Bernadette Wilson

The CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence Index held steady from Q2 to Q3, but a look at numbers over a wider timeframe shows IT companies are growing in optimism. The index, calculated this quarter from results of an online survey of 308 IT businesses, is 57.9 on a 100-point scale.  Continue Reading..

RSPA RetailNOW 2013 plans to educate and empower attendees to be “true solutions providers,” and RetailNOW speakers will provide the inspiration and tools to reach that goal.   Continue Reading..

RetailNOW 2013 will help attendees answer the question: “Am I really a retail solutions provider?” The purpose of beginning RSPA’s conference in Las Vegas with this question is to empower attendees, who will work toward that goal during three days of education.  Continue Reading..

Business Solutions searched recent headlines for news of interest to VARs serving clients in the retail market.  Continue Reading..

The July 2013 edition of Business Solutions Magazine featured “3 New Ways To Uncover New Cloud Sales Opportunities.” In the article, Dan Edwards, CEO of Pact-One Solutions, an MSP focused on the dental market, offered advice for selling cloud services. Edwards, who has been selling managed services to healthcare providers for more than eight years, also commented on how his firm handles billing for cloud services.  Continue Reading..

Here are some interesting, inspiring, and informative tweets from the channel this week.  Continue Reading..

CompTIA ChannelCon 2013 attendees will find a number of new topics, programs — and even a new format — at the July 29-31 event in Orlando, FL. “The great thing about ChannelCon is that you never get the same thing two years in a row,” says Kelly Ricker, CompTIA’s VP for events and education. She added that the vendor-neutral conference is unique, bringing people together from all sectors of the IT channel with a...  Continue Reading..

Business Solutions searched recent headlines for news of interest to VARs serving clients in the healthcare industry.  Continue Reading..

The ASCII Group, Inc. has announced the winners of the ASCII Baltimore Summit 2013 “Best of Show” awards. At each of eight ASCII Success Summits in 2013, members of the solutions provider community attending the event vote for their choices in categories such as solutions, new products, channel programs, promotions and incentives, and sales and support.  Continue Reading..