Tag: Apple

The Impact of HP’s New Direction—An SMB Market Perspective

--by Sanjeev Aggarwal and Laurie McCabe, SMB Group After HP’s announcement that it would ditch it’s new Touchpad and put WebOS in mothballs, rumors leaked about it's intentions to spin-off or sell it’s Personal Systems Group (PSG) PC business and acquire information management software vendor Autonomy for $10.2B. Combined, these moves confirm HP’s CEO, Leo Apotheker’s strategy to get ...

Can Cloud Computing and Managed Services Resolve the Telecom Crisis?

The telecom dilemma is not new, the failure of telecom network service providers to leave their legacy technologies and embrace the all-IP world has not materialized as anticipated, especially in helping them generate significant revenues. They are still dependent on a handful of commodity services, even when one considers their cellular operation...

Reading the Top Trends Barometer at the 2009 Small Business Summit

Just got back from Small Business Summit 2009—an awesome event put on by Ramon Ray (www.smallbiztechnology.com) and Marian Banker (www.primestrategies.com ) at the Digital Sandbox in New York City. Turn out for the Summit was terrif...

2009 Small Business Trends: No Longer Business as Usual

In 2009, it’s no longer business as usual. The sharp economic decline has led many small companies to slash operating costs and cut staff to the bone. In the wake of small businesses’ initial shock and awe, uncertainty has become the new normal. With little fat left to trim, smal...