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Mobile Solutions Open New Doors for Resellers
Tablet computers are everywhere. Unquestionably, a tablet revolution is occurring in the Channel, and the solution providers that have embraced the technology are banking on significant big business opportunities in the SMB market.
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Google Wallet Security Flaw Discovered, PINs Revealed
A recent crack of Google Wallet's NFC payment application reveals how easy it is for thieves to steal credit card information. The question is: How will this security flaw affect NFC adoption and how quickly can Google shore up the breech?
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Study: IT Security Landscape More Dangerous
Innovations that make data more accessible and devices more mobile also create new challenges for information technology professionals responsible for cybersecurity, according to new research from CompTIA.
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Has the Channel Finally Recovered?
Some of our resellers who have been dormant the last few years are waking up. They’re bringing in projects, interesting projects, and working with us to develop proposals and assist with sales presentations.
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Why Service-based Solutions are Big Business for VARs
A paradigm shift is occurring, with increasing numbers of channel players adopting a hardware-as-a-service, software-as-a-service, or cloud service stance in an effort to compensate for shrinking margins. The goal: to establish a more competitive platform for attracting and maintaining SMB clients.
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Smarter Solutions for VAR Customers
This year's Business Optimization Summit focused on the theme of The Enterprise Approach: Smarter Solutions to Serve Your Customer. The goal of the event was to motivate solution providers to move beyond the role of a technology reseller and seriously consider adding new services and solutions to their portfolio to make themselves more integral to their clients.
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Will Home Depot and PayPal Change the Way We Pay at the POS?
PayPal's entry into the brick-and-mortar payments arena is looking more like a full-scale invasion. If its recently announced 51-store Home Depot pilot is successful, there are plans to expand it to 2,000 stores by March, and Office Depot is also testing PayPal's no-card, no-phone payment solution in a few stores. Can PayPal change the way we pay, and if it can, what's in it for retailers?
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IT Executives Anticipate Good, Not Great Year in 2012
CompTIA projects a worldwide IT industry growth rate of 4.5 percent in 2012, with upside potential of 7.6 percent. The forecast for the U.S. market is slightly lower. IT industry executives are most bullish on IT services and software sales this year.
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Hot New Retail Tech at NRF
NRF's Big Show was the place to be this past week as hundreds of technology vendors, retailers, and IT mavens gathered in New York City to talk about the trends and tools that are shaping the retail industry. VSR was on hand to capture some of the coolest tech on the show floor.
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Mobility Handbook 2013
Find out what resellers are doing to add mobility products to their linecards and best practices for helping clients break free from the desktop.
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