The big consolidation has begun in IT infrastructure, and companies aren't paying for it. One trend is keeping equipment longer. The other we are seeing in my industry is that companies are turning to Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) for the software they don't want to "live with". Your take-away: Get ready to hear more "no thank you" respons Read More
The indictment, returned today in the U.S. District Court in Houston, charges Kent with one count of attempted aggravated sexual abuse on March 23, 2007, and two counts of abusive sexual contact, which is alleged to have occurred on Aug. 29, 2003, and March 23, 2007. Read More
Small business advocates want to make sure the Environmental Protection Agency gets their input before they issue regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions. Read More
According to a recent ThirdAge/JWT Boom study, people over age 40 participate heavily in word-of-mouth and value personal recommendations and expert opinions, but they have not embraced social networking or blogs despite being heavy users of other online services. Read More
What's the quote? "If there's blood in the streets, buy property.com?" Funny title, sad situation. Read More
In launching TerraCycle's lines of liquid fertilizer, cleaners, repellents, etc., I realized something: Almost all products that are sold as liquid in a bottle -- from window cleaner to ant repellent -- are in fact extremely similar to bottled water. In most cases, the difference is only 1% to 2% of the contents. In other words, these products ar Read More
The Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of the Navy have signed an Agreement to improve federal contracting opportunities for small businesses participating in the SBA's 8(a) Business Development program. Learn what this could mean to you and how to take advantage of the opportunities that arise from supplying our Navy and Marin Read More
Richard Dekaser discusses the economy on "The Small Business Advocate radio Program-Wed. morning... Read More
Has technology made us better communicators? What if they merely changed our expectations of output volume, but the quality remained the same. Read More
If you're still in doubt on the power of word-of-mouth from your customers...review this long list of statistics across a wide-range of demographics showing customers overwhelmingly trust their peers not your ad agencies for buying decisions. Read More
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