VAR Questions

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Spam Appliance – Recommended for an IT Service Providerspam
I help run an company that provides IT consulting services to small / medium businesses. I am looking for a spam applicance where we could brand the appliance with our logo and name and resell the anti spam service to our clients where the MX record would be pointed to our spam applicance and redirected [...]

Answer Question   |  July 17, 2009  7:16 AM
Solution providers, Spam Filter, VAR
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5 pts.

VAR
How do you use VAR file compression to break up a large file to be sent over the net via FTP?

Answer Question   |  June 15, 2009  4:33 PM
FTP, VAR, VAR File Compression
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20 pts.

Document Scanning / Laserfiche & Fujitsu
Is anyone successfully using Laserfiche (scanning software) with the Fujitsu fi-6670? IT and the VAR are working on the problems but of course not quickly enough to suit the users. We would like open a dialog with soemone who has been successful.

Answer Question   |  May 23, 2011  3:38 PM
Fujitsu FI-6670, Laserfiche, Scanning, Scanning software, VAR
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5 pts.

How is Linux changing the systems landscape, and how can you benefit?
Our expert on SearchSystemsChannel.com thinks there are good reasons why Linux is gaining some ground in the enterprise. He also thinks there are some Linux service opportunities for VARs. Do you agree? How’s this playing out in your channel business?

Answer Question   |  May 25, 2008  3:32 PM
Channel, Linux, Systems Channel, VAR
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430 pts.

What are Web services, and how can they benefit my clients?
Our expert on SearchSystemsChannel.com says the advantages of Web services are that they’re “platform independent (your customers can essentially run any OS), secure and scalable. They’re also Web-based, so they run over Port 80, which many firewalls do not block.” Are you a fan of Web services? How is your company using them? Are they [...]

Answer Question   |  April 21, 2008  2:23 PM
Channel, Consulting, Systems Channel, VAR, Web services (software)
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430 pts.

Do you use security metrics with your clients?
Some experts say that security VARs and consultants aren’t doing enough to help their clients formulate meaningful security metrics. The argument is that the typical security metrics aren’t business-focused enough (e.g., cost reduction), so most companies end up viewing security as just an overhead grudge purchase. Do you think more can be done to make [...]

Answer Question   |  July 21, 2008  6:40 PM
Security, Security Channel, VAR
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430 pts.

How to determine if a client-side Internet connection is using VPN?
A German Seti@Home user is asking the Boinc developers’ forum how one can determine if a TCP/IP connection is a VPN connection or not. Management of his company does not want Boinc using the connection if it is a VPN. Can you tell me how one can tell if a client-side Internet connection is a [...]

Answer Question   |  June 20, 2012  7:42 PM
Channel, Network monitoring, Networking Channel, VAR, VPN
30 pts.

How would you rate the Certified Ethical Hacker designation vs. CISSP?
How would you rate the Certified Ethical Hacker designation vs. CISSP? What are the differences? What are the advantages of one over the other? Thanks for any opinion you can offer.

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2008  7:37 PM
CEH, Certifications, Channel, CISSP, Security certifications, Security Channel, VAR
15 pts.

Question about Canadian Call Center processing US Credit Cards
If you are a Canadian Call Center processing US Credit Cards for US residents over the phone for another reseller do you have to be PCI compliant? Assume no software is hosted or stored on premise bit is done by a 3rd party based in US. What regulations does the Call Center fall under?

Answer Question   |  April 4, 2008  7:30 PM
Channel, Credit cards, IT Channel, VAR
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5 pts.

Need help designing a network for videoconferencing for a campus?
What type of severs, routers, bridges, switches and cables are suitable for videoconferencing? Also, how do you design a network for videoconferencing for a campus? Please help me. Thank you.

Answer Question   |  April 8, 2008  7:27 PM
Channel, Network design, Networking Channel, Routers, Servers, Switches, VAR, Video conferencing
30 pts.

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