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Web 2.0 Consumer Review Site Yelp Gives Small Businesses a Voice
Google, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and the rest of Web 2.0 have all given consumers much more of a voice when they are dissatisfied with a business’ services, and more businesses have started paying attention to their online reputations. Now that will get a little easier as Yelp.com, a popular site hosting reviews of all kinds…
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Report: Small Business Needs IT, Partners to Thrive
Small and midsize businesses are bearing the brunt of the economic downturn, as they’re finding customers less willing to spend and credit harder to come by. Nevertheless, one in four SMBs is investing more in IT and another 30 percent will maintain level IT spending through the recession, according to a new report by Microsoft.…
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Apple Nehalem-Based Servers Now at Resellers
Claiming an 89 percent improvement in performance per watt, Apple today announced immediate availability of its updated Xserve server that uses Intel’s Nehalem Xeon 5500 processor. It’s a message that Apple hopes will resonate with customers in education, business and creative services, where Apple is targeting the workgroup server. Resellers contacted by Channel Insider say…
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Resellers, Solution Providers Target Economic Stimulus Package
Resellers and solution provider channel partners agree that business conditions out there are tough these days, but there’s a new sense of optimism now among both VARs and vendors that funds from the economic stimulus package will get things moving again. In particular, vertical sectors such as utilities, health care, education and government are expected…
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Trend Micro Asserts Channel Commitment in SAAS
As businesses continue their rapid adoption and migration to cloud-based services, Trend Micro is pledging to keep working with its solution providers in the delivery and management of software-as-a-service accounts. Demonstrating its commitment to working with channel partners on services, Trend Micro announced its Hosted Security for the Channel program, a new initiative to educate…
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Comparative Analysis: VOIP PBX for Small Business
Knowledge of voice over IP has become so ubiquitous that many falsely believe it’s a simple, ubiquitous technology available to business environments of all sizes. The truth is VOIP integrated with PBX and SIP trunking services has a low penetration in small businesses, those with fewer than 25 seats. New technologies are bringing integrated VOIP…