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New Year's resolution-setting tips for IT consultants
Year-end is a natural time for reflection and goal setting. IT consultant Erik Eckel suggests where to begin when making your business resolutions and offers tips on keeping them.
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How Managed Services Provider University can help your IT consultancy
If your IT consultancy is introducing or refining its managed services provider offerings, find out how MSP University can help through training, best practices, and assistance.
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How your business can leverage Thunderbolt technology
Erik Eckel tells you what you can expect to get out of the Thunderbolt technology that Apple is promoting for its compatible devices.
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Steve Jobs: 10 historic achievements
Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO inspired this retrospective of his most significant and innovative contributions.
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Selecting the best distributor for your consultancy
A good distributor can help you obtain competitive pricing for clients and expand your consultancy's software and hardware catalog. Here are three tips on selecting a distributor.
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Avoid unpleasant tax surprises for your IT consultancy
Sales and use tax audits don't need to be anxiety-provoking events for IT consultancies. Here are suggestions on how your firm can avoid tax nightmares.
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How IT consultants are different from contractors
IT consultants must be more versatile than IT contractors, according to Erik Eckel. He discusses other differences between the two types of technology pros.
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Protect your IT consultancy from untrustworthy vendors
Erik Eckel says a vendor gave a client false information about a solution his IT consultancy deployed. He discusses IT consultants' only defense in such situations with vendors.
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Why IT consultants should get baseline certifications
IT consultants don't need to get every new Microsoft certification. Erik Eckel recommends spending time gaining real-world experience and getting only the baseline certs.
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Improve client satisfaction by changing subtle behaviors
The study Stop Trying To Delight Your Customers provides insight into common customer complaints. Erik Eckel says consultants should pay attention to two key findings from the stud...
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IT certifications landscape is changing
In a update of the best IT certifications for 2010, many readers will be checking to confirm if their favorites have slipped off the list or earned their way on.
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The 10 best IT certifications: 2010
The certification landscape changes as rapidly as the technologies you support. Here's an updated list of certs that currently offer the most value and validity for IT pros.
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Map your IT consultancy's processes to learn how it makes money
Erik Eckel recommends creating a diagram of your IT consultancy's processes to see how the firm can increase revenue and improve efficiencies. Here's how to create a processes map.
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Apple certifications for enterprise administrators
Erik Eckel evaluates the most appropriate Apple certifications for enterprise administrators to consider. Which one is best-suited for your job role?
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Seek discounts for your IT consultancy's purchases
Keeping your IT consultancy on the bleeding edge requires investing in equipment upgrades. Find out how to get the best possible price for your equipment.
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Snow Leopard offers important advantages to enterprise administrators
Erik Eckel makes a case for the enterprise-worthiness of Mac OS X. He cites Snow Leopard advantages in security, integration, and performance that should make it a serious consider...
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How to tell if your IT consultancy needs fleet vehicles
If your IT consultancy is considering investing in fleet vehicles, read about the advantages to using these cars and how to determine if this is a wise business move.
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Maximize your IT consultancy's Microsoft relationship
If your IT consultancy forges a relationship with Microsoft, there are eight important tenents you should keep in mind.
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Three ways IT consultants can streamline vendor relationships
Erik Eckel says limiting the list of vendors his IT consultancy uses has improved his profitability and his life. Here are the three simple ways that he was able to streamline vend...
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10 reasons IT certification will be important in 2009
In the midst of staggering business and economic turmoil, you need all the tools at your disposal to help shore up your career prospects. See why Erik Eckel believes IT certificati...