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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…
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Sony Seeks to Block LG Smartphone Sales in U.S.
(Reuters) – Sony Corp has filed a patent infringement complaint seeking to block LG Electronics Inc from shipping smartphones such as its Rumor 2 model to the United States. In a filing late Wednesday with the U.S. International Trade Commission, Sony said LG violated U.S. trade rules by importing mobile phones and modems that infringed…
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Covad and Megapath merge, buy SpeakEasy
Covad and Megapath merge, buy SpeakEasy Shortly after announcing a merger between Covad and MegaPath, the two companies together said they would buy SpeakEasy to create what it calls " a next generation Managed Services Local Exchange Carrier." Together the newly merged company services over 85,000 customers. PCMall buys Network Services Plus Inc. Online PC…
