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Recently, the Greenville, South Carolina-based managed services marketing firm ITG announced it had chosen PittStop Marketing to help run its marketing program.  

Adam Pittman, managing partner with PittStop Marketing expressed he is excited about the opportunity to work with the managed services marketing firm and hope to help with sales and marketing strategies as well as media and public relations efforts to help raise community awareness of the company.

Brian Irey, owner of ITG Networking stated that PittStop Marketing was chosen because of its logical approach and processes and track record for offering marketing consulting at a great value.

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Massachusetts-based provider of market intelligence, advisory services and other resources for the IT world IDC announced recently it would be releasing new 2008 guidelines for managing technology marketing and sales costs.  “IDC’s Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Market Intelligence Taxonomy 2008:  Guidelines for Cost Control and Resource Allocations” is available as a report to all IDC clients free of charge. 

Many experts feel that the slowing economy is going to cause IT professionals to have to curb technology marketing and sales costs.  IDC stresses that the best idea is for these companies to figure out how to more efficiently allocate resources. 

The new guide helps with resource planning, budgeting and cost control and can act as a resource for sales, technology marketing and finance executives that want to improve their fiscal management strategies.  The 2008 version of this regular publication is completely revised and expanded and has new definitions and tools based on market research over the past six years by IDC in collaboration with other IT industry leaders.

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During its recent TechSelect Partner Conference in Las Vegas, Tech Data Corporation announced some new managed services marketing initiatives.  Tech Data expanded its partnership with Advanced Technology Services (ATS) in order to provide more managed services to its VARs with access to the iTWatch™ Managed Services.  Now resellers can partner with ATS to use technicians that will perform installation of solutions, maintenance and repair services.  

In regards to managed services marketing, Tech Data stated it will offer VARs:

1.    Monitoring Services;

2.    Maintenance Services;

3.    Security Services;

4.    Support Services;

5.    Reporting Capabilities;

6.    Other Advanced Services.

Tech Data has been doing managed services marketing for several years, and has been in business since 1974.  The company currently works with over 100,000 customers globally in 100 different countries.  For more information on this story, visit the attached link.

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