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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…
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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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MicroStrategy Updates Business Intelligence Software With Visual Insight
Business intelligence software provider MicroStrategy announced that MicroStrategy 9.2 comes with a new feature, Visual Insight, that helps business people explore data to get the answers they need without assistance from their IT teams. In addition, the latest release includes features that allow organizations to embed even more information into interactive dashboards and further extend…
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Clickatell, ChamberofCommerce.com Partner on Business Connectivity Platform
In an effort to continue providing SMB owners with Web-based technology and services to help them grow their businesses, ChamberofCommerce.com has agreed to an online partnership with Clickatell, a specialist in Personalized Priority Messaging (PPM) through all media devices. Underlining the importance for businesses to integrate new technologies into their marketing strategies, ChamberofCommerce.com said it…
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Starting Your VAR Business: The Best Tax Structure
The birth of a VAR typically goes something like this: the employee of an IT service provider comes to the realization that he can do the same work himself and collect the profit without having to answer to superiors he might disagree with. The employee quits and calls on a few of the clients he…
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Cisco’s Big Flip Off
For the blink of an eye, it seemed the Flip camcorder would become the next iPod. Almost everybody was buying one. But then, just as quickly as the fun little point-and-shoot video cameras burst into the market, they seemed to disappear. And so ended another technology fad. Perhaps it had to do with competition –…