These up-and-coming storage companies from the 2008 CRN Emerging Vendor list have a winning view on the storage space.
Solution providers interested in a refreshing take on VoIP from young, up-and-coming companies need look no further. The 2008 CRN Emerging Vendor list includes six VoIP vendors on the rise.
We picked the top of the line. Check out the these companies, selected from our database of 178 emerging vendors.
Inside This Issue: June 2008
(*includes GovernmentVAR)
Cover Story: 2008 State Of Technology: Networking Drill Down Display Technology System Builder Alternatives GovernmentVAR: June 2008
Feature
Hot Products
Great Leap Forward
Everything Channel's 2008 State of Technology: Networking survey results show that solution providers expect to see the fastest revenue growth in VoIP, unified messaging and IP videoconferencing. With more than 40 percent of solution providers offering VoIP solutions, the future looks bright for those who incorporate these popular technologies.
>> Slide Show: 2008 State of Technology: Networking
>> VoIP
>> Video
>> Wireless
>> Network Management
>> Wired
>> Is Juniper Making You Switch?
>> Services
>> The Networking 100
>> Slide Show: 20 Most Strategic Networking Vendors
Scenes From The 2008 VARbusiness 500 Awards
VARBusiness hit the bright lights of midtown for this year's award ceremony. The festivities began at Gotham Hall, with keynote speaker, head coach for the University of Louisville basketball team, Rick Pitino extrolling the importance of a positive attitude. And in true Gotham spirit, attendees were even treated to a special apperance by a certain masked superhero.
>> Selling Services
>> It's Nice, Not A Priority
>> Talking Shop With The VAR 500
>> Bucholz: U.S. Will Skirt A Recession
Reacting Means It's Too Late
When spyware prevention started eating into precious time and IT resources at AutomationDirect, the industrial-automation company acted on a suggestion from a savvy solution proviuder and made the leap to Websense.
Making Of A Comeback
With an impressive roster of new display products, including digital and high-definition projectors, and widescreen LCD monitors, BenQ is positioned to step back into the limelight and recapture its former market glories.
>> How About In Hi-Def
Tech Advantage: Mobility
Have IdeaPad, Will Travel
Lenovo's new notebook is chock-full of features that the Test Center loves, but with availability limited to its consumer retail channels, VARs will have to wait until the IdeaPad enters their commercial arena.
Rip It Up And Start Again
Tackling a Linux distro is all in a day's work for the Test Center, and virtualization is no exception. For this system build, virtual machines were created in Linux using open-source QEMU, a free command-line application from French compauter programmer Fabrice Bellard.
The Formerly Cisco Five's Revolutionary Firewalls
Cover Story
HP To VARs: We Want You
A big public-sector thumbs-up to HP and Channel Executive of the Year, Mike Humke.
That Winning Feeling
Integrators and vendors take home some GovernmentVAR gold.
The Federal Formula
Tips to help small solution providers crack the code to big wins in the government arena.
Products We Love At Xchange Government Integrator '08
The XChange Government Integrator show floor was abuzz.
These articles were mentioned in the current issue of VARBusiness.
• Under The Lights: The 2008 VARBusiness 500 Awards
• Will Microsoft Deliver The 'Wow' In Windows 7?
• AMD Prowls For Notebook Wins With Puma
• Microsoft To Businesses: Skipping Vista Is Bad
• Steampunk Rising
• Video: Taming VistaÕs User Account Control
• Slide Show: Somebody's Watching You: 10 IP Video Surveillance Cameras
VARBUSINESS VOICES
The Channel Man:
Robert DeMarzo
Keep Tabs On Your Profitability
"it's June, do you know where your profitability is coming from?" Custom applications, Web management services, business intelligence software--in terms of generating profit, these are the big three. Is your business on board?
