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Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD) has enlisted its TDAgency marketing services unit to apply some heft to channel partners’ marketing efforts–particularly for SMBs–through a new initiative called resellerConnect.TDAgency is no small potatoes operation. According to the Tampa Bay Business Journal, the agency, located at Tech Data’s headquarters, is one of the largest in the local Tampa area, focused solely on serving the distributor’s vendors and resellers and staffed by some 70 employees.The idea with resellerConnect is to bring TDAgency’s skill and knowledge in vendor-driven marketing to Tech Data’s channel partners. TDAgency will supervise a four-point
Summary: IBM has added a new set of support services to connect growing small to mid-sized businesses with skilled technical professionals.IBM has introduced a new form of technical support for growing small and medium-sized businesses, regardless of location.That's because the new Managed Support Services are intended to act as a single point of contact and source of online tech support for addressing for multi-vendor hardware and software.The idea is that instead of paying for in-house tech support or multiple regional service contracts, IBM's new service essentially outsources the issues and is intended to connect SMBs with "highly skilled
VMware users at small and medium-sized businesses and enterprise IT shops saw plenty of changes in 2012, from the bumpy rise of vSphere single sign-on to a cloud computing push. And 2013 is sure to usher in more changes -- namely, SMB virtualization. Here are the virtualization trends experts at SearchVMware expect to see over the course of 2013.VMware will likely release vCloud Suite 6 around July, including vSphere and vCloud Director 6. While physical-to-virtual (P2V) consolidation -- with VMware as the primary hypervisor -- will continue in 2013, we will not see any huge jump to cloud computing. VMware vCloud Director is still a complex proposition
If you have even been within 10 feet of a bar or beer isle in the last few years, you’ve probably heard the term “craft beer.” Craft beer refers to beer produced by smaller, often independent breweries, and it is quickly making it’s presence known in the U.S. beer market.In 2011, craft brewing saw growth of 13% by volume while overall U.S. beer sales were down an estimated 1.3% by volume. Not bad for a small business product!This trend toward smaller craft breweries is part of a much larger shift in consumer tastes away from large corporations and impersonal products. Consumers are willing to pay more for products from companies they feel like
A study commissioned by Cbeyond, a telecommunications and IT company based in Atlanta, Georgia, revealed that cloud adoption among SMBs is growing. In addition, SMBs are increasing their IT budgets in order to migrate to the cloud. According to the study, 64 percent of the small businesses that were surveyed have plans to increase their IT budgets to accommodate cloud services adoption. Companies would also be hard-pressed to include infrastructure without the cloud, a move that represents a growing opportunity for business partners to reach out to their smallest customers with an updated managed cloud services portfolio. Finding customers may
j2 Global Announces Trends That Will Impact SMBs in 2013: Smarter Deployment of Mobile and Cloud Technologies Will Drive Greater Efficiency and Productivity j2 Global Announces Trends That Will Impact SMBs in 2013: Smarter Deployment of Mobile and Cloud Technologies Will Drive Greater Efficiency and ProductivityLOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 19, 2012) - j2 Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCOM), cloud services provider for small businesses, including leading brands eVoice, eFax and Campaigner, today announced key trends and predictions that will impact small-to medium-sized businesses in the coming year. Mobility, expansion of the cloud,
The company plans to tap the SMB segment through its partner ecosystem with cost-effective bundled cloud solutions By Harshal KallyanpurOracle recently announced its new bundled solutions for small and medium enterprises that would help them deploy a cloud infrastructure in a cost-effective way. The company is offering integrated solutions around its x86 and entry level SPARC servers, that would bundle together server, storage, database, networking and the company's flagship virtualization pieces as an integrated solution.According to Stuart Long, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Sales Consulting Director, Systems Division, Asia Pacific and
There's too big an opportunity in foreign markets to ignore localization or risk executing localization poorly. This eBook provides a broad overview of translation and localization, and maps the issues you need to consider. Download for free today.By the first half of 2013, 65 percent of small and medium-sized businesses expect to support company-issued tablets on their network, according to a survey of 1,356 IT professionals by Spiceworks.Of the 53 percent of SMBs that currently support tablets, 85 percent support Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad devices, while 59 percent support Android-based tablets.Smartphones are currently issued and supported
Facebook is ramping up its focus on small and medium-sized businesses and revealed that more than 300,000 business-owned pages have promoted more than 2.5m posts since June. Facebooks director of small business Dan Levy also said that into the future more small firms will have a branded Facebook page in advance of building a website. Ex-PayPal executive Levy was in Dublin yesterday at Facebook’s international headquarters, where the company now employs 450 people. The company said the Facebook economy – the ecosystem of apps, advertising and services – contributed €397.2m to the European economy out of which €165.7m went directly into
Social gifting apps let users send physical items or gift cards via Facebook or email, combining social media marketing and e-commerce. While some types of gifting platforms are meant to be used by big retailers and national brands, a number of new services have popped up that local merchants can use to fuel in-store transactions and increase their online presence. Here are five social gifting platforms perfectly tailored for SMBs.1. Plumfare Plumfare is a social gifting app focused on food and photography. It allows users to take a photo of an experience they’re enjoying — devouring a delicious slice of pizza, say — and send that photo to a
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