{"id":4089,"date":"2006-01-04T18:53:51","date_gmt":"2006-01-04T18:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/e-commerce\/tech-data.html"},"modified":"2006-01-04T18:53:51","modified_gmt":"2006-01-04T18:53:51","slug":"tech-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.tmcnet.com\/blog\/rich-tehrani\/voip\/tech-data.html","title":{"rendered":"Tech Data"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<table height=\"45\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" width=\"95%\" background=\"http:\/\/www.techdata.com\/techsolutions\/telephony\/Images\/telephony_solid.gif\"><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><font size=\"2\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<p><!-- END BRANDING HERE --><!-- BEGIN E-MAIL COPY HERE --><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><u><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><u><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><u><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><u><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><u><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><u><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font size=\"2\">\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font size=\"2\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font size=\"2\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: \"><br \/><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">I will speaking at this Tech Data conference next week (I will just find any excuse to go to <state w:st=\"on\" \/><place w:st=\"on\" \/>Florida<\/place \/><\/state \/> in the winter \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The reseller opportunity in VoIP is huge and this is an area we focus on extensively at ITEXPO as well. If you can\u2019t wait for the Internet Telephony show be sure to come hear me speak next week on how you can make money in the VoIP market and where the future of VoIP lies.<\/p>\n<p>Interested resellers can contact Robert Pell at 800-237-8931 ext. 79284 or <a title=\"mailto:robert.pell@techdata.com\" href=\"mailto:robert.pell@techdata.com\"><span style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">robert.pell@techdata.com<\/span><\/a> to receive an invitation.<br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break\" \/><br style=\"mso-special-character: line-break\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/font><font size=\"2\"><strong>Telephony Solutions Workshop<\/strong><br \/><\/font><em><br \/><font size=\"2\">&#8230;for you and your customer!<br \/><\/font><\/em><br \/><font size=\"2\">Wednesday January 11, 2006<br \/>8:00am &#8211; 4:00pm<\/p>\n<p>Breakfast, lunch and free parking will be provided!<br \/><em>Arrive before 8am and double your chances to receive prizes!<\/em> <\/p>\n<p><\/font><font size=\"2\"><strong>The Fort Lauderdale Marriott North<br \/><\/strong>6650 North Andrews Avenue<br \/>Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309<\/p>\n<p>Speak with representatives of leading manufacturers of Voice over IP, Videoconferencing, and IP Telephony products. Participate in breakout sessions with hands-on demonstrations, and learn the benefits and financial rewards of these exciting technologies. In addition, you will meet your Tech Data Telephony team.<\/p>\n<p><em>You have the option to bring one of your customers along if you would like!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss Rich Tehrani, President and Group Editor-in-Chief of Technology Marketing Corporation, speak on the state of the industry. Tehrani is a respected communications technology expert specializing in various leading edge technologies, and he\u00a0is frequently quoted in newspapers and is a featured technology editor on Washington DC&#8217;s top-rated WMAL radio station. Tehrani holds a computer hardware and software engineering degree from the University of Connecticut and\u00a0frequently speaks at industry events, and also\u00a0has been appointed as a speaker at many user group meetings for companies such as Rockwell, Inter-Tel and Empirix. <\/p>\n<p><\/font><font size=\"2\"><strong>Do you want to know how to obtain credit from banks and suppliers?<br \/><\/strong>Jennifer Griffin, Tech Data Senior Credit\u00a0Manager has the secrets. <br \/>Jennifer will be presenting &quot;How to Keep From Getting Voted Off Credit Island&quot;. <\/p>\n<p><em>As a thank you from our sponsoring vendors and Tech Data, you will be entered to win great prizes !<\/em> <\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<div align=\"left\"><a title=\"https:\/\/www.regonline.com\/eventInfo.asp?MemberId=0&#038;JobId=1249923&#038;EventId=86399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regonline.com\/eventInfo.asp?MemberId=0&#038;JobId=1249923&#038;EventId=86399\"><font size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"https:\/\/www.regonline.com\/eventInfo.asp?MemberId=0&#038;JobId=1249923&#038;EventId=86399\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdata.com\/content\/emaildeals\/products\/rsvp.jpg\" nosend=\"1\" \/><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><font size=\"2\">Don&#8217;t miss out &#8211; space is limited!<\/p>\n<p><em>AGENDA:<span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt\"><\/span><\/em><\/font><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/span><font size=\"2\">\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table class=\"MsoNormalTable\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 297.4pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; mso-cellspacing: .7pt; mso-padding-alt: 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt 5.25pt; mso-border-insideh: 1.0pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: 1.0pt solid windowtext\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"397\" align=\"left\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 27.04%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"27%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">8:00 a.m.<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 72.26%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"72%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Registration and Continental Breakfast<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 1\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 27.04%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"27%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">8:30 a.m.<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 72.26%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"72%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Telephony Business Unit Advantages <br \/>Doug Ellingsworth, Tech Data Southeastern Territory Manager <\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 2\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 27.04%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"27%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">9:00 a.m. <\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 72.26%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"72%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">VoIP Presentation<br \/>Rich Tehrani, President of Technology Marketing Corporation<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 3\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 27.04%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"27%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">9:30 a.m. <\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 72.26%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"72%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Credit Presentation<br \/>Jennifer Griffin, Tech Data Senior Credit Manager<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 4\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 27.04%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"27%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">10:00 a.m.<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 72.26%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"72%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Hands on Demonstrations <br \/>(3Com, APC, Castelle, Cisco, Mitel, Nortel and Polycom)<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 5\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 27.04%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"27%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">12:25p.m.<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 72.26%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"72%\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Lunch<\/span><\/p>\n<p \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 6\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 27.04%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"27%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">1:10 p.m. <\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 72.26%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" valign=\"top\" width=\"72%\">\n<p><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Hands on Demonstrations <br \/>(3Com, APC, Castelle, Cisco, Mitel, Nortel and Polycom)<\/span><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><\/p>\n<p \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 7\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 27.04%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" width=\"27%\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">3:00 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p \/>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 72.26%; PADDING-TOP: 5.25pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent\" width=\"72%\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><place w:st=\"on\"><placename w:st=\"on\"><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Tech<\/span><\/placename><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"> <placename w:st=\"on\">Data<\/placename> <placename w:st=\"on\">Enterprise<\/placename> <placename w:st=\"on\">Solutions<\/placename> <placetype w:st=\"on\">Center<\/placetype><\/span><\/place><span style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"> Demonstration<br \/>Robert Pell, Tech Data Senior Vendor Product Representative<\/span><\/p>\n<p \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"mso-yfti-irow: 8; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes\">\n<td style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.25pt; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5.25pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; 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