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Previously, we talked about the social e-commerce network, gotradelive and its aim to give businesses the freedom and flexibility to set their own terms for sales and deliveries. This week it announced the launch of its service in the US.
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This week, Accusoft upgrades Connect v5, harmon.ie and IBM Connections in Outlook sidebar, Recall upgrades storage capabilities with ReQuest Web, TIS announces intelligent mobile document capture, while SMBs continue to fight document overload. Accusoft Releases Connect v5 Document and imaging vendor Accusoft, has announced the release of Prizm Content
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Last summer, eBay was busy acquiring companies in an effort to put together a developer platform called X.Commerce.
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Ever wonder who’s buying software at the business level? Businesses with fewer than 50 employees and US$ 2 million in revenue are buying a majority of the software, that's who. Who Buys What Capterra collected some interesting data points on how software buyers filtered their software search results in 2011.
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Is web 2.0 a little passé by now? If it is, it makes this latest data a little unfortunate. According to a poll by SpamTitan Technologies, 76% of small and mid-size business surveyed stated that they are under pressure to allow more access to Web 2.0.
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Ask me what the cloud is you’ll hear about agility, multi-tenancy, scalability, collaboration, and even a little bit of Benioff vs. Ellison “false cloud” drama.
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SMBs are doing their part to push the cloud computing trend as they adopt the sky-high services at rates twice as fast as larger corporations.
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Once upon a time, SMB customers ran their businesses on little more than the IT equivalent of duct tape and bailing wire. Today, however, they are more likely to lightweight mirror larger enterprises in software adoption trends.
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A couple of disruptive surveys regarding social media usage have been making their way around the Web over the last few weeks. Among the most surprising findings is the fact that small businesses are giving social media the cold shoulder. Can you say detrimental? The Numbers Hiscox, an online insurance company,
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When your business, from a mom-and-pop outfit to a local store, starts using social media, things can be confusing as you move from a personal-use mindset to a sales, marketing or support style of use.
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Skype and the like saw a bit trouble this week with the announcement of a new Web-conferencing package for SMBs. WebEx 8 offers online meetings for US$ 19 per month, enabling Cisco (news, site ) to better compete for business among smaller companies.
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The University of Phoenix and Institute for the Future recently combined forces in order to produce the Future Work Skills 2020 report, examining what exactly propel's change and which skills we'll have to fine tune if we want to keep up.
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Today Optify (news, site ) gave a hat tip to the littler guys with the announcement of a new Basic Edition of its marketing software for SMBs.
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After all the hype, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer finally unveiled Office 365 in New York. For those who were expecting, or even hoping, for something new, it would have been a disappointment.
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