While considerable time and effort go into evaluating different IP Telephony (IPT) products and vendors, enterprises must ensure that they extend this thorough attentiveness to their evaluation of local value-added resellers (VARs) and integrators.
The travel budget is a popular target for IT cost-management. To effectively manage travel expenses, IT decision-makers should examine the drivers behind significant travel budgets. The basis for employee travel needs to be identified and the...
Ensure that traveling employees are aware of what is considered an acceptable expense and what expenses are eligible for reimbursement by the organization. Establish guidelines by drafting, implementing, and communicating a travel expense policy.
Organizations planning a LAN refresh will likely purchase LAN equipment from a Value Added Reseller (VAR). In many cases, companies will look to a VAR or integrator to help with the design and implementation of the corporate LAN. Thus, choosing...
This report identifies the pre- and post-sales IT services that are most valued by small and mid-sized enterprises. Info-Tech measures the performance of five types of suppliers -- OEMs, VARs, Sis, ISVs and Retail Stores ? in their service...
There are several important aspects to successfully implementing a LAN refresh. LAN design and implementation planning are crucial. Use this implementation checklist to help ensure LAN refresh success.
Upgrading or replacing LAN infrastructure is something that enterprises typically go through every four to six years. Deploying the physical equipment is not necessarily a challenging task, but implementing the new infrastructure must be done...
In the vast majority of situations, enterprises rely on Value Added Resellers (VARs) to purchase LAN equipment. Similarly, many organizations use VARs/integrators to assist in the design and implementation of the corporate LAN. Selecting the...
Value Added Resellers (VARs) are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their ability to customize online procurement services to the needs of small and mid-sized enterprise (SME) clients by providing tools to improve accountability, reduce...
Enterprises that have identified a business need to migrate to IP Telephony (IPT) face several challenging decisions. While considerable time and effort typically go into evaluating different products and vendors, enterprises must ensure that...