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Fighting the Recession with a Single-Product Focus
Greg Anderson believes he has the business model for all economic seasons: His company sells a single product. Forget PCs or servers, operating systems or applications. GetConnect, the company Anderson founded three years ago and of which he is president, does nothing but sell and service Adobe Systems‘ Connect Pro Web conferencing and e-learning solution.…
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Avnet Adds Microsoft SharePoint to SAAS Offerings
Looking to add another revenue stream and business model to the mix, more IT solution providers are considering software as a service as an option to offer their end customers, and IT distributors are making it easier to do that. Case in point: Avnet Technology Solutions recently added Microsoft SharePoint to its SAAS portfolio, available…
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Nokia Poised to Snag Symbian
LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s largest cell phone maker, Nokia, said on Tuesday its 264 million euro ($339.9 million) acquisition of British software firm Symbian was on track to be closed this year. Nokia said in June it would buy out other shareholders of UK-based smartphone software maker Symbian and make its software royalty-free to…
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Mobile Apps Find Home in Touchscreen Devices
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Touchscreen phone users are discovering that much of the fun in their devices stems from applications — those little nuggets of convenience, amusement and distraction available for download on the slightest whim. A good example is Google Inc’s newly updated Mobile App for Apple Inc’s iPhone, which has been generating a…
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Verizon Bets on RIM’s Blackberry Storm as Apple iPhone Killer
By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Verizon Wireless is betting on the new BlackBerry Storm for the all-important holiday season, hoping the highly anticipated smartphone can compete against the iPhone offered by rival wireless provider AT&T Inc. The No. 2 U.S. mobile service, a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc,…
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Nokia to add IBM’s Lotus Notes EMail to Smartphone
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia smartphones will be able to access IBM Lotus Notes corporate email starting from next month, the two firms said on Thursday, as the world’s top handset maker battles Blackberry-maker RIM. Nokia said thanks to the new software more than 80 million users of its smartphones can access IBM’s Lotus email. In…