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Google believes Google Friend Connect can help Web site owners drive more traffic, increase engagement and more easily and cheaply add social components to the Web site.

May 12, 2008

Understanding an organization's IT needs is not an IT decision anymore, it's a business decision, analyst says at Everything Channel's Midsize Enterprise Summit.

May 05, 2008

The former head of Ingram Micro's VentureTech Network is in charge of forging Synnex's Varnex organization, which will compete against Ingram's VTN and Tech Data's TechSelect groups.

April 24, 2008

IBM answers SMB partner's question: what have you done for me lately?

April 18, 2008

Blockbuster said the combination of the companies would result in a company 'uniquely positioned to capitalize on the growing convergence of media content and electronic devices.'

April 14, 2008

Forrester Report says 2008 IT spending by small and mid-size businesses emphasizes continuity and streamlining of operations.

April 07, 2008

Entech Computer Services had never sold a wireless mesh solution before. So when the the Fort Myers, Fla.-based solution provider got a call from a nearby high-end condominium complex, asking for help installing wireless Internet in 122 suites in 16 buildings on a six-acre property, the VAR knew it would need some help.

March 28, 2008

Sun solution providers expressed mixed feelings about Sun having a featured online reseller.

March 18, 2008

Adrian Jones, at XChange, says target is small and midmarket business.

March 06, 2008

Saying it has lived through multiple recessions, distributor offers additional credit to more than 700 of its VARs.

March 06, 2008

Targeting Microsoft, Lotus execs add more incentives for channel partners selling to long-neglected SMB markets.

February 07, 2008

LaSalle Solutions began rolling out an in-room entertainment and e-commerce solution for a hotel chain in a project that could include more than 100,000 rooms.

January 23, 2008

Solution providers can now use an expanded IBM tool to help them determine whether small businesses can benefit from server virtualization.

October 31, 2007

Blade server sales to SMB accounts may have finally reached the tipping point led by an out-of-the-gate flurry over Hewlett-Packard's new BladeSystem c3000 blade chassis and a renewed push by IBM into the midmarket.

October 29, 2007

Ingram Micro became the first distributor to tap into the power of Web 2.0 by offering its reseller customer communities a collection of social-networking sites that will allow them to build relationships and hopefully drive more sales into the small-business market by sharing best practices and business strategies.

October 26, 2007

With Hewlett-Packard and IBM both rolling out blade systems targeted for SMB customers, VARs are building strong demand for blade solutions among smaller customers that previously shunned the technology.

October 19, 2007

PlayStation 3 price cuts may inspire some end users to upgrade to bigger home theatre systems.

October 19, 2007

Research shows small businesses that make IT part of their strategy grow faster

October 11, 2007

For D&H Distributing, small business is where it's at, and it's holding the hands of its resellers as they take the server plunge.

October 10, 2007

IBM Global Business Services is set to beef up its portfolio of packaged services sold through the channel, although some partners are taking a wait and see attitude.

October 08, 2007

To broaden the channel reach of Access Essentials, Citrix says it will work with Microsoft and Ingram Micro.

October 02, 2007

Microsoft has released its Response Point VoIP system software to manufacturing and expects its hardware partners to soon begin shipping small-business phone systems based on the technology.

October 02, 2007

Office Live Workspace is a patched together, too little, too late offering compared to Google Docs.

October 01, 2007

The IT security company tells solution providers that more training will get them more business benefits as partners.

September 12, 2007

Angela Bassett and her husband Courtney B. Vance are one of Hollywood's power couples, but to Frederick Johnson and his company, Affluent Technology, they are also a small business -- and an opportunity.

September 11, 2007

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