Impact Networking

Impact Optimize Returns to Chicago in August

Lake Forest, IL (Jan. 13, 2022) — Impact Networking, a leading managed service provider (MSP), announced today the return of Impact Optimize on Thursday, Aug. 11 at Navy Pier in downtown Chicago. Impact Optimize is a thought leadership and educational event designed to help
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That’s a Wrap: 2021 Elite Dealers Reflect on Various Challenges as They Look Ahead

The year 2021 will be remembered for a myriad of reasons that run the gamut of reactions, part positive and negative, inspirational and disappointing, encouraging and frustrating. It was the best and worst on parade, but through it all, we endured and look ahead to 2022 in
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New Managed Security Services Provider DOT Security Offers Enterprise-Level Cybersecurity for Businesses of All Sizes

Mettawa, IL (Oct. 7, 2021) – DOT Security, a managed security service provider (MSSP), is on a mission to deliver advanced cybersecurity services for businesses of all sizes. As a result of the pandemic, thousands of organizations turned to remote work and hackers took advantage
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Impact Networking Attains Another Gold Competency in the Microsoft Partner Network

Lake Forest, IL (Oct. 18, 2021) — Impact Networking, a leading managed service provider (MSP), announced today that it has attained Gold competency in Data Analytics in the Microsoft Partner Network. This highly-coveted partnership level recognizes Impact Networking for its
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When it Comes to Pandemic, Not All Verticals Were Impacted Equally

This month’s State of the Industry report on vertical markets outlined many of the challenges facing specific market segments. From health care to hospitality, legal to manufacturing and education to government, dealers quickly discovered that a one-size-fits-all approach would
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M&A Roundup: Impact, Applied Imaging and Eakes Office Ring in New Year with Deals

The office technology dealership ushered in the new year with a trio of M&A deals, which continues the custom of waiting until after the holidays to reveal previously-closed transactions. The 2021 calendar year kicks off with two acquisitions and a partnership. On the latter
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Lone Star Dreams: Impact Networking Expands into Texas

Impact Networking, a leading managed service provider, is continuing to grow and expand with the announcement of a new Sales and Technology Showroom in Houston. For this southward expansion, Impact has partnered with industry veterans — and local Texans — Scott Copeland and Casey
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Molding Young Careers Translates into Success for Impact Networking Difference Maker Dan Meyer

When Dan Meyer graduated from Denison University with an economics degree in 1985, he knew very little about technology and even less about the office dealer industry. In fact, the only reason he landed his first job selling Savin copiers was that he knew someone who worked at a
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Future of Security: Dealers Wary as Bad Actors Evolve Infiltration Tactics

There may be no honor among thieves. And for those who deign to make it a career occupation, so to speak, changing the “rules” of the game is vital in order to remain two steps ahead of the white hat crowd hot on their trail. Certainly, netting big fish raises the visibility and
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Threat or Opportunity? COVID-19 Looms Large in Providing Security Solutions

Suffice to say, COVID-19 heaped an unplanned fire drill of sorts on the business community when it came to town in mid-March. Companies large and small mobilized, kitchen tables were converted into home offices, and potted plants in offices across the country wilted from the lack
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Dealers Travel an Endless Road in Providing Security Solutions

Take a deep breath and relax. Sure, that sounds like a good way to de-stress, right, particularly during this ulcer-inducing time. Everyone join in… Not so fast, there, security solutions providers. OK, so we tease, but the sad reality is that security currently, formerly,
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Using Security as a Point of Differentiation Among Managed IT Providers

Hardware, software and services are, at their very core, merely tools to enable an end-user to perform his/her vital functions. But dealers are not merely tool chests of the physical and virtual variety, and security solutions fall even farther outside the chest. But as security
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Talk to Me: Corporate Messaging Takes on Greater Meaning During Pandemic

Almost in the blink of an eye, everything changed. While it came as little surprise that companies would be shut down, given how the situation seemed to mushroom around the second week of March, the impact was nonetheless jarring. Welcome to COVID-19. Companies with on-site
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Coronavirus and Dealers: Challenges of Doing Business in COVID-19 Landscape

In the words of famed Monty Python trouper John Cleese, “And now for something completely different.” Last week, ENX Magazine announced it is publishing its May and June issues as a single publication, with plans to resume the normal editorial schedule for July. Ordinarily, we
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Dealers Talk Turkey About Digital Marketing Campaigns

Some of the most successful marketing campaigns employed in the corporate world feature integrated, multi-channel initiatives that entail digital and traditional touch points wrapped around a common theme and a call to action. From recruiting college prospects to raising money
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