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CompTIA Report Finds Businesses More Mobile, Competitive With the Cloud
Small and midsized businesses intend to expand their use of technology to improve customer interactions, mobility options and operational efficiencies, according to a study released by CompTIA, a nonprofit trade association for the IT industry. Seven out of 10 SMBs surveyed said they expect to increase their technology spending over the next 12 months, according…
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Cost Concerns Weigh Heavy on IT Decision Making: HP Report
Budget constraints continue to weigh heavily on IT decision making at small and midsize companies, a new study shows. A Hewlett-Packard survey of more than 500 IT managers at U.S. SMBs shows that 93 percent of companies have placed cost concerns over the best IT solutions, leading 89 percent of those companies to experience IT-related…
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Intuit Launches QuickBooks Mobile for Android
Business and financial management solutions specialist Intuit announced QuickBooks Mobile for Android, providing mobile access to QuickBooks data for the more than 4 million small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) using QuickBooks Pro, Premier and Online. The QuickBooks Mobile application releases data from the desktop and provides solutions designed specifically for a small business owner’s on-the-go…
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Apple iPad Adoption Eclipsing Android Devices
The trend of personal smartphones and tablets infiltrating the workplace is being led by both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android smartphone platforms, Good Technology, a provider of secure and managed enterprise mobility for Apple iPhone, iPad, Google Android-based devices and other smartphone platforms, said in its quarterly data report. However, in the second quarter of…
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Half of Small Businesses Impacted by Data Loss: Survey
Data loss continues to be prominent among small businesses, found a survey conducted by Carbonite, a provider of online backup solutions. According to the study, which took place in April 2011, 48 percent of American small businesses with between two and 20 employees have experienced data loss, up from 42 percent when Carbonite surveyed small…