For 5th Straight Year, CMIT Solutions Earns World-Class Franchise Certification

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Confidential survey by Franchise Research Institute yields top ratings in support, communication, for only World-Class tech franchise For the fifth year in a row, CMIT Solutions has earned one of the most significant accolades you can get in the franchise industry. We’re talking about World-Class Franchise certification from the Franchise Research Institute. Every year, the [...]

How Three of CMIT’s Best Prove Importance of Women Who Own Tech Franchises

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Burnside, Bush, Kuppersmith again among women recognized in CRN magazine ‘Women of the Channel’ issue We’re happy to announce that for the second year in a row, three of CMIT Solutions’ franchise partners have made CRN magazine’s annual “Women of the Channel” list, the most prominent and prestigious roster of women in the IT sales [...]

CMIT Solutions Franchise Review: Dallas Stewart of CMIT Solutions of Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond, WA

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IT veteran converted 25 years of experience into trusting relationships with clients Dallas Stewart worked for a series of software companies before he went into business for himself through CMIT Solutions. His talent for building relationships has led to long-term, trust-based client interaction. One client was so grateful for his services, he wouldn’t let Dallas [...]

Business Monthly Taps CMIT Solutions Franchise Partner Tom Burtzlaff for Entrepreneurship Interview

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Winner of marketing award talks about advantages of owning a small tech business It’s been a pretty good year for CMIT Solutions of Columbia franchise partner Tom Burtzlaff. Tom, a longtime cosmetics industry executive who opened his CMIT location in 2010, earned our Marketing Leadership award in April for his commitment to helping fellow CMIT [...]

How Technology Franchise Opportunities Open With Mobility Risks to Small Businesses

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Managed service providers ‘can sell the benefits of proactive, remote management’ New technology usually springs ahead of efforts to make it safe for consumers, and mobility is no different. Mobile device security is on the minds of virtually every business owner and executive worried that a 6-year-old might accidentally erase critical data from a smartphone [...]

CMIT Solutions Franchise Review: Babar Farooqi of CMIT Solutions of The Plainfields and Warren, N.J.

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Pakistan native finds fulfilling career, work-life balance with CMIT Solutions franchise Babar Farooqi, a native of Pakistan, opened his CMIT Solutions office in a small town about 20 miles southwest of Newark off Interstate 78, in a state with 13 CMIT locations. Farooqi, an experienced programmer and executive, grew tired of endless acquisitions and long [...]

Why Managed IT Franchises Form Critical Backstop Against Cloud Computing Failure

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The cloud is indispensable but still prone to outages — and MSPs can reduce the risk We all know cloud computing is here to stay. It’s too easy to maintain, too flexible and too cheap to not use — especially for small business owners with data storage needs and functions that strain the average on-site [...]

CMIT Solutions Franchise Review: 2012 Franchise of the Year Winner Dave Minker of CMIT Solutions of Boston

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Longtime IT services franchise owner says great support from main office and fellow owners helped him thrive Dave Minker was a happy man when we spoke with him recently. He’d just come back from Lake Tahoe, the site of our annual CMIT convention, where he won the coveted Franchise of the Year award. The FOY [...]

An IT Support Franchise: A Good Bet For Today’s Entrepreneur?

Small businesses' average annual technology spending is on the rise. Source: CompTIA, 3rd Annual SMB IT Spending Trends Study.

Absolutely — an IT support franchise can capitalize on growing tech trends Is an IT support franchise the kind of business a smart, technology-oriented entrepreneur should consider? Without a doubt. Businesses rely more and more on increasingly complex technology that only a skilled, full-time, fully staffed IT department or an outsourced managed services provider can [...]

Why Are Computer Franchises On the Rise?

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Need grows for companies to outsource services for complex technology — and computer franchises meet the need Business owners everywhere are feeling the crunch of rapidly evolving technology and the need to manage it. For small and medium-sized business owners, it’s an especially tough challenge. They used to be able to manage with an employee [...]