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This week we are going to talk with a VAR in California, discuss how he entered another area of IT to keep his business profitable during the current economic situation and ask him where he thinks the industry is headed. Part 3 of a 4 part series.<\/p>\n

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News and Comment segment 5:21<\/strong>
\nCircuit City announced that it would clear out all remaining inventory and close its stores by the end of March. <\/p>\n

Enter the Technibble contest and Win! We are giving away The Computer Business Kit<\/a> from Technibble<\/a> (a $49 value) FREE. Listen to this episode of The Force Field for your chance to win!<\/p>\n

Microsoft released Windows 7 beta<\/a> to the public January 9. Early reports say the beta is more stable than Vista SP1. Industry experts believe Microsoft could release Windows 7 to the market sooner than expected.<\/p>\n

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\nIn episode 29<\/a> we talked with Pat Palmer, heard how his business is doing well in spite of the economy and how he expects this trend to continue in the months and years to come. In episode 30<\/a> we talked with Kris Crispell and he told us the same thing. This week we wil talk with Crisantos Hajibrahim of Virus Woman<\/a> . He will tell us why he entered a new and growing area of the IT market to keep his business profitable, hear how he did it and find out how he is riding out the economic storm \u2013 in the cloud. You can view the video of his Google I\/O 2008 Presentation – Becoming a Google App Solution Provider<\/a> mentioned in the show. Part 3 of a four part series.<\/p>\n

Crisantos Hajibrahim Interview 16:26<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 4 Teaser :15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wrap up and Close :46<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comments, questions or suggestions? Send them in to comments@theforcefield.net. Feedback on this topic will be read by the host and included in future episodes of the show.<\/p>\n

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