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  • Dumping Product Sales for Managed Services

    Are you calling yourself a managed services provider but still making most of your money from other revenue streams?  Jim Hare, vice president of sales at eGestalt, says that only about 10 percent of the channel who say they do managed services actually have a full fledged managed services business. The others are dipping toes…

  • Windows 7 Still Playing Catch Up to Windows XP

    Microsoft is claiming that more than 350 million Windows 7 licenses have sold in the 18 months since the operating system’s release. Despite its push into newer areas such as smartphones and cloud computing, Microsoft still relies on legacy platforms like Windows for much of its bottom-line revenue. In an April 22 posting on The…

  • SugarSync Launches Android AutoSync Backup

    Online file backup provider SugarSync on April 25 launched a rebuilt application for Android devices that features SugarSync’s primary market differentiator, AutoSync. AutoSync synchronizes files and folders between any combination of Macs, Windows PCs, iOS and Android smartphones, and iPads—with all files backed up to the SugarSync cloud. All data is then instantly available from…

  • SMBs Can Benefit From Virtualized Disaster Recovery

    While the first wave of virtualization has consolidated server hardware into virtual hosts and recognized significant savings in physical machines, small and midsized organizations must now consider the impact of this consolidation on their backup and disaster recovery plans, according to a report from QuorumSoft. By encapsulating workloads that can be shifted between physical hosts…

  • Apple Shines, Google Slows, Microsoft Edges RIM in Battle for Mobile Developers: Report

    Appcelerator, developers of a mobile cloud platform for developing native mobile, desktop, and tablet applications using Web technologies, and IT analyst firm IDC announced results from a joint survey of more than 2,700 Appcelerator developers around the world. The survey reveals that developer momentum is shifting back toward Apple as fragmentation and tepid interest in…

  • Technology Services Group Acquires Concentrix

    Technology Services Group has acquired IT software and services company Concentrix. The company called the acquisition a “key step” in the growth strategy of TSG that will provide “significant capability” in customer relationship management (CRM) software implementation, one of the company’s target growth areas. The acquisition is the 24th for TSG since its inception in…

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