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CompTIA Breakaway: Education About Managed Print Continues
8/3/2011
During CompTIA Breakaway 2011, I often get the chance to bookmark new technologies and their adoption curve. Two years ago I first sat down with Xerox to talk about managed print, and at this year’s event, I had the chance to do so again, meeting with VP of Field and Sales Operations, Michael McCann. He was joined by VAR Michael Trevisan, owner of Atlantic Office and Laser Products. By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
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New Ingram Micro Seismic Leaders Hits Managed Services Circuit
11/11/2010
Two months after taking over the reins of Ingram Micro's Seismic Division, Renee Bergeron was sharing the details of a new cloud offering the distributor will unveil on Monday, Nov. 8.
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Cisco Hands-On Hit Opens At Ingram Micro
11/10/2010
It doesn't take a tech geek to be impressed with the new Cisco Experience Center that opened to Ingram Micro partners on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Located in the distributor's Buffalo office, alongside the existing Solutions Center that features nearly every piece of technology offered by Ingram Micro, the Experience Center is comprised of nearly $2 million in cutting-edge Cisco technology solutions.
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Autotask Talks Hybrid Business Model To MSPs
10/25/2010
Len DiCostanzo, Autotask SVP and Dean of the Autotask Academy, has been on the road sharing Autotask's plans for 2011. "We're really trying to hammer home the hybrid business model message," explains DiCostanzo.
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N-Able Challenges Partners To Deliver 100% IT To Customers
10/25/2010
When N-able CEO Gavin Garbutt took the stage on Thursday morning, Oct. 21, at the N-able Partner Summit, he was ready to talk about growth and the future.
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Managed Print Service Offering About Management, Not Just Print
8/13/2010
When I chatted with Tim Brien of OKI Data, he reiterated that print dealers and MSPs alike need to remember and have a strategy for the fact that managed print services is about management, not just print.
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Calling MSPS — New BDR Vendor Is Looking For You
8/11/2010
During CompTIA Breakaway, I had the chance to sit down and talk with a young BDR vendor, Axcient. Chris Sterbenc, VP of Sales for Axcient, shared a bit about their last product roll-out, a server virtualization tool, and about their move into the managed services space. By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
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How Can You Start To Improve Sales Process?
8/11/2010
During CompTIA Breakaway, the founder of HTG Peer Networking Groups, Arlin Sorensen shared some of the ways his group is helping members tackling the nagging issue of changing the way they approach sales as part of managed services — including better leveraging their existing tools.
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Tips For Successfully Tackling The Managed Service Model
8/11/2010
During CompTIA Breakaway, I had the honor of working with some top industry experts on a panel where we discussed advice for those IT businesses still waiting to jump to managed services. My panel members shared their top advice in this video. By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
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Level Platforms Talks About Collaboration, New Partner Program At CommunITy Live
4/21/2010
Level Platform’s VP of product development and marketing, Dan Wensley, took a few minutes at the Autotask partner summit to tell me about his message to attending MSPs. Wensley presented on the power of collaboration at the event, and also launched a new partner program for Level Platforms.