It’s not exactly a hot newsflash that businesses are becoming much more conservative in terms of spending in light of the recession. In fact, one analyst has suggested it’s gotten so bad that even a service provider with “the greatest solution in the world” would face a tough sell with business customers at this point.
Of course, there are some obvious things service providers can offer business customers to try to appeal to them in this time of economic upheaval. And that includes emphasizing how their solutions can decrease businesses’ risk; and allow businesses to avoid or defer significant capital outlays via stuff like managed services, cloud computing offers and software-as-a service.
