Editor's Notebook

  1. CompTIA Breakaway: Turning Good Ideas Into Great Results 8/2/2011
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    Peter Sheahan, founder and CEO of ChangeLabs, presented the feature keynote on Tuesday, Aug. 2, in the opening hours of CompTIA Breakaway 2011, sharing his advice on how to help your potential or current customers make buying decisions.
  2. CompTIA Breakaway: What's Coming In 2012? 8/2/2011
    by Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    CEO and president of CompTIA, Todd Thibodeaux, took center stage Tuesday morning at CompTIA’s annual conference, Breakaway 2011, which kicked off Aug. 1, and continues through this week. He unveiled the philosophy for CompTIA for the coming year — a set of four goals the organization calls ECAP — educate the IT channel, certify the IT workforce, advocate on behalf of the IT industry, and give back through philanthropy. To explain each goal, Thibodeaux welcomed CompTIA staff to the stage.
  3. CompTIA Breakaway: Education Focus Continues 7/29/2011
    by Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    As I pack up and prepare to head out to CompTIA Breakaway 2011, I had the chance to talk with CompTIA President and CEO Todd Thibodeaux about his goals for this year's event in Washington, D.C. He explained that members should expect to see a continuation of CompTIA's stated goal of turning Breakaway into an education-focused event.
  4. CompTIA Breakaway: What To Expect In 2011 7/12/2011
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    So, we’re less than a month away from CompTIA Breakaway, that organization’s biggest event of the year. In 2011, the channel will be headed to downtown Washington, D.C., where a wide swath of VARs, MSPs, vendors, and other industry players will gather from Aug. 1-4.
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  6. CompTIA Breakaway Panel: Distributors Are Changing Traditional Partnerships 7/6/2011
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    Ever wonder what value can be found within distributor partnerships? If you are a VAR or MSP, you can learn more about how to better leverage your distributor partners as you grow your IT business during CompTIA Breakaway, starting Aug. 1 in Washington, D.C.
  7. Ingram Micro Cloud: Cloud Beyond Managed Services 6/7/2011
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    To tie up the general session on the first day of the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit, Keith Bradley, Senior EVP and President, Ingram Micro NA tackled the impact of cloud across the channel and Ingram Micro.
  8. Ingram Micro Cloud: Gartner Forecast For Cloud 6/1/2011
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    Lead analyst for Gartner, Tiffani Bova, took the stage on the first day of Ingram Micro’s Cloud Summit, following the event’s intro session with Renee Bergeron, VP of managed services and cloud. Bova covered her usual amount of territory — a lot — and left the audience with some words of wisdom: “We are at an inflection point. The sky isn’t falling; cloud just another delivery model. But it is an inflection point nonetheless.”
  9. Ingram Micro Cloud: Monetizing The Cloud 6/1/2011
    By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
    During the opening session of the Ingram Micro second annual Cloud Summit, held June 1 to 2 in Phoenix, Renee Bergeron, VP of managed services and cloud computing for Ingram Micro, delivered a strong message about the opportunity around cloud. “The focus of this summit is monetizing the cloud,” she stressed. “We are here to share strategies with you about using the cloud to grow your business and your profits.”
  10. Best Channel Products: Vote For Your Favorite Today 5/27/2011
    Don't miss your chance to vote in the Business Solutions Best Channel Products annual survey. Take a few minutes to support your top vendor partners by voting. The full results will be showcased in the August issue of the magazine.