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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...
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10 things you should know about Microsoft's revised certification program
Microsoft has made some fairly big changes to its certification program. If you're in the midst of pursuing accreditation -- or you're thinking of heading down one of the new paths...
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The industry's 10 best IT certifications
IT pros tend to have strong opinions when debating the value of professional certification -- and views become even more polarized when it comes down to a discussion of which certs...
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The 10 best IT certification Web sites
The world of IT certification has changed considerably over the past several years, as the demands of the IT industry and the market for tech talent have shifted. IT consultant and...
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10 things you should know about launching an IT consultancy
There's no shortage of books on how to start your own business -- and some of them are excellent resources. But if you're preparing to launch an IT consultancy, you need more than ...
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Making sense of the security certification smorgasbord
Here's a rundown of the top vendor-independent security certifications.
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Microsoft cert changes match expertise with real-world needs
By realigning certifications to better address the real-world needs organizations and IT departments possess, Microsoft's made it easier for IT professionals to improve their skill...
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NASCAR Nation: The Tech That Fuels America's Most Popular Racing Series
Increasingly, race teams are turning to computers and technology to find a competitive edge. See some of the cutting-edge technology NASCAR teams are using to win.
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IndyCar IT: Data protection tips from race engineers
You think you have IT problems? Try maintaining security, data integrity, and reliability in the go-fast world of Indy Racing. Erik Eckel shows the issues that face an IT professio...
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IndyCar IT: The technology that makes Danica Patrick go
Techonology isn't all about word processing, spreadsheets, and databases. IT powers many different things, including the world of Indy Car racing. Here are some of the things that ...
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Sound off on the certification topics you need covered
There's much more to IT certification than simply passing exams. Fortunately, TechRepublic can help. Let us know which IT certifications you are interested in for 2003 and which ce...