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Half of Small Businesses Impacted by Data Loss: Survey
Data loss continues to be prominent among small businesses, found a survey conducted by Carbonite, a provider of online backup solutions. According to the study, which took place in April 2011, 48 percent of American small businesses with between two and 20 employees have experienced data loss, up from 42 percent when Carbonite surveyed small…
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Small Business Optimism Stalls Out
The National Federation of Independent Business’ monthly Small-Business Optimism Index dropped one tenth of a point in June, settling at 90.8, an unsurprising reading, basically unchanged from the previous month and solidly in recession territory. While some indicators rose slightly — including expected capital outlays — pessimism about future business conditions and expected real sales…
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Akamai Launches Global NetAlliance Partner Program
Cloud-based services provider Akamai Technologies, which specializes in platforms for optimizing Web and mobile content and applications, online HD video, and secure e-commerce, announced its NetAlliance Partner Program designed for global IT solution providers to integrate Akamai services into their offerings and to pass the value of Akamai’s globally distributed platform on to customers. The…
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Fonality Partner Plus Program Offers Hosted, Hybrid-Hosted Platforms
Business communications company Fonality announced its Partner Plus Program, designed to provide partners with more flexibility and tools necessary to drive voice over IP, unified communications and contact center sales among the small and midsize business market. A tiered designation structure was created to ensure partners are well-equipped to meet their customers’ needs with a…