In an industry of diverse, complex and short-lived technology products, efficient management of the vast and ever-changing sea of product information is critical to running a profitable channel business.

As e-catalogs become the platform of choice to market technology solutions, IT channel companies must provide comprehensive product content enabling buyers to make informed decisions, while ensuring the quality, usability and freshness of their data at an affordable cost.

CNET Channel answers those needs by offering a cost-effective means to getting the right information in your customer's hands right when they need it. We provide a single, constantly updated and impartial source of technology product information across multiple product categories, multiple vendors and multiple markets. Our industrial data production and maintenance processes transform unstructured vendor product data into standardized, flexible information that can be quickly and easily integrated into any e-commerce product database.

By offering outsourced e-business solutions prepackaged with this powerful content, we enable channel companies to sell IT products more effectively and to enhance margins through a reduced cost of both operations and sales.

CNET Channel Products Include:

DataSource™ Through our experience, expertise and global partnerships with major distributors and industry vendors, CNET Channel's DataSource solution provides the most complete catalog of product information in the world. In more than 140 categories ranging from notebooks and MP3 players – to network cards and dishwashers, DataSource maintains up-to-date product information on over 3.4MM SKUs – adding more than 70,000 each month. We also have an unmatched global presence, maintaining data in 13 languages and supporting online catalogs in 35 markets worldwide. Our product information is not only broad, but also deep – with over 100 attributes on hundreds of thousands of the most popular SKUs. NEW for SMBs: DataSource SMB	ChannelOnline™ ChannelOnline is a sales cycle automation solution that enables small to medium-sized VARs to improve customer service, sales productivity, and sourcing profitability. Instead of accessing multiple applications, websites, and documents, salespeople now have a single work environment for all steps in the sales process: researching products, creating quotes, sourcing, pricing, determining availability, confirming the order and integrating it all to the back-office. To ensure speed and accuracy, buyers use the same system to determine the best source to fulfill each order, leveraging constantly-updated product and pricing information from thousands of manufacturers and all major U.S. distributors. More than 3,000 VAR professionals rely on ChannelOnline each business day. * U.S. & Canada markets only.
Intelligent Cross-Sell™ Intelligent Cross-Sell is a Web service that helps retailers identify and cross-sell complementary products, such as the best accessories for a notebook computer. Intelligent Cross-Sell works like a good salesperson thinks: Is this accessory compatible? Is it by a featured manufacturer? Is it popular? Profitable? Retailers can target cross-sells by these and many other factors. Based on the targeting, Intelligent Cross-Sell selects, delivers, and measures the resulting cross-sells — allowing retailers to sell more by providing customers with better choices.  * North America market only.	PartnerAccess™ PartnerAccess enables manufacturers to utilize CNET Channel's distribution network to automate and streamline each step from content creation and launch through product content delivery and tracking. With PartnerAccess, manufacturers gain more control of product information communication and its utilization by channel partners — ultimately maximizing sales, expanding their reach to more channel partners and providing a better customer experience.
DataPaq™ DataPaq is a product content solution aimed at resellers, combining extensive CNET Channel product data with actionable pricing and procurement information from Tech Data. By implementing DataPaq, technology resellers can populate their Web sites, both internal and external, with complete product information covering Tech Data's entire catalog. DataPaq empowers consumers to build custom data sheets in order to make better-informed buying decisions.  * U.S. market only.	Memory Selector™ The industry's only multi-supplier memory configurator, CNET Channel's Memory Selector solution uses timely technical information on over 23,000 IT product models – referencing over 160,000 SKUs – to guide accurate and rapid selection of appropriate memory products for upgrade or configuration. Memory Selector enables volume sellers of memory components, such as distributors and specialist retailers, to optimize their sales process and generate the high volume orders required to offset tight margins.