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Welcome

Honesty, thy name is ITVerity. When it comes to making technology purchases, honesty and transparency is what users really want from vendors. Research confirms this and plenty of reports have been written about the benefits of vendor transparency.

Last month, we introduced you to our ITVerity evaluation program. ITVerity is all about vendor transparency—it’s an exciting new way to demonstrate your capabilities to potential customers and partners, and earn their trust and business. This month, we’re proud to announce the addition of Lynn Brewer, former Enron executive, also known as the “Enron Whistleblower”, to ITNetworks’ esteemed Board of Advisors. Lynn will be working closely with us to apply the final touches to our ITVerity program and to support our mission to transform the traditional IT evaluation process. Please join me in welcoming Lynn.

Thanks to all of our members as we embark on a great journey.

Onward!

Pascal Stolz
CEO & Co-Founder, ITNetworks

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What’s Hot at ITNetworks

Enron Whistleblower and Former CTO of Accenture Technology Infrastructure Services (ATIS) Join ITNetworks’ Board of Advisors. Industry Luminaries to Advance Company’s Mission to Transform IT Evaluation and Procurement Process. Read more.

Events & Adventures

Ziff Davis Channel Summit
Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 17

The Ziff Davis Enterprise Channel Summit is a one-of-a-kind, by-invitation-only conference at which solution providers will hear senior IT managers and business executives share their thoughts and insights on the technology trends shaping purchasing decisions in 2007.

Unlike industry conferences that are limited to industry insider issues, Channel Summit will provide attendees with advice on how to craft solutions that better anticipate the needs of their customers, thereby giving their companies a strategic edge. Click here to learn more.

ITPartnerPoint to Get New Name, Design

Last year, ITNetworks and PartnerPoint entered into a strategic partnership linking the largest partner web community outside of Microsoft with the premier online business network for connecting IT buyers and sellers.

Working together, we set out to create a central technology agnostic destination dubbed ITPartnerPoint. As we embarked on our journey, we learned that there was a need for the continuation of a Microsoft-centric ecosystem and, as such, to best serve our members, we elected to operate PartnerPoint and ITNetworks as two distinct entities.

With this new direction, ITNetworks will receive a complete redesign that will incorporate exciting web 2.0 capabilities for creating rich interaction among members and a better user experience. The new ITNetworks site will also offer new services and benefits including IT peer referral capabilities, the release of the ITVerity program and ITProMatch engine that will make it even easier for you to connect with qualified leads in cost-effective ways. In the meantime, PartnerPoint is also getting a fresh look. We're here to serve.

State of Technology: Business Software VARBusiness surveyed 254 small, midsize and large VARs to learn more about their current practices with - and future plans for - business applications. Read More

SAP Expands Capabilities of All-in-One SMB Applications

SAP is adding more than 60 best-practice applications to its All-in-One software for midsize companies in a move the vendor says expands opportunities for its channel partners. The new offerings also incorporate service-oriented architecture and other technology from the latest releases of SAP ERP and SAP's NetWeaver middleware. Read More

Ready to Transform the IT World?

Join Our Beta Program

ITNetworks conducted a focus group at the offices of PriceWaterhouseCoopers in London on August 8th, attended by existing ITNetworks members from ISVs, system integrators and IT consultancies. The sessions left ourselves, the members and PwC very enthused about the program. The pertinent points from the session:

The marketing professionals see the main benefits of the program as:

A way to differentiate themselves from the competition

A way to add extra value to their own marketing collateral

A way to compete on a more level playing field with larger companies

A way to enter into new territories as cultural differences are removed
The more "operations centric" participants viewed the program as a bona fide consulting exercise to identify holes in their current processes. One participant remarked: "This is like a manual in how to run an IT company."

IT Decision Makers - Feedback Worth Thousand of $$$$...

Over the last couple of months ITNetworks conducted many interviews and discussions with technology buyers and IT decision makers. The promise of our technology services is resonating perfectly with these audiences. The prospect of helping them better procure, reduce time, risk and costs means one thing for you: be ready to receive highly qualified leads...

These are the kind of leads that no other source will bring: "PULL" vs. "push" or buyers coming to you rather than responding to unqualified demand generation processes. There is a catch though. Resoundingly IT buyers agree:

GREAT PROFILES >> GREAT LEADS vs. POOR PROFILES >> POOR LEADS

To help you get the best leads we can deliver we analyzed your current profiles on ITNetworks... In most cases it is unfortunately not to the standards that our buyers have shared with us...

It's time to update your profiles.

Remember, great profiles = great leads.We'd like to suggest two opportunities: (a) log on today to your account and update your profile... it's easy, fast and free, or (b) we understand that time or people resources might be a constraint so reach out and let us help you. For just $300 we will update your company profiles. Log on or let our expert staff do the work for you today...

Get your teams "Trained and Ready"

ITNetworks is pleased to bring you unique resources and stellar references to providers that can help you deliver the training you need for your development teams. Being it open source technologies or specific vendor technologies, ITNetworks identified first class providers to help you with these needs. Check the schedules for the training topics referred below or go to the ITNetworks service page for more information.

Click on any course that would be of interest:

Back to Work .... Start the Year with a Stellar Team

An ITNetworks Special !!

ITNetworks teamed up with DHR Executive Search and JobPlex to help you recruit the hard to find IT talent you seek. With nearly 40 locations worldwide DHR is the fifth largest retained executive search firm in the United States and ranked #1 in global geographic coverage. DHR’s renowned consultants have a particular affinity for IT and not only will they find the rare individual you are looking for we will give you tremendous added value just for working with DHR.

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+ Market Development Funds.

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Maximize Reach with ITSearchEngine

FREE KEYWORD Sponsorship on ITSearchEngine!
Take advantage of the hottest new search engine to arrive on the IT scene. As a special t

hanks to our ITNetworks members for your patience with our site’s remodel, we invite you to select a keyword that best maps to your company’s offerings and receive additional reach and exposure through ITSearchEngine at NO CHARGE. It is our way of saying "Thank You" for your patronage.

To take advantage of this offer,

1. Complete your ITNetworks company and solution profiles.

2. Make sure to upload your logo

3. Send us your sponsored keyword

Check how it works: Go to www.itsearchengine.com, type "scheduling solution" in the search bar and see how your logo will appear on the "Search sponsored by" on the results page.

Getting the media's nod of approval

It may be one of your most powerful sales tools. Public relations creates market demand for your products and services, which will increase sales. When you read a review for a new product, you're seeing the direct results of public relations. With every mention in the press, you’re adding credibility to your company and creating interest about your company among viewers and listeners. Every PR program starts with a powerful press release. ITNetworks can help. Click here to take advantage of our wire2media PR services which allows you to reach over 80,000 tech writers around the world.

Open the Floodgates with a Perfect Case Study

A compelling case study can launch your business, or at the very least serve as a powerful pre-sales tool. It allows a prospective client to gain insight on how you can solve their problems “through the eyes of your customers.” In effect, you've been sanctioned by an objective third party. There’s nothing quite as powerful for giving credence to your claims. Click here to learn more (and tell them that Dag, our case study guru, sent you).

ITNetworks Marketing Services

Put your best foot forward with our IT marketing services by clicking here. Select from an array of writing services including case study, extend your market reach through advertising and carefully crafted media planning strategies and press release distribution services. We have teamed with best of class vendors to help you grow your business. Ask us about our advertising and sponsorship opportunities.

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