Category: IT Procurement Management

Expert: | John Noble
Posted: April 23, 2012

A rush order is stressful. But add a pending six-month military deployment, and the rush becomes even more significant. Still, for one military officer, responsible for IT procurement, a previous supplier simply didn’t understand — leaving [...] - Read More
Expert: | Topher Spinnato
Posted: April 11, 2012

Managing budgets is an essential function of any IT manager. In today’s economy, it can be an even greater challenge when a company doesn’t have much cash on hand and lenders have pulled back [...] - Read More
Expert: | Barrett Lamothe
Posted: March 13, 2012

As the Clock Ticked, MicroAge Tracked For this manufacturing client, MicroAge’s Barrett Lamothe has met its technology needs for more than a decade. As its primary IT supplier, MicroAge [...] - Read More
Expert: | Christopher Reinhard
Posted: March 2, 2012

MicroAge’s reach extends into diverse industry sectors and addresses specific future technology objectives. This is well demonstrated by MicroAge’s Chris Reinhard and his strategic [...] - Read More
Expert: | Judy Nerone
Posted: February 15, 2012

The recent decline of the auto industry meant displaced autoworkers who needed training. And for a Michigan-based job training organization, that signaled a need to expand, adding offices and purchasing equipment to aid in [...] - Read More
Expert: | Barrett Lamothe
Posted: February 2, 2012

For a global supplier of set-top boxes, DSL modems and cables, ensuring high-quality products is critical. MicroAge’s Barrett Lamothe not only helped this client procure essential hardware for testing [...] - Read More
Expert: | Chris Robinette | David Knowles
Posted: January 11, 2012

Natural disasters have profoundly negative consequences—most obvious are immediate human effects. Less obvious, but highly significant, is the impact on industry. Thailand, home to the manufacturing plants of many leading technology brands, is also [...] - Read More
Expert: | Barrett Lamothe
Posted: December 28, 2011

Growth in a company is both exciting and challenging. MicroAge’s Barrett Lamothe knows this—and strives to make the IT details of growth as easy as possible for his [...] - Read More
Expert: | Jimmie Buchanan
Posted: December 23, 2011

As an industry leader in online incentive management software tools and services worldwide, this client firm manages hundreds of incentive-based Websites for customers that include members of the Fortune 500. As a technology-driven business, [...] - Read More
Expert: | Sam Sarsam
Posted: December 17, 2011

For a government contractor trying to bring high-speed Internet to rural communities throughout a large state, having the right IT infrastructure in place is essential. “They wanted an efficient data center,” says Read More
Expert: | Stephen Bocknick
Posted: December 14, 2011

Combining High-Quality Notebooks with Stellar Customer Service With plans to order 250 PC laptops over the course of a year, a Midwestern law firm began with just 20. But when those notebooks proved to [...] - Read More
Expert: | Daniel Archer | Martha Banister
Posted: November 8, 2011

Over time, civil engineering fully encompasses communities—from constructing roads to homes, public venues to office buildings—its long-term impact reverberates in numerous ways. For this established civil engineering firm in the western United States, maintaining [...] - Read More
Expert: | Stephen Bocknick
Posted: November 3, 2011

When a large video equipment rental company needs specialty IT equipment for a unique job, who do they call? Steve Bocknick, a MicroAge solutions expert (and miracle [...] - Read More
Expert: | Ken Katz
Posted: October 26, 2011

Managing Information Technology Logistics The first Tuesday in November every four years can get a little chaotic. Only slightly less chaotic are the midterm, city, county and other elections throughout the political cycle. To [...] - Read More
Expert: | Rick Budd
Posted: October 25, 2011

Giving Voice to Customer Service For a large hospital system in the central United States, MicroAge has proven itself repeatedly as an exceptionally reliable service partner. Based on a longstanding relationship with Rick Budd, [...] - Read More
Expert: | Nick Jackson
Posted: October 20, 2011

Pre-Configuration Makes for Quick Deployment From presidential to congressional races, elections are far more than one-day affairs; they are the result of months of effort by political organizations to promote particular platforms. These promotional [...] - Read More
Expert: | Barrett Lamothe
Posted: September 23, 2011

Beating the Clock in Response Time Reliable data storage is a key component in any IT environment. Without it, an organization is left vulnerable and at enormous risk for a catastrophic business failure. It [...] - Read More
Expert: | Barrett Lamothe
Posted: May 4, 2011

One of the most vulnerable times for a company to suffer loss to theft or vandalism is during the construction of a new facility. Our soon-to-be client, the IT manager for a large, multi-state [...] - Read More