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IDC Ranks Top Enterprise Service Providers

Sprint Nextel Corp., tw telecom Inc. and XO Communications Inc. were named "Contenders".in the fight for the enterprise customer, according to the new IDC MarketScape report profiling the leading providers in the U.S. enterprise telecommunications services market. ...More
October 21, 2008
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Poll: Which candidate do you think will have more pro-competitive telecom policies?

Which candidate do you think will have more pro-competitive telecom policies?( polls) ...More
October 15, 2008
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Ask Steve: So What’s the UC Opportunity?

Let’s take a little departure in Ask Steve this month. In follow up to the unified communications panel discussion I moderated at the Channel Partners Conference and Expo in Boston, I wanted to share some of my post-conference thoughts on unified communications, or UC ...More
October 15, 2008 By Steve Hilton
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Are you expecting telecom spending to slow as a result of the financial bailout?

Are you expecting telecom spending to slow as a result of the financial bailout? ( polls) ...More
October 8, 2008
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Survey: Telecommuting Boosts Productivity

A new survey shows companies that offer the option of telecommuting are getting better productivity from their employees.The research by CompTIA also shows the telecommuting option can result in lower costs, improved employee health and more options for finding and ...More
October 7, 2008
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What is the next killer application?

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October 1, 2008
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Overheard, Dial and Ditch, Pay It Mobile

Tiffani Bova speaks to channel partners; MobileSphere gives you a way to dial and ditch your significant other; Juniper Research forecasts that 2.1 billion mobile subscribers will “pay by mobile” for digital goods downloaded to their mobile phones by 2013. ...More
October 1, 2008
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Survey: 46 Percent of SMBs Turn to IT Channel Partners

Nearly half of SMBs rely on VARs and systems integrators for IT consulting and purchasing – will this number grow? ...More
September 24, 2008 By Cara Sievers and Khali Henderson
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PHONE+ Announces Top 50 Channel Programs for 2008

PHONE+ magazine, a resource for the telecommunications indirect sales channel, has announced the Top 50 Channel Programs for 2008, based on reader votes. Details of each channel program will be published in the magazine’s 2008 Channel Program Guide special issue, ...More
September 17, 2008
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Ask Steve: Helping SMBs Be Green

Yankee Group's Steve HiltonThe beginning of autumn is a great time to get rid of old stuff you don’t need anymore. Old technology sits in closets and under the desks of many SMBs and large enterprises doing nothing besides gathering dust. Should you throw it away? ...More
September 16, 2008 By Steve Hilton
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