cause for great celebration ... or depths of...
June 29, 2008 7:43 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
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Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
Reseller channel business developmentSince many IT solution providers who poke around in this blog are themselves small businesses, it will not be a major shocker to hear that a recent survey shows that smaller companies are latching onto the benefits of Web 2.0 less quickly than larger ones. Then, again, I'd bet that many of those...
June 23, 2008 8:09 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
Leading technology vendors,
Mobile networking technology,
Vendor partner business issuesI have become so hopelessly addicted to my Apple iPhone for a couple of reasons, not the least of which is that it has saved my butt on more than one occasion when I have been unable to get to my notebook to update this and my other way-to-many blogs. Indeed, when my laptop crashed a few weeks back...
June 18, 2008 9:18 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
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Leading technology vendors,
News,
Tech BlogsThis one is for those of you, dear readers, who remember Mike Homer, who contributed some great marketing ideas to both browser pioneer Netscape and personal computer pioneer Apple Computer. Those outside Silicon Valley may not be aware that Homer was diagnosed last year with
June 6, 2008 10:55 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
IT channel products and technologies,
Networking technology,
Reseller channel business developmentWhat the heck does a network integrator intend to do with a interactive multimedia company?
That was my first reaction when I heard the news that network integrator and managed service provider Atrion Networking (based in Warwick, R.I., and a company I know...
May 22, 2008 10:49 PM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
Network and application securityIntuitively, I think we all knew this was coming. But now, there's some research out of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) that validates the notion that many companies are still seriously unprotected when it comes to their notebooks and handheld computers.
May 9, 2008 10:40 AM
Posted by: Heather Clancy
Authors,
Heather Clancy,
Information technology services,
IT buyer market researchCDW recently released the results of what it's calling the 2008 CDW Small Business Driver's Seat Study, which taps more deeply into the motivations of technology buyers. The data is provides a...
