Inside This Issue: May 2008
   (*includes GovernmentVAR)

Cover Story: 2008 VARBusiness 500

Growth Engine
The elite solution providers, who together cleared more than $377.66 billion worldwide gross in 2007.

Search The VARBusiness 500
No. 1 to No. 500: they're all here, as are their facts and figures, their point people and their headquarters, listed for easy reference.

>> The Billion Dollar Club

>> Newcomers To The List

>> Fastest Growing VARBusiness 500 Companies


EDS: Top Level Performance
What does it take to stay at the top of the VARBusiness 500? Let's ask EDS CEO Ron Rittenmeyer--he seems to know.


Movin' On Up
Thin the VARBusiness 500 list doesn't change year to year? Meet some of the 113 companies who'd be happy to tell you otherwise.


It's Not Easy Being Big
What dinguishes the members of the billion-dollar club from those that haven't reached the threshold is a willingness to meet challenges and see solutions others don't.


The Technology Of The VARBusiness 500
The keys to success for tech-savvy VARs start with familiar terms: virtualization and VoIP.


Business In The Fast Lane
There are fast growth VARs. And then there are fast-growth VARBusiness 500 VARs--and there's always plenty of M&A in the channel.

All Together Now: Mergers And Acquistions
It's no secret that combining assets can be beneficial to VARs of all sizes--and there's always plenty of M&A in the channel.


The Economies Of Success
In an economic downturn, the channel stays healthy. Learn from a few VARs why that's the case.

Drill Down

Hero's Welcome
Meet the savvy VAR that works behind the scenes with Marvel Comics--handling licensing and the like for the movie "Iron Man" and other big league properties.

Let's Get It Together
If the big names in UC won't voluntarily collaborate, then VARs looking for custom solutions will have to improvise a bit.

>> UC: Striving, Thriving And A High Priority

Time To Get Cracking
If You're midsized and hesitant about 21st century infrastructure, you're already behind.

Tech Advantage

The Atom-ic Intel
Chip giant pushes into Internet device and ultramobile personal computer space.

>> Small Wonder

>> VAR Take: Joe Toste

System Builder

Grappling With Challenges Of Vista's Battery Life

GovernmentVAR: May 2008

Cover Story

Bye-Bye Boomers
VARs are finding new IT opportunities with the onset of baby boomer retirements.

>> Retirees Often Get Back To Work--At VARs

>> Booming Projects

Feature

The Perfect Storm
War, a weak Economy and the presidential election add up to uncertainity for VARs.

In Brief

GAO On E-Mail Management

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