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		<title>Who Knows What You Do?</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/who-knows-what-you-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of what it is your company does, who do you think could explain it well?  Here’s a newsflash: Probably not your employees. 
I’ve been saying this for years – and sometimes sound like a broken record – but our challenges with marketing and selling our value in the IT channel really start [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=63&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seismic and Nimsoft Join Forces</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/seismic-and-nimsoft-join-forces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stay tuned for full details on our upcoming announcement &#8211; Ingram Micro Seismic and Nimsot have joined ores to target the mid-market and enterprise space.  More details next week!
http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/08/28/ingram-micro-seismic-to-offer-nimsoft-managed-services/
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		<title>The Elephant In The Room</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/the-elephant-in-the-room/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IT Distribution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The managed services market is growing rapidly and has strong, long-term potential for many who are pursuing it.  It is changing the way IT services are consumed and delivered.  It is helping many of us diversify and strengthen our value propositions and balance sheets.  We are all bullish about the future and the opportunity in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=59&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Copernican Theory of Fragmented Markets</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/the-copernican-theory-of-fragmented-markets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The managed services market is never without its intrigue. Vendors, application developers, tool providers, platform aggregators, managed service providers, solution providers, and end customers all swimming about in the fragmented, highly competitive, primordial soup that is a growing market.
However, there are many companies among us who are vying for the managed service provider or solution [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=56&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Greg Meyers of Tech Data On Managed Services: We&#8217;re Sitting This One Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found this article, published June 1, in a well known Canadian IT channel trade publication.
http://www.echannelline.com/canada/story.cfm?item=DLY060109-2
The article struck me in a couple of ways. 
First, it was a rare direct shot from one of Ingram Micro&#8217;s largest, toughest, and most respected competitors, Tech Data.  Typically, the Ingram Micro/Tech Data rivalry is very respectful.  While we may disagree [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=53&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Top Four Things Your MSP Doesn’t Want You To Know</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/the-top-four-things-your-msp-doesn%e2%80%99t-want-you-to-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is widespread agreement that managed services is an IT service delivery model that is here to stay.  As with any other relatively new market, the SMB managed service space is highly fragmented with hundreds of existing application and service vendors and just as many new entrants to the industry competing for solution providers’ mind-and- [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=48&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Value IS The Service</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/the-value-is-the-service/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also published on MSPmentor.net on  February 18, 2009 as monthly guest column contribution.
 
Generally speaking, IT managed service providers are technologists, both in training and previous professional pursuits.  The managed services market is also highly fragmented, with a long list of small technology and software companies all battling for the attention and business of end users and IT [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=45&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Crisis &#8211; A Rare Opportunity</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/economic-crisis-a-rare-opportunity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also published and originally appeared on MSPMentor.net in Feb 2009 as participating sponsor guest article.
 
 I saw an old proverb once that said of economic opportunity or commerce, &#8220;Be scared when others are greedy and be greedy when others are scared.&#8221;  Fitting advice for any MSP these days.
 
The current economic crisis is a monster – no doubt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=41&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another UMASS Alumn Making Things Happen</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/another-umass-alumn-making-things-happen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the &#8220;UMASS Alum Making Things Happen&#8221; File:
As I come across UMASS Alum of interest, I will shout out to the Alma mater and recognize a fellow UMASS grad doing good things.  In this case, Derek Kellogg, a former UMASS basketball player who was on the team while I was attending school there, has returned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=31&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tough Economic Times Aren&#8217;t The Apocalypse</title>
		<link>http://ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/tough-economic-times-arent-the-apocalypse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Crotty</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though nobody can question the fact that tough economic times are upon us, there is reason for optimism.  I shook my head yesterday as the Fed &#8220;announced&#8221; we have been in a recession since last December and stocks took a major dive.  Tell us something we didn&#8217;t already know.  Amazing &#8211; the fed tells us [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ingrammicroseismic.wordpress.com&blog=2653407&post=29&subd=ingrammicroseismic&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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