What value does a VAR truly offer?

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Adrian Ringrose suggests that many resellers today do not add genuine value from the customer's perspective

Having worked in the commercial side of the IT industry for 12 years, and holding positions at organisations describing themselves as VARs, I have often been left wondering where the value is actua...

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