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There is no shortage of quality IT channel partners. Here's how to find the best one for you.
A great channel partner is in the eye of the beholder. It really does depend on whom you ask.
Many industry publications, software developers,…

Top IT Channel Partners - How to Find the Best One for You

 You've likely heard that there are only two ways to make money: Sell more to your existing customers or create new customers to sell to. You've probably also heard that selling to existing customers is five times easier than creating new ones. As…

Software Toolmakers Help MSPs Expand Their Portfolios

 Things were very different in the first few decades of the channel. Channel Leaders knew their quota and felt that was the majority of what they needed to know. It could just as easily have been shoes or other products. A…

New Skills Enabling Today’s Leading Channel Leaders

 Why You Must Own Your Data and Control Access to It Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has been positioned as a better, more affordable way to utilize technology for businesses. Proponents of SaaS claim it will eliminate costs…

Why You Must Own Your Data and Control Access to It

 Value. Cutting right to the heart, managed services providers (MSPs) sell and deliver value to their clients. Otherwise they don't have clients for very long. When you restore a user's workstation to full function, you are enabling them to resume…

What Does a Great MSP Sell?

 We’re excited to announce our largest channel investment in company history. Today marks the official introduction of NeXus, our enhanced Channel Partner Program. We’ve also expanded our channel leadership team with the addition of three industry…

Nextiva Unveils ‘NeXus’ Channel Partner Program and Expanded Leadership Team

 Nobody ever wants to change providers, simply because making such a change is by no means a trivial process. Especially when it comes to those who provide critical services like telecom expense management (TEM) or managed…

Thinking About Making the Switch?

If the current pandemic has taught us anything it’s that we are far more dependent than we ever imagined on the more than 5 billion mobile devices in use in the world today. With so many information workers now working from home many are solely using…

Top Tips to Find Hidden Mobile Savings

“Hey, I’ve got an idea! Let’s move 40,000 people out of their offices and have them work from home starting tomorrow!”
If someone were to say that to you on a normal day, you’d laugh. You’d be sure they were joking.
Yet that’s exactly what many…

Lessons from the Field: Pandemic TEM - Prioritize Anything That Drives Success

Two of the valuable things you learn during a crisis like the one we’re struggling through are:
The more people involved in any value-chain process the more complex that process becomes
The more automation you apply to fundamental processes the more…

eBonding – Advantage in the Age of Covid-19

Abandon App Anxiety: Why You Want (and Can Have) Your Own Software!
Getting more done, faster, more accurately, all while reducing cost would once be considered a magical balance, but it’s only an “app” away when that app is yours.
Whether your…

Abandon App Anxiety: Why You Want (and Can Have) Your Own Software!

 “You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win” is great wisdom shared by legendary sales motivator Zig Ziglar. “If my mind can conceive it and my heart can believe it then I can achieve it!” is a…

7 Ways to Prepare Yourself for Your Job Search

 Event Driven Architecture Table of Contents: Chapter #4: Event Processing Approaches in Event Driven Architecture (You Are Here) Chapter #11: Leveraging a Partner for EDA Success (Coming Soon) If you’ve been following this series of blog…

Event Processing Approaches in Event-Driven Architecture

 Thinking about getting getting into the IT field, but not sure where to start? IT Certifications are the fastest way to prove that you have what it takes to land the job you want. CompTIA Security+ is one of the most recognized industry…

Why Get Your CompTIA Security+ Certification

 In 2020 the need to do more with less will continue to rise for those managing market data for their companies. Many financial institutions are looking for opportunities to introduce automation and integration to cut costs,…

Market Data Management Outlook for 2020

 “A failure to plan is a plan to fail.” Benjamin Franklin’s famous advice still rings as true today as ever. In fact, many critics point to inadequate project planning as the top reason for failure to achieve a successful project outcome. You’ve…

Why Get Your PMP Certification

 When you are at a crossroads in your career, you might not know what next step to take. Whether you are transitioning out of the services and unsure of your civilian path, have been looking for work unsuccessfully, or are deciding to make a career…

What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do Next

Plenty to Learn, Plenty to Do This partial list of Google Cloud Platform services vividly illustrates the wide variety of skills needed and available for you to train on: Anthos Apigee BigQuery Cloud Bigtable Cloud SQL Cloud Translation,…

Google Cloud Platform Certification – Highest Paying of 2019

If you have customers you want them to have the best possible experience. One of the biggest key elements in creating incomparable customer experiences is the quality of your customer Contact Center. In many cases it is the Contact Center that has…