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New York startup bMobilized has launched a standalone mobile commerce offering designed to help small and midsized businesses (SMBs) build online stores faster. The company said that SMBs will be able to deploy the Web-creation tools in less than 10 minutes and that they will be free for all businesses while in beta. SMBs can […]

Mobile malware has developed into a profitable business for cyber-criminals, as their interest in exploiting mobile devices, particularly those running Google’s Android operating system, continues to grow, according to a new report from Juniper Networks. Mobile malware threats grew 614 percent for a total of 276,250 malicious apps in 2012. Cyber-criminals focused 92 percent of […]

Kana Software has unveiled a cloud customer service suite targeting midsize and growing businesses, as well as divisions and subsidiaries of larger enterprises. Kana Express features a new user interface, advanced analytics and international language support. By leveraging cloud computing, Kana Express offers secure management of phone, email, live and automated chat, social and Web […]

Swiftpage has launched a new version of its Saleslogix customer relationship management (CRM) software for mobile users. Designed to help businesses take advantage of sales opportunities on-the-fly, Saleslogix Mobile allows salespeople to manage accounts, take and update orders, and respond quickly to customers. “Companies want the flexibility to equip their people with the right information […]

The biggest return on mobile strategies by retailers is increased customer loyalty and personalization, and not mobile transactions, according to a survey of more than 100 retailers conducted by EPiServer at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition (IRCE 2013). The study shows that 46 percent of retailers who already have a mobile strategy and 74 […]

As businesses of all sizes worry about how to securely protect their company’s data, Cirrity has launched vStream, a disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) offering that automates real-time disaster recovery to the cloud. What’s unique about the service is that it eliminates the need to match storage-to-storage hardware, said Cirrity. With vStream, any storage […]

Small and midsized businesses (SMBs) continue to adopt cloud-based applications as a way to meet their IT requirements and their employees’ need to access information from anywhere at any time, according to a new study conducted by Spiceworks Voice of IT market insights program. The survey also finds that both companies and their employees play […]

Anturis has launched the commercial version of its cloud-based monitoring and troubleshooting platform for Web services and IT infrastructure. The browser-based cloud platform targets small and midsize businesses that typically don’t have access to or budgets for a dedicated IT department, said Anturis. Building on the beta product, the enterprise-grade IT monitoring platform adds several […]

As the market for Microsoft Lync continues to grow, Snom Technology has expanded its portfolio with the addition of HP’s Lync-optimized desktop IP phones, giving the developer of IP desktop business phones a broader unified communications product line. As an HP channel partner, Snom will market and sell the HP 4110 and HP 4120 IP […]

Joining forces in a market that is gaining ground, Stratasys, a specialist in 3D printing and additive manufacturing, and MakerBot, a specialist in desktop 3D printing, announced a definitive merger agreement. The deal is expected to give Stratasys access to affordable desktop 3D printer technology to help drive growth, while MakerBot will take advantage of […]