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We're at the beginning of a new tech boom like nothing we've ever seen before. New economic models, the cloud, crowdfunding, and trends that haven't even seen the light of day yet are combining to form a "perfect storm". Hold onto your hats! This blog looks at innovative startups, new ways of thinking and the changes each will create over the coming year.

by Dan Blacharski

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  • Microsoft releases online services at CeBIT

    Posted Mar 04, 2009 - 11:33 am

    This week at CeBIT, Microsoft announced that its Business Productivity Online Suite is available for trial in 19 countries. Microsoft is also releasing the Microsoft Office Communications Online, and Business Productivity Online Deskless Worker Suite packages. The releases are part of the company's Software-plus-Services initiative.

  • California Dreamin'

    Posted Mar 03, 2009 - 12:38 pm

    Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is obviously not living in the real world. Of course, he's governor of the Dreamland known as California, so I guess I can't blame him. In opening the 2009 CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, he told those attending to not be "losers" and to "pump up the economy".

  • Dell gets on the Tweet bandwagon

    Posted Mar 02, 2009 - 11:56 am

    Dell has a new program that offers special deals to Twitter users.

  • VAR marketing with vendor money

    Posted Feb 26, 2009 - 01:51 pm

    The "VAR Marketing" blog, written by Will Gibney, had a great line in this entry, saying that Channel Marketing Development Funds (MDF) is "like playing with the house's money in a casino." I tend to agree with Will's assessment.

  • Small businesses feeling the pinch

    Posted Feb 25, 2009 - 12:24 pm

    The biggest corporations that are suffering are getting the attention of both the media and the government. Big bank? Have a bailout. Car company? Here's some money to get you through. Virtually any big manufacturer that's threatening layoffs has a Congressman lobbying for a piece of the stimulus pie.

  • Financing options for VARs

    Posted Feb 24, 2009 - 12:07 pm

    More customers are looking for financing options from their VARs these days, but credit is hard to come by, whether you're trying to buy a new home or a new network for your business. Fortunately, there are still a few vendors out there who have deep enough pockets to provide these options.

  • IBM out of touch with channel

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 - 01:42 pm

    IBM has a new plan, and nobody seems to like it very much. Last week, IBM told its solution providers that the company is moving to a "controlled distribution" plan, which carries with it new certification requirements.

  • Chalk one up for the little guy

    Posted Feb 19, 2009 - 11:08 am

    VARs have long complained about LARs (large account resellers) swooping in and eating their lunch--and about vendors that encourage it.

  • Registering your deal

    Posted Feb 18, 2009 - 01:37 pm

    The theory behind deal registration is solid. It lets you keep track of your own deals, and protect your leads from being poached by other resellers, or worse, by the vendor itself.

  • Stimulus passes, what's in it for me?

    Posted Feb 17, 2009 - 11:24 am

    I must have missed the memo. Somehow, every single journalist and blogger in America has agreed to incorporate the phrase "the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression" into every article about the economy. Technically speaking, it's the worst economic crisis since 1983, but then again, it's not over yet.

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