Dec 23, 2010 (Alaska Journal of Commerce – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – Even a business operating in the clouds needs someone on the ground. In Alaska, Nate Gates is aiming to be what he called that “local throat to choke.” Gates founded Cloud 49 in July after four years as chief information officer [...]

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) TOKYO, Dec. 27 — (Kyodo) _ ———- JVC Kenwood to solicit 500 employees for early retirement TOKYO – JVC Kenwood Holdings Inc. has decided to solicit about 500 employees of struggling Victor Co. of Japan to take early retirement by the end of March as part of cost [...]

(Seattle Times (WA) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 27–As Microsoft looks back on 2010, one thing is clear: The company has more product in it than Justin Bieber’s hair. From January through December, the software company pumped out a wave of new offerings, from the early success of Kinect to the flaming failure of Kin. [...]

(San Jose Mercury News (CA) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Dec. 27–My first order of business for my final column of 2010 is to admit that I was wrong about the iPad. In January, shortly after Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the device, I wrote that I was “underwhelmed” and argued that the new device was [...]

Dec 27, 2010 (San Jose Mercury News – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – My first order of business for my final column of 2010 is to admit that I was wrong about the iPad. In January, shortly after Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the device, I wrote that I was “underwhelmed” and argued that [...]

TAIPEI, Dec 27, 2010 (The China Post – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – Leading telecommunication-service companies in Taiwan have intensified competition as tablet computers are widely rated as a continuously shining star product for 2011. They are racing against each other to ride the trend by expanding services concerning data communications efficiency, content, marketing [...]

TAMPA, Fla. and HOUSTON, Dec. 27, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – ConnectWise, the leading business management solution designed exclusively for IT service providers, VARs and MSPs today announced that VirtualTone has completed integration with ConnectWise. VirtualTone’s new feature, the VTone Sidebar(R), provides total integration of VirtualTone’s inbound and outbound IP calling capabilities with ConnectWise’s Business [...]

Dec 28, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) – PeopleCube, provider of workplace management technology, foretold the business trends it believes will emerge-or continue to gain ground-in 2011. According to a release, these include a greater emphasis on interactive dashboards, real-estate consolidation, expanded alignment between corporate real estate and facilities management, renewed focus on sustainability, mobile [...]

As 2010 draws to a close, GreenBiz asked executives from a range of companies — all of whom have been featured in the news this year — to tell us about their most exciting green prospects, the challenges and the changes they anticipate for 2011, and what they think 2011 will look like from the perspective [...]

SLOUGH, England, December 23, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ – International solutions provider, Logicalis (http://www.uk.logicalis.com/), today announced that its high-density data centre (HDDC) and range of Made to Measure cloud services are now natively connected into JANET (http://www.ja.net/), the network dedicated to the needs of education and research in the UK. Logicalis’ connection to the unique [...]