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Small Businesses Plan on Hiring in H2, Report Finds

July 22nd, 2010 | No Comments

Online job market site CareerBuilder releases the results of a survey of U.S. small businesses, which found nearly one-third of small businesses are planning to hire employees in the second half of 2010. – The latest survey from online human capital management company CareerBuilder found that small businesses plan to be hiring in the second half of 2010. Thirty-two percent of companies with 500 or fewer employees plan to add new employees in the months of July through December, the survey found, while…


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Ad Spending Among Small Businesses Rises in Q2, Report Finds

July 21st, 2010 | No Comments

Yahoo and Google have a lot to celebrate as cost-conscious businesses return to online advertising spending, according to The WebVisible Report: State of Small Business Online Advertising Q2 2010. – Small businesses continue to increase their search spending over
last year, while Yahoo drew some of that spend away from competitors
Google and Ask, according to the latest quarterly report from online
marketing WebVisible. The average small business advertiser spent
$2,231 on search advertisin…


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Mobile Search Important for Businesses, Survey Finds

July 8th, 2010 | No Comments

In a signal that cost-conscious businesses should adapt their business strategy to mobile-based developments, a survey by Compete finds smartphone users are increasingly turning to local search applications to enhance their lives. – Compete, a Kantar Media company, released the results of its
first-quarter 2010 Smartphone Intelligence survey, which showed major
movement in the use of local search, social networking and gaming on
smartphones. The quarterly survey provides behavioral and survey-based
insights into how consume…


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BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.2 Rolled Out to Businesses

July 7th, 2010 | No Comments

RIM announced the release of BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.2, which allows IT administrators and end-users to manage their BlackBerry devices within an enterprise context. While RIMs upcoming BlackBerry 6 operating system is designed to compete more heartily against the Apple iPhone and Google Android, the new Server release shows its continued focus on the enterprise. – As Research In Motion preps its BlackBerry 6 operating
system, the company is releasing BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.2, software
with a variety of new features designed to help IT administrators and end users
manage their BlackBerry devices within a business context. Many of the features
see…


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Businesses Lack Visibility on IT Efficiency, Survey Finds

July 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Is your businesses getting the most out of the company’s IT infrastructure? A survey conducted on behalf of Centrix Software finds many IT managers aren’t aware of the full potential of their business application usage. – A survey conducted by eMedia on behalf of Centrix Software found
business organizations are unaware of the full potential of IT
infrastructure. According to the survey, knowing how frequently an
application is being used from a companys IT infrastructure is a
challenge for most IT managers: 54 p…


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Businesses Find VOIP, SIP Technologies Cost-Effective, Study Shows

July 6th, 2010 | No Comments

A Frost & Sullivan report predicts solid future growth for SIP and VOIP technologies, though it warns that stiff competition would drive down margins for service providers. – According to Frost amp; Sullivan’s “North American VoIP Access and SIP
Trunking Services Markets” report, the market earned revenues of $717.3 million
in 2009 and it is estimated to reach $3.9 billion in 2016.
The report predicts the market will continue to build on its
quot;impressive, downt…


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A Fleet Management System Positively Impacts Transportation Businesses Posted By : Mac Joho

July 6th, 2010 | No Comments

A fleet management system, in collaboration with a GPS tracking system, automates and streamlines the overall processes of the transportation business for the most efficient delivery results.

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Microsoft Pushes Windows Phone 7 for Businesses, Consumers

June 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

Microsofts upcoming Windows Phone 7 represents the companys attempt to regain momentum in the smartphone space, where it faces tough rivals such as the Apple iPhone and Google Android. Windows Phone 7 takes a different approach than those platforms by consolidating its mobile applications and Web content into a series of subject-specific “Hubs,” such as “Games” or “Office.” In theory, this allows Microsoft to create a phone that equally balances consumer and business needs. At a recent New York City event, Microsoft showed off Windows Phone 7s user interface. For enterprise users, features such as streamlined access to SharePoint and Documents could come in useful; for consumers, easy access to music and games could prove a key attractor to the new platform. At least, Microsoft hopes so. – …


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HighRoads Offers Businesses Health Care Compliance Help

June 18th, 2010 | No Comments

As cost-conscious businesses get ready to delve into compliance regulations in the wake of the health care bill’s passage, HighRoads offers midmarket companies a solution to ensure the necessary compliance. – HighRoads, a provider of employer health care compliance and benefits
management, announced that its full-service technology solution HR Compliance
has been optimized to better serve SMB clients.
With HR Compliance, companies of any size can get assistance in navigating
the complex regulations …


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Toshiba, Fujitsu Plan to Merge Mobile Phone Businesses

June 17th, 2010 | No Comments

Fujitsu and Toshiba unveil plans to merge their mobile phone businesses in October to create Japan’s second-biggest cell phone maker in a rapidly shrinking market. – TOKYO (Reuters) Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd and Toshiba Corp unveiled plans
on Thursday to merge their mobile phone businesses in October to create
Japan’s second-biggest cellphone maker in a rapidly shrinking market.

The merger will help the two electronics makers share development
costs, but the com…


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Microsoft Pushes Windows Phone 7 for Businesses at TechEd

June 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft is using its TechEd Conference in New Orleans to push Windows Phone 7, its upcoming smartphone platform, to businesses. In a blog posting timed to the start of the conference, a Microsoft executive touted Windows Phone 7′s tight integration with Exchange and other business applications, as well as its use of tools such as SharePoint. Microsoft finds itself lagging behind Apple and Google in the smartphone operating-system arena, but hopes that initiatives such as Windows Phone 7 and Kin will allow it to overcome what CEO Steve Ballmer recently acknowledged as past missteps. – Microsoft is using its TechEd Conference in New Orleans to
push its upcoming smartphone platform, Windows Phone 7, as an evolution in
business communications. The company hopes its offering will compete effectively
against both Apple and Google, despite CEO Steve Ballmers recent admission of
mis…


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Businesses Consider Virtualization Key to Success, Survey Finds

June 7th, 2010 | No Comments

IT market research firm AMI-Partners says 2009 was the turning point in which medium-size businesses moved fully into the virtualization space. – Interest in server virtualization among U.S. medium-size businesses
(MBs, firms with 100-1,000 employees) increased significantly in the
past year, according to AMI Partners latest MB tracking study. The
survey found the percentage of U.S. MBs that consider server
virtualization strategically im…


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Rate Hikes Will Cost Small Businesses $420 Million in 2010, Study Finds

June 4th, 2010 | No Comments

Cost-conscious businesses are feeling the credit crunch on all levels, but particularly in regard to credit card rates, which remain higher for businesses than consumers. – BillShrink, a search engine that compares millions of product and service
options against consumer needs, released the results of a study showing small
business owners could end up paying more than $420 million in incremental
finance charges this year because their cards arent getting the same
p…


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Most Businesses Pledge Support for Employee’s Personal Apple iPads

June 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Consumer products have made more inroads into the IT infrastructure in recent years. Witness the Apple iPhone. Now a vast majority of business leaders say they will support the use of Apple’s iPad, according to a new informal survey by Citrix. – An informal survey by server and desktop virtualization specialist Citrix Systems found an overwhelming majority of businesses would support the adoption of Apples iPad, which has moved 2 million units since its debut in April. The preliminary results of the survey were posted by the companys vice p…


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Online Accounting for Small Businesses Posted By : SallyN

May 27th, 2010 | No Comments

Online accounting offers a number of benefits for small to medium sized businesses. Online accounting is easy to use, easy to manage and provides a cost effective way to manage your accounts.

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10 Things Businesses Should Know About Cloud Payment Systems

May 20th, 2010 | No Comments

More and more enterprises are using the Web daily as a sales and marketing tool. With a professional site, it can be impossible to tell if you’re looking at a company staffed by two people or 2,000. However, one of the components that still holds some small businesses back is their phobia about adding payment card (credit/debit) technology to their business. This important feature is now available as a hosted service from several providers. Today’s focus is on Sage Payment Solutions, which has been providing electronic payments services for more than 20 years. The service also stores the business data for records and analysis. Sage currently serves about 140,000 merchants, sales organizations and associations. To help illustrate the importance of understanding payment processing and the use of payment data for business analytics, Greg Hammermaster, president of Sage’s Payment Solutions Division, has put together these tips for eWEEK readers. – …


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Patrons Choose Small Businesses for Better Service, Lower Prices, Survey Finds

May 20th, 2010 | No Comments

A survey by online marketer WebVisible finds many consumers prefer conducting business with smaller, local companies due to lower prices, better quality of goods and the more personal nature of service. – The term “Main Street” has become code for all that is right in
America – especially in an election year – but it is a nebulous term
when used to describe the economics of smaller, local businesses that
make consumers spend their money there instead of a larger chain. A
survey by local online ma…


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Few blackberry Applications have become must-have for small businesses Posted By : Rapidsoft

May 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Now BlackBerry has become plenty powerful out of the box. There are few in-built Applications that come along with the devices. Apart from that, there are hundreds of third-party applications that can make the device even more useful for the small business people.

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Rebit Ships New, Automated NAS Backup for Small Businesses

May 19th, 2010 | No Comments

The storage hardware and software maker unveils NetSmart, a fully automated package that continuously backs up files on laptops and PCs to a NAS storage device or array — even as multiple users log in and out of a network. – Rebit, which has created a foothold in the desktop disk backup business by
building single-purpose plug-and-play machines that even a computer novice can
use, is now expanding into the network-attached storage (NAS) space for
small-office and single users.

The Longmont, Colo.-based storage har…


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Intel, AMD Chip Businesses Continue to Evolve

May 13th, 2010 | No Comments

CEO Paul Otellini says the industry should stop viewing Intel as solely a chip maker and come to see it as a computing business, complete with software and services. For its part, AMD, with its Vision strategy, is looking to change how consumers buy PCs; at the same time, the company sees the 2011 release of its Fusion chips as an avenue into electronic devices beyond the core PC and server markets.
– Officials from Intel and Advanced Micro Devices this week once again spoke
about the changing dynamics in the computer industry and their companies’ efforts
to change with them.
During a meeting with investors May 11, Intel CEO
Paul Otellini and other executives spoke about how they expect earni…


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