Foster MacCallum, a privately held company providing channel development consulting services, today announced it has launched SCORE, a global online networking service for companies in the IT and communications sectors. SCORE is a Web-based portal that provides an independent eco-system where ISVs, VARs, systems integrators, consultants and distributors can find each other on demand and develop collaboration partnerships to fulfill customers' product and service requirements.
"We recognized the need for companies to promote themselves and find each other for the development of their businesses using cost effective social networking concepts," said George Dziedzic, CEO of Foster MacCallum. "As companies develop and grow, finding partners to increase their geographic coverage or address gaps in technology offerings on a short or longer term basis, becomes ever more important. SCORE's independent eco-system of more than 100,000 companies, provides a service where companies can profile their own businesses and find companies that match their specific needs. SCORE can be used to promote a company's products and services, so that others can find them, and also to help them find companies with specific products and services."
"We see this primarily being used by VARs, Consultants and Systems Integrators looking to partner with each other, whether that's on a project-by-project or longer term basis," Dziedzic says, adding that often, when these companies win larger contracts, they struggle to fulfill part of the deal themselves, either technologically or geographically, and this is where SCORE can help them. "Vendor partner eco-systems are limited because they only allow their partner companies to find other companies within that vendors' eco-system and not companies with alternative skills related to other vendors," Dziedzic says. "This service is totally independent and covers the spectrum of products and services and the companies that supply them."
Dziedzic says SCORE also has a range of other uses, such as helping vendors looking to find channel partners with certain skills, and also for companies on the acquisition trail. "This can be used as a preliminary screening tool for M&A projects and will give companies an initial level of due diligence," he adds.
SCORE membership is free, and when companies get matches to their needs search, they can download the company profiles for $350 each. Companies can upgrade to SCORE's Membership+ service, which costs $2,000 per year and includes 20 company profile downloads of their choice. Companies can join the SCORE service by going to http://www.score-fm.com/.
About Foster MacCallum International Ltd.
Foster MacCallum International Ltd. has been enabling IT and communications suppliers, their channel partners, and the investment community to build and manage productive business to business relationships since 2003. Foster MacCallum's objective channel development and recruiting methodology, combined with its SCORE Web Portal, (containing over 100,000 profiles of companies around the world), provides the basis on which quality Channel Partners can be identified and matched quickly and cost effectively. Foster MacCallum's experience and understanding of the channel, channel partners, and the needs of vendors such as IBM, SAP, Brocade, Apple, VMware, ACOM, BMC and Progress are all applied to ensure successful delivery of channel development projects. For more information please call +44 (0)1256 825830; e-mail
More than ever, there is a demand for IT to deliver innovation. Your IBM i has been an essential part of your business operations for years. However, your organization may struggle to maintain the current system and implement new projects. The thousands of customers we've worked with and surveyed state that expectations regarding the digital footprint and vision of the company are not aligned with the current IT environment.
TRY the one package that solves all your document design and printing challenges on all your platforms. Produce bar code labels, electronic forms, ad hoc reports, and RFID tags – without programming! MarkMagic is the only document design and print solution that combines report writing, WYSIWYG label and forms design, and conditional printing in one integrated product. Make sure your data survives when catastrophe hits. Request your trial now! Request Now.
Forms of ransomware has been around for over 30 years, and with more and more organizations suffering attacks each year, it continues to endure. What has made ransomware such a durable threat and what is the best way to combat it? In order to prevent ransomware, organizations must first understand how it works.
Disaster protection is vital to every business. Yet, it often consists of patched together procedures that are prone to error. From automatic backups to data encryption to media management, Robot automates the routine (yet often complex) tasks of iSeries backup and recovery, saving you time and money and making the process safer and more reliable. Automate your backups with the Robot Backup and Recovery Solution. Key features include:
Business users want new applications now. Market and regulatory pressures require faster application updates and delivery into production. Your IBM i developers may be approaching retirement, and you see no sure way to fill their positions with experienced developers. In addition, you may be caught between maintaining your existing applications and the uncertainty of moving to something new.
IT managers hoping to find new IBM i talent are discovering that the pool of experienced RPG programmers and operators or administrators with intimate knowledge of the operating system and the applications that run on it is small. This begs the question: How will you manage the platform that supports such a big part of your business? This guide offers strategies and software suggestions to help you plan IT staffing and resources and smooth the transition after your AS/400 talent retires. Read on to learn:
LATEST COMMENTS
MC Press Online