Blue Box has raised $3.5 million for its OpenStack-infused cloud and hosting service designed for companies that have major traffic volumes and big apps and rely on a high level of uptime. This is a first round for Blue Box, which started in Seattle nine years ago. Voyager Capital led the investment. The company has […]
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The No. 1 gamification app on Salesforce.com AppExchange has secured $1 million from Detroit Venture Partners and ePrize. Contest Builder is an app designed to motivate salespeople and increase productivity through contests that are built and deployed by sales managers. It can make a a game out of any sales task. The tool provides real-time […]
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The Rainmaker Group, a company founded in 1998, has accepted its first investment — $33.8 million from Norwest Venture Partners that the Atlanta-based company will use to extend its profit and price optimization technology to different markets. Rainmaker started in 1998 when the founders assumed control of the intellectual property from a former employee. The […]
Posted on October 30th, 2012 by admin
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Even as data usage has skyrocketed, U.S. carriers have remained stubbornly wedded to post-paid plans that offer users a surprisingly limited menu of pricing options. Yes, we’re talking about those monthly subscriptions that easily reach above $100 a month — even if you hardly touch voice calls or if you always come in far beneath […]
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Amazon has revealed a bit of detail for how it views Google’s cloud efforts in a lawsuit filed against a former employee on grounds he violated a non-compete clause. Amazon filed the lawsuit on behalf of Amazon Web Services, claiming Daniel Powers, its former vice president of sales, has violated a severance agreement by taking a new […]
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The growing number of workers who use personally-owned mobile devices on the job has drastically affected the corporate landscape in recent years. This phenomenon poses plenty of security risks and regulatory problems as more devices slip beyond ITs control. How can you effectively manage this growing trend? This BYOD Policy template provides a structure for […]
Posted on October 29th, 2012 by admin
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Telerik has developed a service called Icenium to automate the otherwise tedious task of using traditional integrated development environments (IDE) for mobile app development. For decades, the IDE has served as the basis for app development. They are associated with a single or multiple programming languages. Microsoft Visual Studio, Eclipse and NetBeans are all examples of […]
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Apple CEO Tim Cook said in the earnings call this past week that 80% of the Fortune 500 companies use iPhones and iPads. To make his point, Cook said companies such as Canon are outfitting its entire field sales teams with iPads. Apple always puts some attention on its enterprise sales in its quarterly earnings calls. […]
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ExecOnline has raised $800,000 in seed funding from the Washington Post for executives to get online training that is done in partnership with top 10 business schools. The service will target Fortune 500 companies that often send executives to Harvard University and other top business schools for immersive business school training. Founder Stephen Bailey said […]
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Cindy Alvarez directs user experience at Yammer. At the Failcon conference this week she did an insightful if uncomfortable talk about the five types of people she should have fired sooner. She did not name the people she fired. Instead, she classified them according to five different categories: The Early Hire: These are the people […]
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