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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…

  • 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…

  • Microsoft Smartphone Market Share Still Hurting

    Microsoft s share of the U.S. smartphone market continued to decline through May, according to research firm comScore. For the three-month period between the end of February and the end of May, comScore estimated Microsoft s U.S. share dipping from 7.7 percent to 5.8 percent. That comes despite the marketing push behind the Windows Phone…

  • Facebook, Skype Launch Free Video Chat

    PALO ALTO, Calif. — Facebook made three significant announcements July 6, all important to the company and to the online social networking market in different ways. First, Facebook announced that it has surpassed the 750 million-member mark, with a cool 1 billion clearly within reach. The last time Facebook talked about its membership last October,…

  • Businesses Indecisive on Cloud Computing Benefits: Report

    Nearly half of small business owners do not believe cloud computing will help reduce their IT costs, according to a June survey of 1,000 independent business owners by Newtek Business Services. Newtek’s Authority Market Sentiment Survey, a monthly window into the concerns of independent business owners, found that educating small independent business owners regarding the…

  • Microsoft Licensing: Why The Disconnect On Software and Cloud?

    I’ve been thinking about Microsoft licensing a lot recently. Besides potentially giving me a headache, there’s a good reason for this. Microsoft has a lot of licensing programs. Open License, Enterprise Agreements, Service Provider Licensing Agreements, OEM, Retail, Select… there are a lot of different ways to buy Microsoft. There has been a considerable amount…

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