Wouldn’t it be great if you could quickly, easily and affordably expand your service offerings, increase your sales, improve your margins and elevate your brand with little-to-no effort? Now, Tech Data resellers can with the brand new MyShop.

If you’re in channel sales, this article is for you.

I’ve been in channel sales since 2013. I started out as an inside sales rep at a large reseller and for the past four years I’ve been heavily involved in channel leasing and financing.

As technology continues its exponential growth and evolution, its economic effect on global business operations is equally evolutionary. Companies are expected to adjust internal processes to accommodate new working conditions, rethink go-to-market strategies and -sometimes- completely recreate their brand to keep up with the changing times.

Those in the equipment leasing and finance industry can agree - 2020 and 2021 have been transformative years for IT financing. Economic uncertainty has forced companies to conserve capital creating significant momentum in businesses shifting to subscription-based (“as-a-service”) and software-defined solution models.

There may be no better time to improve your skillset for in-demand tech positions than right now. Whether you’re just starting in your career or a seasoned veteran, the tech landscape is constantly evolving, and the skillsets that accompany them evolve along with it. Many of the tech skills needed and positions available are completely new to the industry.

Every year around December and January, marketing sites are flooded with blogs and articles that do their best to predict what’s to come in the year ahead. But, how often do we go back and see how accurate those predictions ended up being?

Tech Data’s Tech-as-a-Service (TaaS) program is a comprehensive and completely scalable solution that combines the latest hardware, software and services into a single subscription price. Recently, Tech Data Authority talked with TaaS Business Development Manager (BDM), Alex Fitzhugh, to learn more about this solution and how it can help technology resellers and end users.

Ten years ago, it would have been hard to believe that access would ever hold more value than ownership. Flash forward to the last few digital-first, cloud-enabled years – and then once again to the last few months in which the entire world shuttered and has only just recently begun the process of opening back up – and that’s exactly what’s happening. 

Winning your first government contract can be slow moving – sometimes taking upwards of several years to gain traction. It’s an up (Capitol) Hill battle.

With limited resources and budgets, maintaining a contract on your own can be a drag. That’s why IT solution providers are on the hunt for trusted partners to gain access to public sector work – while avoiding the costs and time associated with government contracts.

Would you travel to a foreign country without a map or without first learning about the local laws and culture? Foreign travel can be rewarding; but there are certain requirements that can present challenges which cannot be overlooked or ignored. Just as your company evaluates global expansion, you also must understand the nuances of doing business abroad.