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SMB Tech Roll-up: E-Commerce on Facebook, Who’s Viewing Your Google Docs?
This week, MarketLive has announced that it is offering its eCommerce Platform-as-a-Service on Facebook, Google Docs adds new functionality -- again, Microsoft research shows SMBs offer more mobile functionality than large enterprises and SMB channel partners need vendor support.
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Mediafeedia Offers Facebook Management, SMB Spending Also Set to Rise
This week, mediafeedia introduced a social media management tool exclusively for Facebook and free at least initially, IDC predicts a massive jump in IT spending by SMBs, Kerio releases v7.2 of its collaboration tool and Pardot upgrades its cloud-based marketing automation platform.
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Intel Pursues SMB, Social Media Use Rises Again
This week Intel is chasing SMBs with new targeted, cloud services, social media use continues to rise in the SMB space with Facebook still the most popular application, Citrix bought desktop virtualization startup Kaviza and KnowledgeTree offers mobile document management. Intel Offers SMB Cloud Services Intel (news, site
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SMB Tech Roll-up: SMBs Are Cloud Focused, Too; Tablets Replacing Laptops?
This week, following research from IBM that shows enterprises will be moving en masse to the cloud, AMI-Partners research shows SMBs are heading there too. New figures from RingCentral suggest tablets may be on the way to replacing PCs, while Avaya offers better collaboration and unified communications.
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Google, NetSuite’s Deep Integration, Xerox Digs into SMB Space
This week, in what may be a response to Microsoft’s recent moves to integrate its products, Google Apps and NetSuite team up and the result is definitely good for SMB. Xerox and Cisco have also partnered, CA offers data protection on Azure, while TrendMicro offers backup for very small businesses.
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SMB Tech Roll-up: SMBs Abandoning Desktops, Zoho Gets Friendly with Mac
There were a number of good things released recently in the SMB space including news from Zoho that it has made its Meetings tool Mac-friendly, while WorkSimple has released a free version of its social goals management app.
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Android Gets Google Docs App, SMBs Using Small Vendors for ERP
This week, there was some interesting news in the mobile space, with Google finally offering a new Docs app for Android, Sony enters the tablet wars, SMBs are looking to smaller vendors for their ERP deployments, there’s further confirmation that SMBs are taking to social media, while eFileCabinet has integrated
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SMB Tech Roll-up: How Companies Use Social Media, VMWare Targets SMBs With EMC’s Moxy
This week, we get a look at how SMBs are using social media in new research from the SMB Group, Intermedia introduces backup services for companies that are looking at moving to the cloud, VMware is handed Moxy services by EMC, while both Dell and Acer have launched new servers
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Microsoft Gives SMBs Some Bing, But Google Offers Places to Go
This week the battle for the hearts and pockets of SMBs between Microsoft and Google continues with Microsoft offering Bing marketing for SMBs and Google upgrading its Places.
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Salesforce Partnership Offers Accounting, CRM; Spiceworks Offers Google Apps
This week, a number of vendors have been getting together to make things easier in the SMB space, including Salesforce and Intuit, which entered a partnership to provide accounting and CRM software together; Spiceworks, which has made it easier to access Google Apps form its social networks and document migration
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Microsoft Says SMBs Will Move to the Cloud, HP Outlines Strategy
This week, there has a lot of research from different companies, not least of which is Microsoft, that shows one-third of all SMBs are currently cloud-bound; HP gives further details of its “strategic vision” for SMBs; Kerio introduces an SMB collaboration space and tablets are making money for SMBs, AMI
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SMB Tech Roll-up: SMBs Can’t Live Without Mobile Apps, APAC to Lead SMB Cloud Charge
This week, with everyone at the Info360/AIIM conference in Washington, it has been quiet release-wise.
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Google Docs Adds Discussions, SMBs Underline Interest in Virtual Offices
This week, the SMB space has produced a mixed bag of goodies including the addition of document discussions to Google Docs, email archiving from HyperOffice and email security from M86 Security, while Microsoft could end up competing with itself in the cloud office space through SMB Suite.
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SMB Tech Roll-up: Parallels Aims to Corner US$ 50bn Cloud Market, Twitter Doing Better
This week, a number of companies have started taking the SMB cloud market seriously, with Parallels launching an aggressive campaign to corner a market that will be worth US$ 50 billion, KnowlegeTree offering Outlook access in the cloud and Motive expanding its partner channel with US Analytics.
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