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SMALL BUSINESS

How well do you know the IT channel? In this quiz, we ask10 questions regarding the business and technology issues that solution providers encountered in November, as reported on Channelweb.com. See how well you score!

[04:22 PM, November 24, 2009]

Tech Data CEO Bob Dutkowsky talks about what's ahead in 2010, the impact of cloud computing and his company's relationship with Dell.

[03:37 PM, November 24, 2009]

Greg Davis, vice president and general manager, global commercial channels, and Paul Shaffer, director of U.S. marketing and operations for Dell's global commercial channels, said the company is exceeding goals with enterprise-focused solution providers and expects SMB revenue through the channel to pick up.

[04:10 PM, November 20, 2009]

Zlago offers hosted desktop services for small businesses, complete with e-mail, security and storage, which VARs can private-label to their customers.

[02:30 PM, November 20, 2009]

Synnex conducts a realtime poll of solution provider members at its Varnex conference. Here's a look at the questions, along with the percentage of the audience selecting each answer, followed by comments from some vendors.

[12:20 PM, November 20, 2009]

Tech Data senior executives sat down to talk about the direction of the economy, the availability of small-business credit, and what Dell-Perot Systems and Xerox-ACS deals might mean for the channel.

[02:38 PM, November 16, 2009]

New desktops, thin clients, servers, storage and printing tools are aimed at what Hewlett-Packard believes is a $55 billion market for the HP portfolio in the U.S.

[08:19 PM, November 09, 2009]

Fishbowl is looking for some proven solution providers to bring its inventory control software for Intuit's QuickBooks into the midmarket.

[01:00 PM, November 09, 2009]

Jesubi positions its eponymous sales force automation applications as more effective and simpler to use than such competitors as Salesforce.com and Sage SalesLogix.

[11:30 AM, November 03, 2009]

SpamTitan offers comprehensive e-mail security, protecting against phishing attacks, viruses, malware and, yes, spam too.

[02:00 PM, November 02, 2009]

Kace says its new lineup of KBox appliances eases the jump from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows 7.

[01:00 AM, November 02, 2009]

Sales to public sector clients continued to flourish for PC Connection in the quarter. Revenue in that segment increased by 9.3 percent to $116.6 million thanks to solid federal contract sales and strong gains in the K-12 education market, according to the company.

[10:04 AM, October 29, 2009]