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Weather Direct Brings Hyper Local Forecasts to Businesses
Many of us have come to take the weather for granted, needing only to know if gloves or an umbrella are needed before venturing outdoors, but a multitude of businesses depend on accurate weather forecasting to plan the day and even the week ahead. Take for example a firm that delivers heating oil. Automatic deliveries…
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Great Depression 2.0? Nah, Says IT Distributor
While the economic outlook may have some people talking about a second Great Depression, one company that weathered the actual Great Depression in the 1930s and is still going strong says that it’s ready for whatever 2009 brings – and so far things don’t look so terrible. In spite of gloomy news about Black Friday…
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Unison’s Free Unified Communications Software Challenges Microsoft and Google
Unison Technologies is making a direct challenge to the traditional sales model for unified communications software, aiming directly at industry giants Microsoft and Google. Unison’s new sponsor-supported model lets businesses download and use the company’s self-branded UC software for free, says Rurik Bradbury, chief marketing officer at Unison. The Unison software combines the best features…
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IBM Global Financing Drops Small Business Flexible Credit Program
IBM Global Financing will discontinue its IBM Flexible Credit program for inventory financing at the end of 2008, saying it "did not meet the business goals set by IBM Global Financing." IBM has notified its business partners and resellers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom of the change, a company spokesman confirms.…
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Forrester: Recession to Slow Down 2009 US IT Spending
IT spending will be significantly lower than previously expected in 2009, but is still expected to grow, according to Forrester Research, which issued its U.S. IT spending forecast report today. Forrester Research is now projecting IT spending to grow by 1.6 percent in 2009, down from the analyst firm’s previous projection of 6.1 percent that…
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Drafting VARs Could Secure U.S. Digital Infrastructure
The sorry state of cyber-security in the United States has made the nation vulnerable to attacks on its entire infrastructure, from the Internet to the national power grid, according to a Washington-based think tank. Now it’s up to solution providers to help accomplish what the federal government has not been able to–lock down our cyber-borders.…
