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Microsoft’s InTune: Price Too High for SMB?
Microsoft’s cloud-based Windows InTune gives IT administrators for midsize businesses an enterprise-style level of control over a network, via a combination of cloud services, on-site PC-management tools and added malware protection. Whether it involves checking that software licenses are up-to-date, or diagnosing unbootable PCs, the platform is supposed to be streamlined for those IT pros’…
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Risk management and mitigation
Risk management and mitigation Organizations will increasingly look to third-party consultants and services firms for advice on avoiding disaster projects and products with costly hidden TCO. Increasing focus on organizational change management. Managing risks means making meaningful changes to the organization. Executives are learning that org change is not just an option anymore – it’s…
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Polycom Buys Video Content Management Provider
Unified communications services specialist Polycom announced the acquisition of Accordent Technologies, a provider of video content management and delivery solutions, for approximately $50 million in cash. Polycom said it expects this acquisition to be neutral to earnings in 2011 and slightly accretive to earnings in 2012. Accordent grew to $9 million in revenues in 2010…
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T-Mobile’s G-Slate, G2x Offer 4G
ORLANDO, Fla.—Whether or not T-Mobile eventually ends up absorbed by AT&T, the carrier is still pushing forward into the tablet and smartphone spaces. At this year’s CTIA conference here March 22, the company is showing off the results of its latest collaboration with LG Electronics: the G2x, an Android smartphone with a muscular dual-core processor,…
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Business Borrowing Climbs in February
(Reuters) – A key measure of U.S. business activity rose sharply in February from a year ago, as companies borrowed more to invest in their operations, but the reading was down slightly from the prior month and credit quality eased, a lender group told Reuters on Tuesday. The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) said…
