According to Forrester Research more than 50 percent of consumers plan to increase mobile spending during this year. Instead of window shopping and using sales assistants, the mobile consumer will be using their smartphone as their daily retail therapy. So what does this mean for businesses that are faced with a consumer environment that is “always-on?”
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Let me start off by stating that I’m not a marketing person. I have no desire to be a marketing person and in fact, I personally can’t stand sales and marketing in general! Now all that said, I’m a complete social media junkie. I’ve got accounts with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Foursquare and I’m sure when the next cool thing comes out, I’ll probably jump on that bandwagon too! What I’ve learned about these sites is that while most of them are for personal use, business owners can and should take advantage of the tremendous reach of these sites.
Let’s take a brief look at each of these tools and how some businesses are taking advantage of them.
In the IT industry, buzz words and trends come and go with alarming frequency. On occasion, a trend will come along with the staying power to reshape our thinking. It’s difficult today to read any tech industry news without hearing about “clouds” or virtualization. The ambiguous and often interchangeable definition of these terms can often be a source of confusion for IT decision makers in the SMB market.
It seems no one can agree on what the cloud is or isn’t. There are in fact several types of cloud computing models. The three most popular are….
On Saturday, April 3rd, 2010, Apple finally released to the general public their newest piece of technology to sprout from the mind of Steve Jobs – the iPad, a table computer. While tablet computers aren’t a new concept, they’ve flown under the radar of many users and haven’t taken off as other mobile technology, such as netbooks, has. However, with Apple and a host of other major manufacturers introducing tablets to a wider market, we may be on the verge of entering the next phase of mobile computing.
Keeping this in mind, let’s take a deeper look at tablet computers – what they are, what they do, and where you can get them. We’ll also look at some of the other mobile computing options available to you and help you decide what machine is the best option for your needs
