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How Do You Rate?
4/6/2011
By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
As I prepare to hit the road with a trip to the Ingram Micro VTN Invitational event in Chicago next week, I had the opportunity to participate in some prep work by the event keynote speaker, author Marcus Buckingham.
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Survey Says! What Kind Of Business Model Do You Use?
3/21/2011
GFI MAX is curious: what kind of business model do you use?
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Webinar: How To Price Your Cloud Offering
3/21/2011
Whenever a new technology trend comes along, one challenge for MSPs is pricing and bundling that solution for managed services customers.
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Time To Ask The Midmarket: Got Virtualization?
3/16/2011
By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services
If you remember, a few months back I spoke with
Andi Mann, VP of virtualization product marketing for CA Technologies when he threw out
seven virtualization trends to watch this year in
his blog, including "virtual stall," the tendency for virtualization deployments to slow or stop as they get larger and more complex.
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Rackspace Unveils Enhanced, Unified Partner Program
3/1/2011
It is always of interest when a vendor rolls out enhancements to its partner program, and such is the case with Rackspace, a vendor specializing in the hosting and cloud computing industry. Business Solutions editor Gennifer Biggs talked with Sean McCaffery, director of worldwide operations for Rackspace, about the enhancements to the Rackspace partner program after the new program structure was announced on March 1.
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MVP Nation — Best Of Two Worlds
1/31/2011
By Gennifer Biggs, storage, security, and managed services editor
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Webinar: Talking To Customers About The Cloud
1/20/2011
Join
Gennifer Biggs, Business Solutions’ storage, security, and managed services editor, at 12:30 p.m. ET on Thursday,
Feb. 17, as she discusses how to talk with customers about the cloud to determine if they are a good fit for pure, hybrid, or traditional solutions.

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Webinar: Cloud 101
1/5/2011
Register today for
Business Solutions' first Lunch & Learn webinar of 2011, featuring
Gennifer Biggs, storage, security, and managed services editor, and IT industry
marketing strategist Jennifer Baier Anaya, owner of iD8 Marketing and Consulting.

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Virtualization Reemerges In 2011
1/4/2011
By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
I’m always interested in what industry leaders expect to happen 12 to 18 months out, particularly after a couple of unsteady years such as we’ve just experience. I stumbled upon this interesting blog by Andi Mann, VP of virtualization product marketing for CA Technologies.
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Lenovo Survey: SMBs Taking Risks With Data, Underutilizing Technology
12/9/2010
By Gennifer Biggs, security, storage, and managed services editor
While it may not come as a surprise to those of you working with SMBs and technology on a daily basis, a recent survey reveals that the wide gap between SMBs and IT tools that can increase productivity remains, and those businesses are often engaging in risky IT behaviors.