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eCN TV
Website:www.channelnext.ca/event_overview.php?ref=1057

Integrated mar.com Corporation
Website: www.echannelline.com

Since 1980, Integrated mar.com has developed and implemented strategic channel marketing and communications programs for 350 IT vendors, distributors and resellers. A strong channel advocate, mar.com founded the 1,000-member ChannelLine Advisory Council, and a service provider alliance of 100 companies. Last year the company launched the Trusted Business Advisor program making it easier for Vendors and VARs to provide, service and support IT-centric business solutions for SMBs. mar.com publishes three channel newsletters: eChannelLine Daily News, Channel Advisor, and Trusted Business Advisor; as well as ConnectIT, a daily channel advocacy SMB publication.

SearchITChannel.com
Website: searchITChannel.com/r/0,,84799,00.htm

SearchITChannel.com focuses on serving the business and technology needs of solutions providers who sell, install and support computer technologies. The resources available to SearchITChannel.com members serves up the big picture of how value-added resellers (VARs), systems integrators and consultants should comprehensively approach all channel decisions. Visit SearchITChannel.com today to learn how to effectively run a channel business, business strategy, and access channel news, blogs and how-to information including how to talk tech in plain language.

Trusted Business Advisor

This program provides Vendors, Distributors and VARs with basic business knowledge that will help them run their business more efficiently, along with setting themselves apart from “box pushers” by enabling them to provide SMBs with IT-centric business solutions.

TBA consists of four key areas: 1. Association: Providing IT channel members with a proper name (Trusted Business Advisor), rules of engagement, collaboration tools and a focused ePublication. 2. Business education and certification: Helps develop and identify business savvy VARs capable of providing SMBs with business solutions service and support. 3. A SaaS Driven eMarketing Solution: This is changing the way the IT industry goes to market by providing all VARs with a complete suite of marketing tools that makes it easy for them to promote, market and sell IT products and solutions to SMBs. VARs play for FREE and Vendor sponsors get an easy, fast, timely, affordable way of reaching, servicing and supporting the lucrative $300 billion SMB market. 4. Channel Marketing: A best-of-breed channel marketing alliance that educates Vendors on how to better leverage VARs that sell to the SMB market.

The VAR Guy
Website: www.TheVARguy.com

The VAR Guy, produced by Nine Lives Media Inc., covers ‘what’s next in the IT Channel.’ As the #1 blog in the IT channel, The VAR Guy and editorial contributors cover emerging trends and technologies in the IT channel including Cloud and SaaS, unified communications, hosting and more. Brand extensions include The VAR Guy Live webcast series, FastChat Videos, The SaaS 20 Stock Index, The Open Source 50 Channel Chiefs Study, and VARtweet.com. For more information, please visit www.TheVARguy.com.