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Small Business Targets Technology Investment for 2011
(Reuters) – Charlie Raines has resolved to become more Web savvy in the New Year in order to haul in business overseas for his fledgling Florida-based seafood company. "I realize that being on the Internet is definitely the way to go," said Raines, 49, who began his career as a fisherman in 1986. He later…
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Lenovo ThinkPad X120e Notebook Offers AMD Fusion APU
Computer maker Lenovo announced the latest entry in its ultraportable line, the ThinkPad X120e laptop, aimed at small to medium-size businesses. As the first commercial laptop to feature an Advanced Micro Devices Fusion E-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU), the ThinkPad X120e offers faster application loading and graphics processing with enhanced battery life and digital display…
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IT Forecast 2011: Continued Clouds Ahead
When future IT historians (or research analysts, as they’re commonly called) look back at 2010, they’re likely to consider it as the year that cloud computing went mainstream. With businesses still looking for ways to cut costs during a horrendous recession, the dramatic increase in the number of vendor supporting cloud computing subscription models has…
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Apple, Amazon Lead Online Customer Satisfaction: Survey
Market research firm FGI Research released its annual holiday survey showing that while many e-retailers had a holiday to celebrate, customer satisfaction with the top 40 online retailers overall has fallen since last year. The sixth annual ForeSee Results E-Retail Satisfaction Index (U.S. Holiday Edition) slipped 1 percent to 78 on the study’s 100-point scale…
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Top 10 SMB Technology Predictions for 2011
Top 10 SMB Technology Predictions for 2011 1. Mobile Commerce Lifts OffSMB Group predicts that small businesses will execute on plans for mobile web sites, payments, product and service tracking, document sharing and sales, support and service in 2011. No Title 2. SMBs Demand that Vendors Bring Order to Social Media ChaosSmall business owners are…
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Groupon Looks to IPO by End of 2011
(Reuters) – Online discount coupon provider Groupon Inc is working toward a potential public offering of its common shares by the end of 2011, the New York Times said, citing people briefed on the matter. Groupon, the fast-growing online coupon seller, said on Tuesday it has been authorized to raise up to $950 million in…
