Making the Shift to Inbound Marketing

Submitted by Steve Gilbert on July 14, 2014, 9:39 am EDT

“Time and Tide Wait for No Man”… The origins of this phrase date back to at least 1225 AD (ref: The Phrase Finder [www.phrases.org.uk]) yet what does it have to do with shifting your Digital Marketing mix and Lead Generation process toward Inbound Marketing?

Are Your Customers At Fault?

Submitted by Holly Wainwright on July 14, 2014, 9:33 am EDT

Odds are your customers will be the cause of their own business’ downtime, so they (and you) better be prepared. Research shows that human error is the leading cause of downtime for large sites, and comes in second to network outages for all other sites.*

Dell Descending on DC for WPC

Submitted by Jeff Sullivan on July 9, 2014, 2:58 pm EDT

Dell and (from what I’ve heard) around 14,000 of our friends will be descending on Washington, D.C. for Microsoft’s WorldWide Partner Conference starting this Sunday. We’re going big again this year as a titanium sponsor -- hosting several engaging sessions and presenting a massive, interactive booth featuring on-site demos of our products and solutions.

Smart software defined data centers demand optimized storage

Submitted by Dr. Krishna Nathan on July 8, 2014, 12:10 pm EDT

When IT professionals talk about software defined data centers, the emphasis is typically on virtual servers — how they’re created, provisioned and maintained. But a truly smart software defined data center should be optimized as comprehensively as possible, across all resources. And among those, one of the most critical is storage.

Answering the call for a new generation of systems

Submitted by Douglas Balog on July 8, 2014, 12:05 pm EDT

The only constant in life is change, as the saying goes. We’ve seen this vividly in the technology industry in recent years with not one, but two major shifts: big data and cloud. The first drives a new set of workloads with challenging demands placed on the servers, and the second, a new consumption model for how to utilize those servers. Combined, these shifts place a broad set of new requirements on IT infrastructures.

Looking at Android L – The Next Level

Submitted by Candid Wueest on July 2, 2014, 3:10 pm EDT

At this year’s Google I/O developer conference, the technology giant shared its vision of a connected world where smart watches, smartphones, cars, laptops, televisions, and thermostats all interact seamlessly with one another.

Conspiracy theories answered: What happened to TrueCrypt and is it really dead?

Submitted by John Zorabedian on June 25, 2014, 5:03 pm EDT

There are a lot of conspiracy theories out there about what really happened to TrueCrypt, the free disk encryption software that suddenly shut down without warning or explanation last month.

CompTIA Managed Print Services Trustmark Enhances MPS Value Proposition

Submitted by Jim Hamilton on June 25, 2014, 11:03 am EDT

Providing value to customers has long been a priority for SYNNEX Corp. in Fremont, Calif. One key strategy for doing so entails assisting integrator partners in expanding their solution portfolios. Managed print services (MPS) initiatives, supported by a vendor-agnostic Trustmark SYNNEX helped to develop, exemplify this strategy and play a key role here.

Use Your Super Powers to Elevate Marketing

Submitted by Sherri Liebo on June 19, 2014, 1:02 pm EDT

Cisco introduces at Marketing Velocity 2014 in Chicago this year. I will spend the next few months talking individually about the five superheroes:

How to sell more managed services (Part 2 of 3: leveraging social media)

Submitted by Tan Ansari on June 17, 2014, 5:40 pm EDT

Once upon a time cold calling was the number one technique for generating sales. It still works. But in today’s sales 2.0 environment, social media has emerged as a key success factor for engaging new prospects, demonstrating value, and getting sticky with new and current customers.

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