Tag: business

  • HP Software Acquisition Spree Expected

    Channel Insider Staff

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    NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE:HPQ) choice of CEO may spur a flurry of deals in the software industry, as it shores up one of the weakest parts of its business to do battle with Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) and IBM (NYSE:IBM). Leo Apotheker, former head of German business software giant SAP (DE:SAPG) and now… Read more

  • Small Business Borrowing Climbing Again

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Borrowing by small businesses jumped in August, data released by PayNet Inc on Friday showed, adding to evidence the economy is not headed toward a double dip recession as some analysts have feared. The Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index, which measures the overall volume of financing to small businesses, rose 15 percent… Read more

  • Small Business Lending Bill Gets President’s Signature

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    (Reuters) – President Barack Obama signed a $30 billion small business  lending bill into law on Monday, claiming a victory on economic policy for his fellow Democrats ahead of November congressional elections. The law sets up a lending fund for small businesses and includes an additional $12 billion in tax breaks for small companies. "It… Read more

  • IBM Midmarket Leader: Midmarket, Solution Provider Business Evolving

    Jessica Davis

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    Recognizing the changes happening within mid-market businesses and looking to help partners make inroads into the lucrative mid-market space, IBM’s new general manager for Midmarket, Andy Monshaw has spent the last nine weeks talking to partners, analysts, clients and others about the challenges out there in the market today. A couple of the more important… Read more

  • Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 Experiencing Slow Adoption

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    Microsoft SharePoint 2010, was released to manufacturing in April, but, according to a new market survey by BPM vendor Global360, the new version has not yet gained a loyal band of followers in the enterprise. According to the study, 80 percent of current SharePoint deployments are still based on SharePoint 2007, and only 8 percent… Read more

  • Cisco Expands Small Business Technology Portfolio

    Nathan Eddy

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    Networking specialist Cisco Systems announced a slew of products and services for its small business technology portfolio, including a class of Cisco small business switches, IP phones and video monitoring software. Cisco is also making its support available across the entire small business technology portfolio and enhancing its small business product warranties, as well as… Read more