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Enterprise video conferencing: Channel essentials
Enterprise video conferencing offers benefits and concerns for IT shops and partners. This video conferencing tutorial explains how to successfully integrate the technology. guide
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Why Metro Ethernet services matter to VARs
Selling Metro Ethernet services was once a play for telecom service providers, but now VARs are offering the technology to diversify WAN and disaster recovery options. Feature
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Selling unified communications services: One VAR’s story
Unified communications is no longer considered an extra – it’s a must. One VAR talks about what’s necessary for selling unified communications to customers. Feature
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Healthcare networking: Healthcare IT services guide
Planning to offer healthcare IT consulting services? Make sure you know the ins and outs of healthcare networking and other healthcare IT services, which are covered in this comprehensive guide for networking solution providers and consultants. Guide
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VoIP system security: VoIP security issues, training, best practices
This Learning Guide is designed to provide value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators with a basic framework for improving VoIP system security and addressing VoIP security issues and vulnerabilities before malicious intruders take advantag... Learning Guide
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VoIP implementation and management study guide
Use our VoIP implementation and management study guide to quiz yourself and bolster your knowledge of IP voice. Study Guide
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Channel Explained: Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
VoIP has emerged as a convenient, reliable and cost-effective network option for businesses of all sizes. In this Channel Explained you'll learn how VoIP works, what to consider before deploying it in a company, and how to take advantage of the multi... Channel Explained
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager review quiz
This section provides review questions on the material covered in the previous sections of the chapter excerpt. Chapter Excerpt
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager summary
This section summarizes and reviews the topics covered in this chapter excerpt of Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Chapter Excerpt
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager licensing
This section of the chapter excerpt focuses on the certification and licensing opportunities of Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Chapter Excerpt
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Avaya channel partners focus on midmarket business with IP Office 8.1
With this summer's release of IP Office 8.1, Avaya channel partners can now make a bigger dent in the midmarket business space and remain competitive. News | 04 Dec 2012
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SMB spending on ICT services forecasted to grow swiftly
A recent Analysys Mason report forecasts a big boom in SMB spending on ICT services, driven by cloud and mobile applications. News | 09 Nov 2012
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Selling video collaboration: Where to start
With millenials in the workplace, video collaboration will be central to unified communications. Partners need to ease customers into the investment. Channel Chat | 19 Oct 2012
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Why social media solutions matter for the enterprise
Tech providers are integrating social media solutions into their business collaboration offerings to improve their customers' internal communications. Channel Chat | 07 Sep 2012
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HP and Microsoft: Unified communications and collaboration for SMBs
HP and Microsoft have extended their alliance to allow partners to sell unified communications and collaboration products to the SMB market. News | 20 Jul 2012
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Partners learn to sell telemedicine solutions
Selling telemedicine solutions can be an opportunity for partner growth, but it comes with its share of technology and skill set challenges to overcome. News | 14 May 2012
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Think you can't make digital signage sales?
When video wall technology was expensive it was hard to sell. But selling digital signage has dropped in cost and many companies are now eager to replace static signs. Channel Chat | 07 May 2012
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Five tips to deploying a unified communications solution
When it comes to deploying a unified communications solutions, building a network is only half the battle. The rest is about showing users how UC can make their lives better. Channel Chat | 19 Mar 2012
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Survey shows enterprise video conferencing of interest but not deployed
Companies see the advantages of enterprise video conferencing but are hesitant to deploy the technology. Partners can help change that, survey results show. News | 27 Feb 2012
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IT asset disposal services offer secure data removal and piece of mind
Channel partners can offer Ingram Micro’s IT asset disposal services to provide customers with secure data removal while remaining environmentally friendly by recycling devices. Channel Chat | 23 Jan 2012
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Social networking strategies build partner presence and opportunities
By using social networking tools, partners connect better with customers and generate business through presence in the social media environment. Tip
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What it takes to sell enterprise social networking software
Channel partners will have to show customers how to integrate enterprise social networking tools into their existing communications applications in order to make a sale. Tip
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Top three things to know about unified communications certifications
With unified communications increasing in popularity, it might be worthwhile for a networking solution provider to consider unified communications certifications. This tip outlines the top three things you should know before investing in UC certifica... Tip
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Selling voice and unified communications (UC) consulting services
With the rise of telecommuting employees and teleconferencing within branch offices, selling voice and unified communications (UC) consulting services can be quite lucrative. In this chapter excerpt, learn about selling UC consulting services with a ... Tip
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MSPs and VARs: Offering unified communications services for the SMB
With tiny, overburdened staffs, SMBs are seeking MSPs and VARs to offer the right mix of SMB unified communications services. Tip
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Offering managed VoIP services: Opportunities for MSPs and VARs
Offering managed VoIP services is a boon for MSPs and VARs as enterprises learn they need a diverse set of management tools and staff to manage multi-vendor environments. Tip
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Do you lack unified communications software skills?
Networking partners often lack the unified communications software skills to make the technology pop. Tip
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Router and switch upgrades: Five reasons your customer should invest
Mid recession, customers are avoiding investment in even basic router and switch upgrades, but one surefire way to convince them is long-term savings that will outweigh investment. Tip
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Cisco Unified Communications Manager Architecture - Introduction
This chapter excerpt from the book "Implementing Cisco Unified Communications Manager, Part 1" will focus on dealing with the architecture of Cisco Unified Communications Manager. Tip
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VoIP and video services: Understanding network architecture and design
VoIP and video services are climbing in popularity. Learn how network architecture and design can help you provide these services to your clients. Tip
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Is unified communications the answer for all my clients?
Supporters of unified communications (UC) claim it can save companies time and money. Find out in this expert answer whether UC is the answer for the networking needs of all-sized companies. Ask the Expert
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How to convince a customer to switch to VoIP?
ROI for VoIP, measured on a strictly financial basis, is difficult to prove, especially in single-office deployments. However, the ROI for the system in terms of "soft" costs is very rapid and should be the focus your pitch. Ask the Expert
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Demo: Cisco Quad offers mobile enterprise social networking
This Cisco Quad demo at Cisco Live 2011 shows the enterprise social networking technology as it would be used in an everyday work environment. Will the enterprise buy in? Video
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Channel Chat: Telepresence = robotic technology?
Telepresence is more than just high-definition videoconferencing -- it's also the use of robotic technology to enable remote work in a variety of settings. Podcast
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Avaya channel partners focus on midmarket business with IP Office 8.1
With this summer's release of IP Office 8.1, Avaya channel partners can now make a bigger dent in the midmarket business space and remain competitive. News
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SMB spending on ICT services forecasted to grow swiftly
A recent Analysys Mason report forecasts a big boom in SMB spending on ICT services, driven by cloud and mobile applications. News
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Selling video collaboration: Where to start
With millenials in the workplace, video collaboration will be central to unified communications. Partners need to ease customers into the investment. Channel Chat
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Why social media solutions matter for the enterprise
Tech providers are integrating social media solutions into their business collaboration offerings to improve their customers' internal communications. Channel Chat
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Social networking strategies build partner presence and opportunities
By using social networking tools, partners connect better with customers and generate business through presence in the social media environment. Tip
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HP and Microsoft: Unified communications and collaboration for SMBs
HP and Microsoft have extended their alliance to allow partners to sell unified communications and collaboration products to the SMB market. News
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Partners learn to sell telemedicine solutions
Selling telemedicine solutions can be an opportunity for partner growth, but it comes with its share of technology and skill set challenges to overcome. News
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Enterprise video conferencing: Channel essentials
Enterprise video conferencing offers benefits and concerns for IT shops and partners. This video conferencing tutorial explains how to successfully integrate the technology. guide
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Think you can't make digital signage sales?
When video wall technology was expensive it was hard to sell. But selling digital signage has dropped in cost and many companies are now eager to replace static signs. Channel Chat
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Five tips to deploying a unified communications solution
When it comes to deploying a unified communications solutions, building a network is only half the battle. The rest is about showing users how UC can make their lives better. Channel Chat
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About Voice over IP (VoIP)
These voice over IP (VoIP) resources will help systems integrators, value-added resellers and consultants who need training on how to set up a VoIP phone line. You'll find tips and tutorials on offering consulting services, securing VoIP network standards, preparing a data network for voice, optimizing the network for voice, improving quality of service and implementing PBX software and hardware.