Recent Articles
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CRM Vendor Infor Buys Lawson Software
Infor, which makes enterprise resource planning, customer resource and other management software, announced April 26 that it is acquiring Lawson Software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Infor, whose CEO, Charles Phillips, formerly was president of Oracle, is handling the transaction with the help of a holding company, GGC Software Holdings. Infor produces on-premises…
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Applications Are Important
Applications Are Important Earlier this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed that there are now 65,000 iPad apps available to customers. That’s important. The more apps available to tablets, the more likely those devices are to succeed. If HP wants to see its TouchPad succeed, it will need to work with developers to bring as…
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Google Introduces Flexible Pricing Plan Business Apps
Five years after the launch of Google Apps, the company is offering a flexible pricing plan designed to help small and midsize businesses. For customers who sign up online, Google is adding the Flexible Plan, a new $5 per user, per month pricing option which requires no contractual commitment. With this plan, businesses can add…
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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…
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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…
