Recent Articles
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Ingram Micro Launches Health Care Training Modules
By Gina Roos Building on its practice of simplifying success, Ingram Micro has launched its first in a series of Web-based training and education modules designed to help channel partners sell and deploy health care IT solutions. The modules were developed by Ingram Micro’s health care team and subject matter experts, as well as health…
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When the Going Gets Rough, VARs Fire Vendors
By Ericka Chickowski How often do value-added resellers really get what they need from their vendor partners? For 25 percent of VARs during the past year, not often enough. According to a new survey conducted by Enterasys Networks, approximately one in four partners reported that they’ve had to fire one of their vendors within the…
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Amazon Seeks to Elevate the Channel
Amazon isn’t just out to transform the way IT applications and services are delivered; the company plans to fundamentally change the way the channel operates. At the recent AWS Summit 2013 conference, the world’s largest provider of public cloud computing services, unfurled Business Essentials and Technical Essentials, online training modules available on the Amazon Partner…
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CompTIA Adds Channel Training On-the-Go
By Gina Roos Starting April 1, CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry, will offer e-learning courses as part of its education and training programs for the IT channel. The initial e-learning executive certificate programs will focus on cloud-based IT services, mobile strategies and IT security. All e-learning courses include scenario-based learning opportunities, case…
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Lenovo, IBM Look to High Schools for Future IT Workers
As the need for more IT workers becomes more and more dire, major vendors are making efforts to seed the industry with trained technology staff by reaching out to potential candidates in high school. Lenovo recently announced an effort with the National Academy Foundation to launch a program to help high school students learn mobile app…
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IT Salaries to Climb in 2012, But How Much?
Two reports out this month show that IT workers will get a slight pay raise in 2012, though conclusions diverge. While one report from Computer Economics notes the bump in pay, it warns that salary increases will not keep pace with inflation this year. But other findings out from Dice show that IT workers could…
