http://community.crn.com/index.jspa?view=blog Latest Blog Posts in Channelweb Connect en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:52 GMT Clearspace 2.5.7 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-11-20T21:35:52Z en http://community.crn.com/blogs/hottopics/2009/11/20/tech-innovator-awards-2009 This week, at XChange Tech Innovator in Las Vegas, we presented the 2009 Tech Innovator Awards . Awards went to those companies that created the most dynamic new opportunities for solution providers, and winners included companies like Fortinet, Xerox channelweb_awards_and_directories Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:52 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/hottopics/2009/11/20/tech-innovator-awards-2009 2009-11-20T21:35:52Z 1 day, 17 hours ago http://community.crn.com/blogs/hottopics/comment/tech-innovator-awards-2009 http://community.crn.com/blogs/hottopics/feeds/comments?blogPost=1881 http://community.crn.com/people/cwelber/blog/2009/11/20/a-video-search-engine-and-its-not-youtube--yes- The site:   http://www.videosurf.com/   Is A video search engine. I know most of us think of youtube.com immediately when we think video, but give this video search engine A try when your looking for video on the internet! As always let me Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:48 GMT chriswelber@yahoo.com http://community.crn.com/people/cwelber/blog/2009/11/20/a-video-search-engine-and-its-not-youtube--yes- 2009-11-20T19:55:48Z 1 day, 19 hours ago http://community.crn.com/people/cwelber/blog/comment/a-video-search-engine-and-its-not-youtube--yes- http://community.crn.com/people/cwelber/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1880 http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2009/11/20/introducing-customers-to-managed-services One of the more difficult pieces of the managed services sales cycle is introducing managed services to customers who are not used to looking to you for their managed service needs.  I have had to go through this scenario at two different VARs as we msp Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:23:58 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2009/11/20/introducing-customers-to-managed-services 2009-11-20T19:23:58Z 1 day, 19 hours ago http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/comment/introducing-customers-to-managed-services http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1879 http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/20/windows-7-sales-i-want-real-numbers-microsoft Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is telling everyone that will listen that Windows 7 is selling like crazy -- flying off the shelves, even, like it was some kind of mythical Cabbage Patch Kid/Tickle Me Elmo hybrid. It's been almost a month since the new windows_7 microsoft steve_ballmer windows_vista Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:07:59 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/20/windows-7-sales-i-want-real-numbers-microsoft 2009-11-20T16:07:59Z 2 days, 6 minutes ago 1 http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/comment/windows-7-sales-i-want-real-numbers-microsoft http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/feeds/comments?blogPost=1876 http://community.crn.com/groups/managed-print-services/blog/2009/11/20/potty-time Our Question of the Week this week dared to ask which one word best describes 2009 ? You did not shy away. The non-scientific straw poll went to the glass-half-full consortium. About 70 percent responded with a positive term. We had one flip-flopper, Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:16 GMT paige.coverage@gmail.com http://community.crn.com/groups/managed-print-services/blog/2009/11/20/potty-time 2009-11-20T16:00:16Z 1 day, 23 hours ago http://community.crn.com/groups/managed-print-services/blog/comment/potty-time http://community.crn.com/groups/managed-print-services/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1878 http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2009/11/19/dell-s-continued-involvement-in-the-channel I was just looking over Dell’s quarterly numbers and started wondering about Dell’s future in the channel. The previous 24 months (since the EqualLogic acquisition) have been a huge leap in the right direction. Dell has gone from the enemy of the dell channel. sales Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:52 GMT dmartinez@mnjtech.com http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2009/11/19/dell-s-continued-involvement-in-the-channel 2009-11-20T00:00:52Z 2 days, 15 hours ago 3 http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/comment/dell-s-continued-involvement-in-the-channel http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1875 http://community.crn.com/groups/access-security/blog/2009/11/19/real-cost-saving-tips Here are a few things that my company has done in order to continue to lower costs: 1.             Use Linux servers over appliances.   This allows a company to charge more for labor and lowers the cost of the overall project.   The issue with this savings cost security Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:05:33 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/groups/access-security/blog/2009/11/19/real-cost-saving-tips 2009-11-19T22:05:33Z 2 days, 17 hours ago http://community.crn.com/groups/access-security/blog/comment/real-cost-saving-tips http://community.crn.com/groups/access-security/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1874 http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2009/11/19/transitioning-customers-to-managed-services This week’s blog stems from the community poll question that’s been up asking: How do you primarily bill for your services? (which is still up, so cast you vote!) So far, I‘m surprised that the response that mentions using all three billing options services managed Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:54:53 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2009/11/19/transitioning-customers-to-managed-services 2009-11-19T21:54:53Z 2 days, 17 hours ago http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/comment/transitioning-customers-to-managed-services http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1873 http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/2009/11/19/can-systems-builders-profit-from-free-vmware Systems builders hoping to sell virtualization to their SMB clients might consider giving it away for free. Some custom systems builders report that they’re installing the free version of VMware on new servers as well as putting it on customers’ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:46 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/2009/11/19/can-systems-builders-profit-from-free-vmware 2009-11-19T16:29:46Z 2 days, 22 hours ago http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/comment/can-systems-builders-profit-from-free-vmware http://community.crn.com/groups/custom-systemswhite-box/blog/feeds/comments?blogPost=1872 http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/19/att-responds-to-verizon-withluke-wilson Look, I like Luke Wilson. He's a funny guy. I've been a fan ever since he and his brother Owen showed up in Wes Anderson's indie comedy "Bottle Rocket" in 1996. But he's not exactly a commanding pitch man. And that's just one of the problems with att lawsuit verizon apple 3g wireless Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:38:06 GMT editor@channelweb.com http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/2009/11/19/att-responds-to-verizon-withluke-wilson 2009-11-19T15:38:06Z 3 days, 52 minutes ago http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/comment/att-responds-to-verizon-withluke-wilson http://community.crn.com/blogs/fudwatch/feeds/comments?blogPost=1871