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RetailNOW 2012 Spotlights Growth of SaaS Models And Mobility

At this year’s RetailNOW conference, developed by the Retail Solutions Providers Association (RSPA), the growth of consumer-grade devices, SaaS business models and mobile payment will come to the forefront, offering technology providers, resellers and end-users in retail and hospitality the education to thrive and survive. The event will take place July 29, 2012, to Aug. […]

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Desktone Unveils New Partner Program To Accelerate Desktops as a Service Deployments

The consumerization of IT is changing the way people buy and manage desktops. As a result, SMBs and large-enterprise service providers are considering the benefits of Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) models. As a provider of DaaS offerings and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions, Desktone has announced its new partner program: The Desktone Powered Program. Developed to provide […]

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DOCUWISE And Artisan Infrastructure Partner To Deliver Cloud-Based Managed Print Solutions

DOCUWISE, a Managed Print Solutions (MPS) provider and Artisan Infrastructure, the wholesale Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider, have partnered to provide VARs and Managed Service Providers (MSPs) a turnkey managed print solutions to deliver to their customers. DOCUWISE’s Print Environment System Organizer platform is now available as a template in Artisan Infrastructure’s Certified Solution Ecosystem, to allow […]

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Lantronix and OKI Data Americas To Co-Market xPrintServer

Lantronix, a provider of smart machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity solutions, recently announced its alliance with OKI Data Americas, a printing solution provider. Through the partnership, Lantronix and OKI Data Americas will co-market the xPrintServer family of iOS print server appliances. Due to the increased demand of iOS devices, including the iPad, OKI will refer the xPrintServer […]

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Things Are Looking Up For SMBs [Infographic]

Small- and medium-sized businesses face multiple challenges when trying to grow their organizations, including: budgeting, limited financial and marketing resources, and smaller staffs. However, mobile technology and social networking sites have offered a sunny outlook for SMBs. In fact, 76% of SMBs are optimistic about their company’s growth in 2012. This infographic from Campaigner and […]

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Cisco Names Zones U.S. Authorized Digital Media System Partner

Zones, Inc., a provider of notebooks, desktops, displays and other technologies, recently announced its placement as Authorized Digital Media System (DMS) Partner status from Cisco. Through the new status Zones is recognized for fulfilling training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco Digital Media System solutions. To qualify for Cisco’s Authorized DMS […]

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SiriusDecisions: Revamping The Channel Demand Organization

In the traditional channel space, organizations turn to resellers, distributors, and other forms of partners to drive demand. However, due to multiple changes taking place in the market, channel-centric organizations must rethink their attempts to drive demand through different types of partners, according to Laz Gonzalez, Service Director of Channel Marketing Strategies for SiriusDecisions. Gonzalez […]

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Channel Trenches: If You Build It, Will They Come? The Trials Of Building An Indirect Sales Channel

By Tony Serino, Founder, Serino Channel Services An ISV focused on product development solutions (Computer Aided Engineering (CAE)/Lifecycle Management) needed to drive top-line sales with and through its channel of technical resellers and IT service companies to meet its dramatically increased sales budget. The organization had a small window of opportunity to motivate, mobilize and […]

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Ingram Micro Adds Force.com And Amazon To Cloud Marketplace

Ingram Micro announced the release of 56 new products and services as part of its portfolio of cloud and cloud-enabling offerings, during the company’s third annual Cloud Summit for its North America Services Division, which took place June 4-6 in Scottsdale, Ariz. Among the new releases are Force.com — salesforce.com’s enterprise cloud platform for mobile […]

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ESI Awards Top Channel Partners With Elite Status

Tiered partner programs and special recognition for channel players allow vendors and manufacturers to spotlight high-performing partners and garner greater loyalty. To recognize top channel partners that succeeded in improving business quality and customer satisfaction, ESI, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance telephone systems for SMBs and organizations recently announced its Elite Reseller Partners for […]

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