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In-depth: How to make money from networks
Amro Gebreel points to where the budget is for network sales - and how network resellers can get hold of it Turn your mind back a decade and if you were a networking reseller there were a handful of magazines that catered specifically for you and the... Feature
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In-depth: Technology to pitch in 2012
by Billy MacInnes Last month, Gartner published its technology and trend predictions for the next few years and among the dominant trends were a greater move towards cloud computing and increasing consumerisation of IT. MicroScope asked a number of p... Feature
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In-depth: 2011, how was it for you?
As the curtainsare pulled on another year it provides the channel with a chance to look back and take stock. In many respects 2011 was like the year before with success having to be hard earnt and the economic problems continuing. But many in the cha... Feature
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In-depth: Selling services for social success
Nobody can now dispute that social networking is well-established in the workplace; at Salesforce.com's Cloudforce conference in September, a survey of 150 CEOs revealed 73% said social networks were important to build brands, while 68% believed they... Feature
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In-depth: The benefits and pitfalls of social media
Amro Gebreel outlines how you can make social media tools work for your business- as well as some cautionary tales on how not to do networking The channel is brilliant at networking with phrases like "people buy from people" and "once ... Feature
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In-depth: The social side of CRM
Social CRM enables firms to monitor and interact with their followers more effectively than ever before, writes Billy MacInnes. Where is customer relationship management (CRM) going next? It's a simple question and, judging by the responses from peop... Feature
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In-depth: Microsoft Skype marriage to benefit the channel
Last week's$8.5bn acquisition of VoIP provider Skype by Microsoft is so far the largest tech acquisition of 2011, and certainly one of its biggest stories. In the last few days thenetworking fraternity has been trying to make sense of Redmond's mammo... Feature
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In-depth: Fitting the data through the eye of the needle
WAN optimisation requires integration partners to squeeze growing amounts of data through bandwidth-restricted links. Danny Bradbury explains how it's done. We may be in the era of high-speed networking, but there's no doubt about it: bandwidth is ... Feature
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Analysis: A streaming World Cup
News analysis Streaming of major sporting events puts networks under strain and IT suppliers must be ready, says Amro GebreelWith the World Cup one of the first major sporting events to be streamed over the network, there were fears that it would hav... Feature
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Analysis: Hybrid offices provide resellers with mobility pitch
The recession forced companies to think differently about how they spend money and operate.The mantra became one of cost cutting and there were widespread efforts to try and cut waste wherever possible to try and save money. But that provoked an inve... Feature