Courtesy of Insurance News Net Winter storms are already making life miserable for travelers throughout the country and they have the potential to made life miserable for your business if your network goes down. A new article entitled: Winter storms and Your UPS from eMazzanti Technologies, an IT support and computer expert serving Hoboken, NJ [...]
eMazzanti Offers Four Methods to Reduce Downtime Risk for SMBs
January 10, 2012Blog post on SMB Nation A new article today from noted BDR company eMazzanti sheds light on security concerns and best practices to help SMBs keep their uptime high. The article, titled “When Times Are Tough, There’s No Room for Risk” highlights 4 ways SMBs can avoid potentially disastrous situations. Jennifer Mazzanti, President of eMazzanti [...]
Back to Business and Talking Business
September 20, 2011Fall is here! It’s great! About Town loves cursing at cold mornings and having to wear extra layers. We got back to business last week. Lots of events. On Monday we watched the new Ibby’s Falafel cut its grand opening ribbon. Councilwoman Jennifer Giattino, who represents the city’s falafel district, was there. Also in attendance [...]
10 Years Later: 9/11 Changed The Lives And Businesses Of New York VARs
September 9, 2011By Scott Campbell, CRN It’s been 10 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a period that seems like it was both yesterday and long ago for many New Yorkers. Every day in the city there are reminders of the tragedy – “In Memoriam” car window stickers, the rising Freedom Tower near Ground Zero, [...]
HP partners blast tablet, PC decision, Autonomy buy
August 19, 2011The Hewlett-Packard partner channel is reeling from news that the company may sell or spin off its huge PC business and cut loose unprofitable products including the just-launched and much-hyped TouchPads. The blockbuster news, which leaked Thursday and was detailed later that day on Hewlett-Packard Co.’s third-quarter earnings call, was particularly painful to loyal HP [...]
SMBs Weigh Security Risks of Facebook, Social Networking
August 4, 2011By Stefanie Hoffman, CRN These days, small organizations with limited marketing dollars are faced with increasing pressure to open up their doors and enable access to sites such as Facebook, Twitter and other social networking tools. But with the increased publicity and access come untold privacy, productivity and security challenges. And while organizations in all [...]
Microsoft Windows Intune debuts as business cloud service
March 30, 2011Taking a step deeper into the cloud, Microsoft will start selling Windows and computer management as a cloud service for businesses. The service, Windows Intune, launches Wednesday in 35 countries at the Microsoft Management Summit, which started Monday in Las Vegas. Intune represents another evolutionary leap by Microsoft, taking the company from selling software in [...]
Multimedia Tours: Offering “360-Degree” Views of Your Company
March 30, 2011As soon as a prospective customer walks into the offices of eMazzanti Technologies, CEO Carl Mazzanti uses a multimedia approach to sell the capabilities and personal touch of the Hoboken, New Jersey networking firm. First, the prospect’s logo and name appear on a monitor in the firm’s welcome area. “It impresses customers and adds an [...]
Choosing Partner Programs: How Many? Which Ones?
March 3, 2011With so many choices in partner programs out there, how do you decide which to join and how many memberships make sense? Channel pros weigh in on choosing a vendor.
Hoboken IT Firm Honored Yet Again; Plus, Reasons To Get Off The Couch This Weekend
October 27, 2010Hoboken IT firm eMazzanti Technologies was just named a finalist in NY Enterprise Report magazine’s Small Business Awards competition in the customer service category, an honor that distinguishes it from among several hundred area companies that the publication considered. This is hardly the first time the firm has been recognized; the magazine also named them [...]
Microsoft’s Data as a Service offering, code-named Dallas, on tap
April 21, 2010Microsoft’s latest cloud computing onslaught is a nascent “Data as a Service” offering launched this week at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. From his keynote perch, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie urged attendees to keep information in mind when they develop cloud computing apps. Microsoft’s proposed data service, code-named Dallas, aggregates reams of [...]
Windows 7 Makes Old XP PCs Feel New Again – Says Microsoft – Softpedia
April 21, 2010Upgrading to the resource hog that was Windows Vista meant that home and business users alike also required a hardware upgrade. The fact that Vista required quite expensive new hardware in order to run at a level of performance equivalent to Windows XP’s turned customers away from the new platform, and kept the share of [...]
Мировая премьера Windows 7
April 21, 201022 октября состоялось одно из самых ожидаемых событий этой осени – корпорация Microsoft официально представила Windows 7 и объявила о начале продаж коробочных версий “семёрки” и компьютеров с предустановленной версией новой операционной системы. Торжества по этому случаю прошли в крупнейших мировых столицах, а мероприятием в Нью-Йорке руководил лично генеральный директор софтверного гиганта Стив Балмер. Событие, [...]
How Hard Will Windows Server 2008 Rock The Channel?
April 21, 2010It has been nearly five full years since Windows Server 2003 was released to manufacturing, and the channel natives are getting restless. But the Windows Server 2008 RTM is almost here, and there’s a palpable air of excitement and enthusiasm among VARs over the myriad improvements Microsoft has baked into the OS. But while solution [...]
All together now – Jennifer and Carl team with WatchGuard on case study
April 21, 2010I like it when friends play nice. Such is the case with Jennifer and Carl Mazzanti teamed with our mutual friends at WatchGuard to produce a computer security case study. This cooperation really embodies the spirit of James Kernan’s speech at SMB Nation Fall 2009 on how to work with vendors. It reflects a certain [...]
Symantec To Add Hosted Services, Hand Consulting To Partners
April 14, 2010Symantec (NSDQ:SYMC) has plans major changes in its services strategy by adding more hosted security offerings, while announcing a roadmap for partners to take the lead on its consulting business. Symantec executives said Tuesday during its Vision 2010 conference in Las Vegas that the company has designs to enhance its hosted service business to include [...]
IT Solutions Provider Boosts Productivity with More Efficient E-Mail Management
March 30, 2010When eMazzanti Technologies updated its IT environment with the Microsoft Office 2010 suites, its employees immediately began saving time and communicating more productively using enhanced features in Microsoft Outlook 2010. For example, employees can click on a contact in an e-mail message to bring up the contact’s information and pin it to their desktop for [...]
Hudson Reporter – Hoboken Briefs
February 14, 2010Watch City Council live The Hoboken City Council will continue their budget hearings with directors on Saturday, Feb. 13 beginning at 9:30 a.m. They will conduct their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in City Hall, but residents can watch the meeting live on www.hudsonreporter.com and comment on the action. Council [...]
HOBOKEN BRIEFS
February 14, 2010Watch City Council live The Hoboken City Council will continue their budget hearings with directors on Saturday, Feb. 13 beginning at 9:30 a.m. They will conduct their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. in City Hall, but residents can watch the meeting live on www.hudsonreporter.com and comment on the action. Council [...]
Can Windows 7 Maintain Its Momentum?
February 2, 2010At a time when most of the country is grappling with the winter blues, Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) is counting the proceeds from Windows 7 sales and basking in the glow of some long-awaited good news. But while consumers are gravitating to Windows 7 en masse, businesses haven’t yet shown an inclination to do the same. Even [...]
eMazzanti Technologies Customer — Andover Regional Schools — Counts on Smart Security Solutions in New Video Case Study
December 31, 2009Video captures how eMazzanti security solutions protects children, delivers reliable access and saves money for northeast U.S. school district A new video describing how eMazzanti Technologies helped Andover Regional Schools solve network security, reliability and budget issues is now viewable at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buB8a0eyoLQ. The video chronicles the lessons Andover learned about solving some of its most [...]
Congratulations to MCC Members!
December 22, 2009MCC congratulates MCC Silver Partner Microsoft, MCC Corporate Member Kimpton Hotels, MCC Corporate Member Friedman, MCC Corporate Member Anchin, Block & Anchin, MCC Corporate Member Eisner and MCC Member Skanska for making the Crain’s list of Best Places to Work in NYC! (December 7) Blane Charles, who opened the design and wellness consultancy Beau-T by Blane, was quoted in the October [...]
Windows 7 Makes Old XP PCs Feel New Again
December 21, 2009Upgrading to the resource hog that was Windows Vista meant that home and business users alike also required a hardware upgrade. The fact that Vista required quite expensive new hardware in order to run at a level of performance equivalent to Windows XP’s turned customers away from the new platform, and kept the share [...]
Windows 7 Makes Old XP PCs Feel New Again – Says Microsoft – Softpedia
December 21, 2009Upgrading to the resource hog that was Windows Vista meant that home and business users alike also required a hardware upgrade. The fact that Vista required quite expensive new hardware in order to run at a level of performance equivalent to Windows XP’s turned customers away from the new platform, and kept the share of [...]
Creative Suite 2
December 20, 2009Still that’s creative suite 2 thinking: ideally the deal should be offered until Windows 8 starts hitting retail shelves. The Windows 7 Family Pack offer is an excellent deal as households tend to have multiple Windows PCs. For this reason alone it should be a permanent deal. A month and a half past the Windows [...]
IT Consultancy Discusses Windows 7 Professional for Small and Midsize Businesses
December 18, 2009A month and a half past the Windows 7 launch we caught up with one of our Windows 7 partners, Carl Mazzanti, CEO for eMazzanti Technologies, to hear how small and midsize businesses are benefitting from Windows 7. For more information on how small and midsize businesses are deploying Windows 7, check out this PressPass story [...]
IT Consultancy Discusses Windows 7 Professional for Small and Midsize Businesses
December 18, 2009A month and a half past the Windows 7 launch we caught up with one of our Windows 7 partners, Carl Mazzanti, CEO for eMazzanti Technologies, to hear how small and midsize businesses are benefitting from Windows 7. For more information on how small and midsize businesses are deploying Windows 7, check out this PressPass [...]
Small and Midsize Firms Speed Operations With Windows 7 Professional
December 18, 2009GameWear Inc. is one of many small and midsize businesses already realizing cost savings and productivity improvements with Windows 7. REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 18, 2009 — Walk into Frank Cerullo’s office, a stone’s throw from the Hudson River in Hoboken, N.J., and you might think you’ve encountered the ultimate sports fanatic. Logos of every [...]
Small and Midsize Firms Speed Operations With Windows 7 Professional | Microsoft Corporation
December 18, 2009REDMOND, Wash. — Dec. 18, 2009 — Walk into Frank Cerullo’s office, a stone’s throw from the Hudson River in Hoboken, N.J., and you might think you’ve encountered the ultimate sports fanatic. Logos of every major league team adorn the walls of GameWear Inc., Cerullo’s booming business. The company sells team-branded bracelets, necklaces, key chains, and [...]
Final Video in “How to Make Money with Google” Series Summarizes Revenue Opportunity
December 14, 2009Arnold explains that each time Google introduces a new product or application, that product produces a “shockwave” that spreads opportunity throughout multiple business sectors such as telecommunications, the enterprise software industry and publishing, among others. Louisville, KY December 13, 2009 — The final video of the six-video series called “How to Make Money with Google” [...]
Partner News Podcast: 2009 IT channel year in review
December 2, 2009In this edition of the Partner News Podcast, Barbara Darrow discusses hot channel topics of 2009, including Windows 7 opportunities and cloud computing, with Carl Mazzanti, CEO of eMazzanti Technologies. Mazzanti sees both the new Windows client operating system and the cloud as topics that will dominate in 2010 as well.
Partner News Podcast: 2009 IT channel year in review
December 2, 2009In this edition of the Partner News Podcast, Barbara Darrow discusses hot channel topics of 2009, including Windows 7 opportunities and cloud computing, with Carl Mazzanti, CEO of eMazzanti Technologies. Mazzanti sees both the new Windows client operating system and the cloud as topics that will dominate in 2010 as well.
Microsoft’s Data as a Service offering, code-named Dallas, on tap
November 17, 2009Microsoft’s latest cloud computing onslaught is a nascent “Data as a Service” offering launched this week at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. From his keynote perch, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie urged attendees to keep information in mind when they develop cloud computing apps. Microsoft’s proposed data service, code-named Dallas, aggregates reams [...]
Microsoft’s Data as a Service Offering, Code-Named Dallas, On Tap
November 17, 2009From his keynote perch, Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie urged attendees to keep information in mind when they develop cloud computing apps. Microsoft’s proposed data service, code-named Dallas, aggregates reams of public data and will make it available by subscription so that it can be parsed, reconfigured and displayed as needed and incorporated in other applications.
eMazzanti Technologies Enhances Document Handling and Searches for Law Firm Using Windows 7
November 10, 2009Hoboken, N.J. (PRWEB) November 10, 2009 — Like most law firms, Flowers and O’Brien Law (FNO) is awash in documents. Looking for ways to better handle them in terms of searching, finding and analyzing, FNO turns to eMazzanti Technologies for its consultation. Though it’s not surprising it has an abundance of paperwork, it’s the form [...]
Return of FLP Funding Program Warmly Welcomed by FLP Partners
November 3, 2009The availability of the FLP Market Development Funds was enthusiastically received by the community of FLP partners. Since last month’s announcement, more than 30 partners have already applied. The funds enable you to run sales and marketing campaigns, do events and more. With the vast array of new HP PC and server products available in [...]
Microsoft Azure’s new Eclipse tie-ins reassure partners
October 29, 2009Microsoft’s latest move to bring non-Windows developers and VARs into the Azure fold is winning praise from Microsoft shops and even some Windows bashers as well. This week the company said that two proxies — “open source” companies Tasktop Technologies and Soyatec — will work on various plug-ins and add-ons to bring users of the [...]
Microsoft Azure’s New Eclipse Tie-ins Reassure Partners
October 29, 2009Microsoft’s latest move to bring non-Windows developers and VARs into the Azure fold is winning praise from Microsoft shops and even some Windows bashers as well. This week the company said that two proxies — “open source” companies Tasktop Technologies and Soyatec — will work on various plug-ins and add-ons to bring users of the Eclipse [...]
eMazzanti Technologies and Customers Take Center-Stage at NYC Microsoft Windows 7 Launch Event
October 28, 2009Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) October 27, 2009 — When Microsoft launches a new operating system, the world watches and takes note. eMazzanti Technologies and three of its premier small business customers – GameWear, Flowers & O’Brien, Dewey Pegno and Kramarsky – had the spotlight on them as well. They were honored with an exclusive invitation to participate in the international launch event for Windows 7 held in New York City, October 22. The event was hosted by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.
Microsoft Targets SMBs In Windows 7 Full-Court Press
October 27, 2009Many SMBs are more concerned with keeping the lights on these days than they are about deploying Windows 7. But Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) wants SMBs to know that moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 will yield immediate productivity benefits that quickly translate into cost savings. At a press event in New York last week held [...]
Microsoft Targets SMBs In Windows 7 Full-Court Press
October 27, 2009Many SMBs are more concerned with keeping the lights on these days than they are about deploying Windows 7. But Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) wants SMBs to know that moving from Windows XP to Windows 7 will yield immediate productivity benefits that quickly translate into cost savings.At a press event in New York last week held in conjunction with the [...]
All together now – Jennifer and Carl team with WatchGuard on case study
October 20, 2009I like it when friends play nice. Such is the case with Jennifer and Carl Mazzanti teamed with our mutual friends at WatchGuard to produce a computer security case study. This cooperation really embodies the spirit of James Kernan’s speech at SMB Nation Fall 2009 on how to work with vendors. It reflects a certain [...]
Virtual Desktops: Dumber is Better
October 20, 2009The traditional desktop PC computing model is an endangered species, at least in the corporate world. Desktops are expensive ― Gartner estimates that the annual cost of a typical desktop installation runs from $4,000 to $6,000 a year. Maintenance is a chore and security is a constant nag. And, by most measures, the user experience [...]
How to use Twitter for Business – SMB style!
October 19, 2009Fellow SMB consultants and channel partners all ask the same question – how can I use Twitter for business purposes. Sure cheering for your favorite college football team is fun on the weekend via TWEETS. But where is the “there there” in business with Twitter. I have asked the same questions.After hearing Dan Hollings at [...]
eMazzanti Technologies Eighth Anniversary Captures New Jersey Governor’s Attention
October 13, 2009Wow – it’s always great to have a good friend succeed! This is an especially heartfelt post about my good friends Carl And Jennifer Mazzanti winning well-deserved recognition from the NJ Guv! The Mazzanti’s are long-time SMB Nation attendees and are often featured in Microsoft case studies and advertisements. Recently I featured this firm, eMazzanti, [...]
Wall Street Journal | Firms Fight Slump With Pro Bono Work
September 1, 2009Pro Bono Work Helps Firms Fight Economic Slump Some small businesses are following the recession playbook of the unemployed. Just as many laid-off workers are volunteering more to fill up their free time and enhance their résumés, small-business owners and their employees are doing more pro bono services or volunteer work as a marketing and [...]
M5 Networks Announces Prestigious Partner of the Year Award Winner eMazzanti Technologies for …
August 4, 2009NEW YORK, NY (August 4, 2009) M5 Networks, Inc., leader in hosted VoIP technology, announces the prestigious Partner of the Year Award Winner eMazzanti Technologies for the New Jersey Region. eMazzanti delivers innovative and cost-effective computer networking solutions utilizing M5’s VoIP phone systems based on a platform of mutual customers. For nearly a decade, eMazzanti [...]
VARs eyeing cloud computing weigh Azure vs. Amazon Web Services
July 21, 2009By Barbara Darrow, Senior News Director Partners willing to make the leap into cloud computing can now start looking at the Microsoft Azure vs. Amazon Web Services options. Last week, Microsoft disclosed its pricing model for Azure services, which the company has promised to bring online by year’s end. And while a Microsoft exec backed [...]
eMazzanti Featured in Planar Blog
July 21, 2009eMazzanti Technologies, computer network solutions provider based in Hoboken, NJ chose Planar’s PT1710MX 17″ economical resistive touchscreen LCD for the Bergen County Camera POS system installation based on the Windows® 7 operating system platform. Case study link is below. Watch for the PT1710MX starting at 1.24.
Microsoft partners ponder Azure pricing complexities
July 14, 2009By Barbara Darrow, Senior News Director NEW ORLEANS — Some VARs want to kick the tires of Microsoft-hosted Azure cloud services, but they need to sort out a bewildering array of price details. "This is more complicated than trying to figure out the per-packet cost of my mobile wireless service," said Rand Morimoto, CEO of [...]
eMazzanti Technologies Wins Grand Prize
July 7, 2009by Stephen Kersey Microsoft recently held a “Driving Small Business Success” challenge. The grand prize winner was eMazzanti Technologies for their work in the computer networking technology field. eMazzanti Technologies utilizes intelligent technology products to give companies strategies and ideas for growth. With an aim to provide superior customer service, limit risk, lower costs and [...]
eMazzanti Technologies Bags Microsoft Award for Fifth Time
July 6, 2009It has come to the knowledge that eMazzanti Technologies, foremost leader in computer networking technology and acclaimed service provider of computer network solutions for growing businesses from initial setup to ongoing support and management, has been selected by Microsoft and hence it has become the grand prize winner in Microsoft’s “Driving Small Business Success” challenge. [...]
eMazzanti Technologies Selected as Grand Prize Winner in Microsoft’s Driving Small Business Challenge
July 6, 2009Hoboken, NJ (PRWEB) July 6, 2009 — Today, eMazzanti Technologies, a leader in computer networking technology, announces its selection by Microsoft as the grand prize winner in Microsoft’s “Driving Small Business Success” challenge. In recognition for eMazzanti’s selection as the best customer success story submission, eMazzanti was awarded the Grand Prize. As the grand prize [...]
New OS Provides More Speed and Layers of Defense for Web Security Firm
June 24, 2009Situation As a web security firm, MXINSPECT is ultimately selling trust. “Companies are becoming increasingly sensitive to online threats—viruses, spam and malware,” noted Jennifer Shine, MXINSPECT CTO. “We’re there to address threats before they cause problems. People pay us to work out the details.” The managed service that MX offers has evolved to include a [...]
New OS Provides More Speed and Layers of Defense for Web Security Firm Situation
June 24, 2009As a web security firm, MXINSPECT is ultimately selling trust. “Companies are becoming increasingly sensitive to online threats—viruses, spam and malware,” noted Jennifer Shine, MXINSPECT CTO. “We’re there to address threats before they cause problems. People pay us to work out the details.” The managed service that MX offers has evolved to include a mobile [...]
VARs tweet, meet up to drive business
June 2, 2009By Lauren Kelly, Contributor Five years ago, it would have sounded absurd that something called a tweet could be a powerful marketing tool. But, sites like Twitter — home of the aforementioned tweets — Facebook and LinkedIn have proven to be valuable to businesses. "One of the biggest benefits is exposure. [Social networking] is [...]
eMazzanti in varvid Interview
May 1, 2009Carl Mazzanti at SMB Nation was interviewed by Trade Press Varvid by Aaron Booker about eCare Network Management Services and the firms stellar growth.
SMB Startups Save The World!
April 28, 2009In the Hindu religion, a cow is your mother. That’s why the cow has a revered place in countries like India where cattle belong to an uber-caste and travel freely with little fear of harm. Mothers are also the source of babies, which leads to population growth and more consumers consuming! Necessity is the “Mother [...]
CRN | Microsoft Partners Not Panicking Over Earnings
April 24, 2009By Kevin McLaughlin, ChannelWeb 7:48 PM EDT Fri. Apr. 24, 2009 Hammered by weakness in the PC and server industries, Microsoft this week stumbled to its first-ever year-on-year quarterly revenue decline. But Microsoft partners are confident that when viewed through the lens of time, this will come to be seen as an aberration resulting from [...]
eMazzanti the Feature of a Microsoft Advertisement in SMB Nation
March 27, 2009Hoboken, NJ, USA — March 27, 2009 — eMazzanti Technologies’ Microsoft Vista Case Study was featured in a Microsoft Advertisement in SMB Nation. While eMazzanti is recognized as one of the 30 Top VARs of Microsoft from Delaware to Main, the selection of eMazzanti for Microsoft’s advertising campaigns is one strong affirmation of how eMazzanti’s [...]
WatchGuard Takes Best Vendor Honors in Security by Business Solutions Magazine
February 2, 2009WatchGuard Takes Best Vendor Honors in Security by Business Solutions Magazine Channel Partners Laud WatchGuard for Best in Product Reliability, Product Features and Service/Support SEATTLE – January 21, 2008 – WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in extensible network security and connectivity solutions, today announced that Business Solutions Magazine, a leading channel publication, named WatchGuard as [...]
Litigation Shop Finds It ‘MakesSense’ to Outsource Tech Needs
January 9, 2009Litigation Shop Finds It ‘MakesSense’ to Outsource Tech Needs By Thomas Adcock January 09, 2009 Because he prefers lawyering to being a one-man geek squad, Stephen M. Kramarsky assigned the latter role to a husband-wife team who in turn built a computer network for the 10 attorneys of Dewey Pegno & Kramarsky that functionally rivals [...]
ARC: Symantec’s Channel Troubles ‘No Surprise’
October 17, 2008ARC: Symantec’s Channel Troubles ‘No Surprise’ By Stefanie Hoffman, ChannelWeb From the October 17, 2008 issue of VARBusiness Following a year of disappointments that ranged from global layoffs to systemic problems in renewal and support to partner disenchantment, Symantec (NSDQ:SYMC) Corp. recently faced yet another. The Cupertino, Calif.-based security giant’s 2008 VARBusiness Annual Report Card [...]
Consumer technologies in business clothes mean partner opportunity
September 15, 2008Consumer technologies in business clothes mean partner opportunity By Alice LaPlante, Contributor 15 Sep 2008 | SearchITChannel.com Smartphones with cameras and global positioning systems (GPS) built in. Handheld audio and video players. USB thumb drives. Instant messaging (IM). Social networking sites and tools. What do these things have in common? They’re all technologies that were [...]
WatchGuard Reports Top 10 Network Security Threats to Small and Medium Sized Businesses
September 9, 2008Social Media Release: WatchGuard Reports Top 10 Network Security Threats to Small and Medium Sized Businesses SEATTLE – September 09, 2008 — WatchGuard Technologies Highlights / News Facts: Unlike large enterprise organizations, small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) face multiple security threats with often limited resources to protect assets, data and customer information. WatchGuard Technologies’ research identifies [...]
Microsoft Tech ‘Gurus’ To Hone Windows Retail Pitch
September 5, 2008Microsoft Tech ‘Gurus’ To Hone Windows Retail Pitch Posted by Kevin McLaughlin September 05, 2008 As part of its $300 million brand resuscitation advertising campaign, Microsoft this holiday season will send legions of Microsoft ‘gurus’ into retail stores such as Circuit City and Best Buy. The gurus’ task: To help buyers make informed PC purchasing [...]
Microsoft Tech ‘Gurus’ To Hone Windows Retail Pitch
September 5, 2008As part of its $300 million brand resuscitation advertising campaign, Microsoft this holiday season will send legions of Microsoft ‘gurus’ into retail stores such as Circuit City and Best Buy.The gurus’ task: To help buyers make informed PC purchasing decisions, and to also explain the nuances of the complex and intricate snowflake that is Windows. “We [...]
Connections & Compliance: Retailer Finds Perfect Fit
July 3, 2008A Case Study in Network Security “We have some people, including myself, who work remotely. No matter where we are, as long as we have our laptops, with the WatchGuard appliance we can VPN right in. It’s very easy for us all to connect securely and have access to the company. Plus, it’s more secure than using GoToMyPC. I’m comfortable [...]
ZDNET | What’s in a name? For LimeLeap, apparently, a whole lot
June 1, 2008Posted by Heather Clancy @ 7:38 am Someone asked me the other day if I thought IT solutionproviders (what you might call a reseller, VAR or systemsintegrator) could build a reasonable branding message aroundgreen tech or environmental issues. While I haven’t seen a whole lot of these companies do anything publicly, two jumped to mind [...]
Good Migrations: How To Move To Windows Server 2008
March 24, 2008Good Migrations: How To Move To Windows Server 2008 From the March 24, 2008 issue of TechBuilder All right, let’s get this out of the way: server migration of any kind is fraught with the potential for headaches, trial and error, incompatibilities and worse. Expect the same when migrating environments to Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT)’s just-launched Windows [...]
WatchGuard identifie le top 10 des menaces liées à la sécurité réseau des PME
February 10, 2008Watchguard Technologies, fournisseur global de solutions de sécurité réseau, a recherché et identifié les 10 principales menaces liées à la sécurité informatique des PME.Contrairement aux grandes entreprises, les PME sont confrontées à de multiples menaces liées à leur sécurité informatique, et elles disposent souvent de ressources limitées pour protéger leurs actifs, données et informations clients.« [...]
CRN – How Hard Will Windows Server 2008 Rock?
January 23, 2008CARL MAZZANTI CEO of eMazzanti Technologies, a Hoboken, N.J.- based solution provider Server Core in Windows 2008 is the answer to branch office authentication and system security our customers have been requesting for years. We now have a means to secure branch office locations and still offer all of the tools one would expect at [...]
Tech Watch: Desktop Virtualization Movement Creeping Into Customer Sites
November 28, 2007Desktop virtualization solutions will get more real in 2008, as businesses seek tighter control of client technology resources while simultaneously offering more flexibility to their employees and business partners about when and where they work. In the simplest terms, desktop virtualization refers to the practice of isolating the operating system software from the underlying hardware. [...]
Tech Watch: Desktop Virtualization Movement Creeping Into Customer Sites
November 28, 2007Desktop virtualization solutions will get more real in 2008, as businesses seek tighter control of client technology resources while simultaneously offering more flexibility to their employees and business partners about when and where they work. In the simplest terms, desktop virtualization refers to the practice of isolating the operating system software from the underlying hardware. [...]
Clean up Your Act | Entrepreneur Magazine
October 6, 2007By Heather Clancy Here’s conflicting hype about technology’s impact on the environment, but one thing is certain: There are simple ways tech-savvy entrepreneurs can improve their green credentials. Westwood, New Jersey-based Bergen County Camera, for example, improved energy efficiency 70 percent by swapping floodlights for compact fluorescent light bulbs, replacing three air-conditioning units and investing [...]
CMP Channel Network | Partners: Microsoft’s Small Business Strategy Needs Clarity
October 5, 2007By Kevin McLaughlin, CMP Channel More than two years after Microsoft launched its Small Business Specialist Community, the vendor says it has seen a steady stream of solution providers come on board. But some partners feel that from a channel standpoint, the program to date has been heavy on form, and light on substance. Last [...]
MICROSOFT Certified Professional Magazine Feature Article | Uneasy Courtship
October 1, 2007by Rich Freeman For years, Michael Corey has watched software giant Oracle Corp. studiously ignore companies that, like his, serve small and midsize businesses (SMBs). Corey is CEO of Charlestown, Mass.-based Gold Certified Partner Ntirety LLC, a provider of database administration services and a veteran Oracle reseller. “Historically, they’ve talked about partnering but not really [...]
How VARs Providing Small Business Services Can Become Trusted Advisors | TECHTARGET
August 7, 2007By Matt Donnelly, associate editor Most IT vendors have been flocking to the small business services market over the last two years, forcing the value-added resellers (VARs) in that market either to become trusted advisors to their customers or face replacement. In order to become trusted advisors, VARs have to keep up with the demands [...]
Some Symantec Partners At Risk of Losing Gold Status; Others Welcome Program Releveling | CRN
May 15, 2007By Kevin McLaughlin, CRN 2:07 PM EDT Thu. Mar. 15, 2007 April has traditionally been the month when Symantec and Veritas have evaluated contributions from channel partners and either raised or dropped them to new levels based on performance. This time around, under a unified channel program that is approaching its one-year anniversary, Symantec is [...]
darkREADING | Channel Best Sellers: Security
May 9, 2007Channel Best Sellers: Security Courtesy of CRN MARCH 9, 2007 | WatchGuard spent most of 2006 mired in uncertainty as rumors swirled it was shopping itself to private ownership. In July, rumor turned to reality as the vendor was acquired by private equity fund Francisco Partners. But despite WatchGuard’s struggles, the vendor was still able [...]
Being Green Is Within Your Power | CRN
April 26, 2007Heather Clancy THE BUZZ It being Earth Week or Earth Month and all, I’m actually surprised that more technology vendors haven’t been making a bigger deal out of their efforts to contribute to the green IT movement. But there have been more than a few press releases clogging my inbox, including a new report from [...]
The Client Side Of The Green Dialogue
April 3, 2007By Heather Clancy, CRN 11:11 AM EDT Tue. Apr. 03, 2007 Whether or not you think the environmental doomsayer “Goracle” Al Gore is just a big bag of wind on global warming, environmental issues continue to steal headlines and they WILL become a fact of life over the next few years for those selling technology [...]
Practice what you preach: Build your firm as a model for customer success | …
February 13, 2007By Jennifer Shine 13 Feb 2007 | SearchNetworkingChannel.com Jennifer Shine talks about the importance of investing in the products you’re working so hard to sell. Networking consultants with an intimate knowledge of their products from personal usage and experience are infinitely more believable than those without. COLUMN In a classic episode of “I Love Lucy” [...]
Tech Watch: Desktop virtualization movement creeping into customer sites
January 22, 2007January 22, 2007 IT vendors go green A focus on energy efficiency, recycling, refurbishment and other environmental initiatives is increasingly seen as good business. By Heather Clancy Whether or not you believe in global warming, get used to the color green. Jennifer Shine, president of eMazzanti Technologies, Hoboken, N.J., already has. Growing public awareness around [...]
IT Vendors Go Green
January 22, 2007A focus on energy efficiency, recycling, refurbishment and other environmental initiatives is increasingly seen as good business. Whether or not you believe in global warming, get used to the color green. Jennifer Shine, president of eMazzanti Technologies, Hoboken, N.J., already has. Growing public awareness around environmental issues is ready fuel for her sales and marketing [...]
Making The Connection | VARBusiness
December 18, 2006By Jennifer Shine From the December 18, 2006 VARBusiness The tech market is tough–it’s competitive and getting tighter and tighter. With news of mature markets and an approaching time of attrition in our industry, many VARs are being driven to isolationist policies. We build walls around our strategies; we keep tight-lipped about our business practices. [...]
Watchguard Brings UTM To Branch Offices | CRN
December 8, 2006Kevin McLaughlin Security vendor WatchGuard earlier this week added unified threat management (UTM) to its Firebox X Edge e-Series line of security appliances. Proxies inspect entire packets, opposed to just the headers, to ensure they’re appropriate protocols, which enables the appliance to block malicious code and protect against zero day threats Adding UTM to the [...]
eMazzanti selected for VAR Business Magazine’s VAR of the Year Award in Business Ingenuity | VARBusiness
November 24, 2006Staff, VARBusiness The three “I’s” of success are innovation, ingenuity and indomitability. The most successful solution providers are those who are pushing the boundaries of technical innovation in building holistic systems, devising and executing on business strategies and goals, and, of course, exhibiting sheer determination in propelling their businesses forward. Nearly 200 solution providers were [...]
Cultivating New Business | CRN
October 27, 2006Heather Clancy Exclusive research bears out the overwhelming anecdotal evidence: The percentage of solution providers’ revenue attributable to emerging technology vendors is on the rise. Close to 57 percent of the 476 solution providers responding to the first CRN Emerging Vendors Survey said they had added upstart vendors during the past 12 months. What’s more, [...]
eMazzanti Represented at NY Enterprise Report’s 2006 Best Practices Awards
October 23, 2006eMazzanti Technologies was represented as a finalist for the 2006 Best Practices Awards in Marketing at the New York Enterprise Report Awards Gala. Other represented in this category include : Marketing eMazzanti Technologies Diefendorf Kizmet Powered by Professionals Vital Marketing At the Networking Reception both Jennifer Shine and Carl Mazzanti were seemingly everywhere while they [...]
Wireless Data Solutions Provider Rings Up M5 and eMazzanti for Hosted VoIP Solution
October 10, 2006New York – M5 Networks, one of the country’s leading outsourced IP phone system providers, today announced that Saturn Wireless, a New Jersey-based company that provides solutions for companies seeking wireless data devices and applications, replaced its premises-based PBX with M5’s outsourced solution after moving to a new office. Saturn Wireless sought an outsourced VoIP [...]
eMazzanti Technologies Joins Symbio Technologies as its First Microsoft Gold Partner
September 25, 2006NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y., September 25, 2006 – Symbio Technologies, an innovator in server-centric computer networks that use environmentally-friendly, low-cost diskless thin clients as workstations, announced today that eMazzanti Technologies in has joined its worldwide network of authorized value-added resellers (VARs) as its first Microsoft Gold Certified Partner. Recognized by many of the industry’s foremost publications, [...]
Five Years After 9/11, Some N.Y. Businesses Thrive and Others Still Hurt | The Courier-Journal
September 11, 2006NEW YORK — Five years after the destruction of the World Trade Center, Evelyn Robb still worries about the future of her candy shop. The business, a block from where the twin towers stood, hasn’t recovered completely from the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Although eMazzanti struggled, it eventually won more customers, referrals from its [...]
Slow Road to 9/11 Return | The Washington Times
September 4, 2006By Joyce M. Rosenberg NEW YORK — Five years after the destruction of the World Trade Center, Evelyn Robb still worries about the future of her candy shop. The business, a block from where the twin towers stood, hasn’t recovered completely from the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The company managed to survive by helping [...]
CELEBRATION | The Hudson Reporter
September 3, 2006Rupert the Bear joins Carl Mazzanti (center-right) CEO of eMazzanti Technologies, in welcoming clients this past Wednesday, August 23rd at the Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. The event celebrated the Hoboken-based firm’s five year anniversary which specializes in business network consulting.
Column: Post-9/11, Local Shops Fight on | The New York Times
August 30, 2006Five years after the destruction of the World Trade Center, Evelyn Robb is still worried about the future of her candy shop. The business, located just a block from the site of the twin towers, hasn’t recovered completely from the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. “It’s not going to change for many, many years,” said [...]
M5 Partner and Client Spotlight: Saturn Wireless | M5 Networks September Newsletter
August 29, 2006The Challenge: Based in New Jersey, Saturn Wireless is a one-stop shop for companies seeking wireless data devices and applications. When the company’s President and Owner, Manika Sood, decided to move corporate headquarters to a new location, she wanted to replace her existing premises-based PBX with an outsourced VoIP solution in order to enhance communications [...]
HP Promises Enterprise VARs 38 Percent Discounts On PC Blades | CRN
August 15, 2006Craig Zarley Hewlett-Packard is promising margins of up to 38 points on its PC blades beginning Nov. 1. “I never thought those words would come out of my mouth in the PC business,” said John Snaider, vice president of HP’s Personal Systems Group Americas for business PCs, who announced the hefty margins to solution providers [...]
Enough is Enough: The Delicate Art of Customer Contact | VAR Business
August 12, 2006Cristina McEachern Are you driving away customers? It’s a fine line between keeping up a solid relationship with your customers and potential leads and inundating them with sales calls and marketing materials that eventually annoy them so much they vow never to do business with you again. The customers have spoken and according to VARBusiness’ [...]
Intel’s Looking For A Whitebook Boost | CRN
August 11, 2006Kristen Kenedy Intel is hoping increased supply from original design manufacturers will help jump-start its fledgling whitebook program. “We are finally stocking clamshells [chassis] across all distributors,” said Steve Dallman, Intel’s director of Americas distribution and channel marketing. “It took longer to get ramped up than we thought.” Several system builders said thesupply in North [...]
WatchGuard Acquired By Private Equity Firm In $151 Million Deal | CRN
July 25, 2006Kevin McLaughlin Security vendor WatchGuard Tuesday announced it has agreed to be acquired by Francisco Partners, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based private equity fund, ending months of industry speculation about the struggling company’s future plans. The $151 million cash-only deal will net WatchGuard shareholders $4.25 per share and is expected to close during the fourth quarter, [...]
Technology Gems Shine At Intel Developer Forum | CRN
March 31, 2006The four days of the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco saw some technology gems strewn in among the many high-profile platform announcements. Among Intel’s expected preview of its new Core Microarchitecture were tidbits that promise significant enhancements to systems showing up next year. They included a flash memory addition to Intel’s next notebook platform, [...]
It’s Easier To Be Green | CRN
January 22, 2006By Heather Clancy, CRN 12:00 AM EST Mon. Jan. 22, 2007 From the January 22, 2007 CRN Whether or not you believe in global warming, get used to the color green. Jennifer Shine, president of eMazzanti Technologies, Hoboken, N.J., already has. Growing public awareness around environmental issues is ready fuel for her sales and marketing [...]
Employers Give Back by Hiring Katrina’s Evacuees | NNS
September 21, 2005At eMazzanti Technologies, a computer network consulting firm in Hoboken, N.J., new employees receive training to become certified within one year, co-owner Jennifer Shine said. She has talked to many hurricane survivors eager to move; they seem desperate for jobs. “Some of the cover letters are just incredible,” she said. “Over and over we read [...]
Intel To Detail Low-Watt, High-Performance Plan | CRN Magazine
August 22, 2005By Edward F. Moltzen & Steven Burke Intel is reducing the heat on system builders with a new processor road map that includes cooler, low-watt chips aimed at providing data-center energy savings and longer battery life to notebook systems. Intel CEO Paul Otellini this week at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) will take the wraps [...]
Seagate Drive Stores 30 Percent More | CRN Magazine
February 6, 2005By Kristen Kenedy Seagate Technology is increasing the capacity of its 2.5-inch hard drives to 160 Gbytes using a new technique called perpendicular recording. The new Momentus 5400.3 drive provides 30 percent more storage than previous Seagate products for notebooks without increasing its physical size, and capacities will continue to grow as the new [...]
HP Fortifies OpenView with Business-Level Insight | THE ADAPTIVE ENTERPRISE
June 14, 2004By Dan Neel For the first time in nearly a year, Hewlett-Packard is updating its Adaptive Enterprise vision with technology that is homegrown–not the by-product of an acquisition. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is adding business-level insight into IT functions and root-cause analysis of network behavior to its OpenView lineup. The new HP OpenView Business [...]
eMazzanti Gives All To Networks In Need | CRN Magazine
May 21, 2004By Matt Villano As small businesses invest in different technologies to secure their corporate networks, their owners are faced with a significant question: When do they hire a full-time IT staff? With the help of eMazzanti Technologies, the decision is easy. This Hoboken, N.J.-based solution provider prides itself on fulfilling the role of IT department [...]
Securing The Custom System | CRN Magazine
May 14, 2004By Dan Neel By all accounts, client security has become a hot topic, particularly with the growing use of wireless notebooks. For custom-system builders, integrating security technology such as smart cards, biometrics access devices, wireless hot-spot security solutions and even server-based custom security software code offers a timely opportunity to enhance margins and penetrate new [...]
Vendors, VARs Weigh In On Leads | CRN Magazine
May 7, 2004By Steven Burke Solution providers say vendor lead-generation programs are more often than not a waste of time. At the same time, vendors are generally dissatisfied with how their partners follow up on those leads. The findings came from two separate surveys by consulting firm Baptie & Co., presented at the recent Channel Focus event [...]
Intel Everywhere | CRN Magazine
March 12, 2004By Steven Burke Every few months, eMazzanti Technologies, a three-year-old security solution provider based in Hoboken, N.J., holds what it calls a BYON (build your own notebook) session in which it trains clients to build their own Intel Centrino notebooks. Jennifer Shine, director of marketing and business development at eMazzanti, came up with the idea [...]
eMazzanti B.A.D. Bowling Sponsorship | office insight Magazine
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B.A.D. Bowling Sponsor Day Event – 2nd Half of Season
October 1, 2002eMazzanti Technologies holds a sponsor day event for B.A.D. Bowling (Bowling for Architects and Designers) on January 12th 2004. In celebration of the day eMazzanti balloons were strewn across AMF Chelsea Piers, with technology giveaways and happy bowlers.
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