ARTICLES BY BERNADETTE WILSON
CompTIA Explains New Open Access Model At Channel Transitions West
Lisa Person, a director in the member community at CompTIA, discussed the organization’s new open access model with conference attendees at Channel Transitions West on April 29, 2014 in Santa Ana, CA. She also encouraged them to attend CompTIA’s industry event, ChannelCon.
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Top Opportunities Revealed At Smart VAR Healthcare Summit
VARs and systems integrators who attended the Smart VAR Healthcare Summit on May 6 in New Brunswick, NJ, learned where to find opportunities in the healthcare IT market.
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Healthcare IT End Users Tell VARs The Do's — And Don'ts — Of Selling
The panel at The Smart VAR Healthcare Summit on May 6 in New Brunswick, NJ, helped take the guesswork out of selling IT to healthcare providers. Responding to questions from panel moderator, Mike Monocello, Business Solutions editor in chief, the panel listed the best ways to contact them, how to get and keep their attention, information that can get a second call or appointment — as well as what not to do if you want the sale.
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Selling To SMBs: The Channel Tells What Not To Do
Along with questions for the article Why VARs Should Set Their Sights On SMBs for the Business Solutions 2014 Partner Program Insider Business Solutions asked the channel to list common mistakes that VARs, MSPs, integrators, and software developers make when selling to SMB customers. The responses range in topic from not tailoring solutions to the needs of SMBs and neglecting training — to misconceptions that prevent selling to SMBs at all.
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Channel Transitions West: CharTec CEO Says Don't Sell — Get People To Buy
That was one of the compelling questions Alex Rogers, CEO of ARRC Technology and CharTec, asked his audience at Channel Transitions West on April 29, in Santa Ana, CA, the first of the 2014 Channel Transitions VAR/MSP Executive Conferences, powered by Business Solutions magazine.
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Mercury Discusses Recurring Revenue At Channel Transitions West
For Business Solutions magazine readers who couldn’t attend Channel Transitions West on April 29, 2014 in Santa Ana, CA, Jake West, who manages Mercury’s business development team, shares in this video what he discussed with conference attendees, including finding recurring revenue streams for your business.
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GFI MAX Discusses Tools For MSPs At Channel Transitions West
Todd Haugland, lead sales engineer for GFI MAX, discussed tools for managed services providers with conference attendees at Channel Transitions West on April 29, 2014 in Santa Ana, CA.
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F-Secure Meets SaaS Channel Members At Channel Transitions West
Michael Wong, systems engineer at F-Secure, summarizes what he discussed with conference attendees at Channel Transitions West on April 29, 2014 in Santa Ana, CA.
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AIM Meets Bar Code, Mobility Channel Members At Channel Transitions West
For Business Solutions magazine readers who couldn’t attend Channel Transitions West on April 29, 2014 in Santa Ana, CA, Doug Hall, business development director of AIM, the Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility, shares on video what he discussed with attendees at the conference.
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Channel Transitions West: Established MSPs Give Advice On Funding The Transition To Managed Services
Practical advice on funding managed services was one of the topics the VAR/MSP Panel tackled at Channel Transitions West on April 29, the first of the 2014 Channel Transitions VAR/MSP Executive Conferences, powered by Business Solutions magazine.
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