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Microsoft Kinect SDK Offers Channel Opportunity
Microsoft is looking to bring motion capture and gesture capabilities to the business world via its Kinect platform. The company has released a software development kit (SDK) that enables the USB connectable device to be plugged into any Windows PC, allowing software developers to motion-enable their applications. The Kinect software development kit will give software…
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Microsoft Office 365, Hosted Productivity Suites Present Opportunities for Channel
Starting with its June 28th release, Microsoft s hosted productivity and collaboration suite, Office 365, is poised to make a big splash with U.S. small to medium-size businesses, which IT analytics firm AMI-Partners considers businesses with under 1,000 employees. Priced at only $6 per user per month, SMBs get all of the Office Suite applications…
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Revenue from Technical Support Services Will Near $30 Billion by 2015: Report
Revenue for U.S. consumer and small and midsize business technology-support services will jump by nearly a factor of three in the next five years, and U.S. households will account for more than 40 percent of the $30 billion market, according to new data from Parks Associates. Broadband service providers, in particular, are driving this growth,…
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Verizon Launches Tools for Data Management, Monitoring
While network operator Verizon Wireless is causing a stir this week by announcing the end of unlimited data plans, to be replaced with a three-tiered pricing structure, the company also unveiled a slew of applications, tools and online tutorials aimed at educating its customers and giving them the ability to check their data consumption habits.…
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Cisco Enterprise Content Delivery System Enables Video Content Distribution
Communications and networking specialist Cisco announced the Enterprise Content Delivery System (ECDS), a set of video distribution products that provide a way to manage the video load on the wide area network (WAN) and is also designed to help control the cost of extending video applications across the organization. As a key video infrastructure component…
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Small Business Hiring, Payrolls Rise
Small business jobs rose slightly in June as employers added 45,000 positions to their payrolls. Hours worked and compensation also both increased by 0.2 percent. These were among the results of this month’s update of the Intuit Inc. Small Business Employment Index, covering the period between May 24 and June 23. The monthly report found…