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
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Stats: 49% of US Companies Cutting Back IT Spending
Posted by loslosbaby under NewsFrom http://valleywag.com 5768 days ago
U.S. District Court Judge Samuel B. Kent Indicted In Houston For Alleged Sexual Abuse Attempts
Posted by www.BackgroundNow.com under NewsFrom http://www.backgroundnow.com 5778 days ago
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.
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Small businesses want input into greenhouse gas rules
Posted by SmallBizGirl under NewsFrom http://www.bizjournals.com 5815 days ago
Small business advocates want to make sure the Environmental Protection Agency gets their input before they issue regulations limiting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Boomers Are Not Bloggers
Posted by SmallBizGirl under NewsFrom http://www.mediapost.com 5815 days ago
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.
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Foreclosure.com Owner To Acquire Property.com
Posted by loslosbaby under NewsFrom http://prnewswire.com 5816 days ago
What's the quote? "If there's blood in the streets, buy property.com?" Funny title, sad situation.
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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
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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
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Top Cleveland Economist On Jim Blasingame's Radio Program This Week
Posted by franpro under NewsFrom http://thefranchiseking.typepad.com 5825 days ago
Richard Dekaser discusses the economy on "The Small Business Advocate radio Program-Wed. morning...
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Productivity, Like Water, Finds its Level | Small Business Trends
Posted by ZaneSafrit under TechnologyFrom http://www.smallbiztrends.com 5826 days ago
Has technology made us better communicators? What if they merely changed our expectations of output volume, but the quality remained the same.
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Augustine's Online Scrapbook: Statistics for Word-of-Mouth Power
Posted by ZaneSafrit under NewsFrom http://augustinefou.blogspot.com 5829 days ago
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.
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