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December 8, 2008   Sponsored by IBM 10 Steps to a Greener Office Shutting off the lights, powering down PCs and monitors, using coffee mugs instead of Styrofoam cups, encouraging use of mass transit, and other simple, common-sense steps can reduce consumption and contribute to a greener environment. Watch now! • Get Connected with These Unified Communications Leaders • Securing the Cloud: How Safe Is that Data? • Vendors, Solution Providers Eye SaaS Disruptive Threat • Channel Insider's Economy Watch • Invest in the 3 'R's' of Marketing • Need Storage? Shoot for the Clouds Symantec Has a Hit in Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5 Review: Backup Exec System Recovery 8.5 may just be what the doctor ordered for solution providers looking to serve the disaster recovery and business continuity markets. READ MORE >> New Applications for 2.0 World Client server applications have been around since the dawn of networking, but their dominance on the desktop may be coming to an end. New development tools may just change how applications are created and delivered to the end user. Listen in and see how the radical change offered by web 2.0 technologies is actually a good thing for the channel. WATCH NOW >> The Way of the WAN Inbar Lasser-Raab, Cisco senior director for network systems, explains why managed services for wide area networks is a burgeoning opportunity for solution providers. LISTEN NOW >> Get Connected with These Unified Communications Leaders Unified communications remains a bright spot for IT solution providers. The unified communications market is expected to grow from $200.8 million in 2007 to $2.433 billion by 2012, according to recent research from Unified Communications Strategies. Professional services will increase product revenues by 18 percent in 2007, reaching 40 percent in 2012. Most of the big-name players are represented, with Microsoft, Cisco and Avaya the best-known in the space. But there are some smaller vendors and traditional telecommunications companies making big waves with solutions targeted to SMBs. Here's our list of the major players. READ MORE >> Securing the Cloud: How Safe Is that Data? Cloud computing and SAAS models increase the complexity of securing data, which creates both a challenge and an opportunity for solution providers. READ MORE >> Vendors, Solution Providers Eye SaaS Disruptive Threat News: A report from Forrester Research estimates that 14 percent of SMBs and 15 percent of large enterprises adopted software as a service in 2007. So it s no surprise that software vendors and IT solution providers are keeping an eye on the potential disruptive threat SAAS poses. READ MORE >> Channel Insider's Economy Watch Jobless claims shot up again last week, as AT&T and other large companies announced thousands of new layoffs. Tech vendors and solution providers are bracing for a rough first quarter in 2009. Stay up to date on the trends and strategies for surviving the recession with Channel Insider's Economy Watch. READ MORE >> Application Delivery from A to Z: A Handbook This paper covers everything from why it is important to consider WDS, the impact on the organization, and helpful step-by-step instructions to testing and implementing a solution. DOWNLOAD NOW >> How to Enforce IT Change Management Policy Discover how high-performing IT organizations are able to create a culture that supports and uses change management to their advantage, facilitating enterprise business goals. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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