Thursday May 9, 2024

Social IT Management Software Spiceworks Hits 1.2 Million Users

Spiceworks, a startup that develops Web-connected social IT management software, is announcing a few milestones today at the company’s conference Spiceworld. The company now has 1.2 million IT professionals using its platform, who support 37.5 million workers and manage 66 million computers and devices. Spiceworks, which recently raised $16 million in funding, develops a desktop […]

Real-Time Marketing Service Optify Raises $6.1 Million

As it becomes increasingly important to measure website and social media analytics in real-time, new optimization tools are rising to the surface and gobbling up investor dollars. Real-time marketing service Optify, which officially launched its software in March, has just raised $6.1 million in a Series B round led by Triangle Peak Partners. Previous investor, […]

Microsoft Puts New York City In The Cloud

When Mayor Bloomberg wants to make an announcement with Microsoft, CEO Steve Ballmer gets on a plane and flies to New York City. That’s because he’s Mayor Bloomberg, but also because New York City is a very large customer with 100,000 city employees. Today Ballmer and Bloomberg are in City Hall announcing a new five-year […]

Widgetbox Mobile Launches, Create Mobile Web Apps In A Snap

Forget Android, iOS and the rest of the mobile operating systems. Sometimes you don’t need to spend weeks building the sleekest mobile apps for native environments. And depending on your business, something a little bit more quick and simple can do the job just fine. That’s the theory behind Widgetbox Mobile, a new offering from […]

Stealth Android Enterprise Startup 3LM’s $1.5 Million Seed Round And 3 Laws Of Mobility

Most of the apps being developed for Android phones are consumer apps. Yet enterprise apps could be much more lucrative. One startup focusing on enterprise apps for Android is 3LM, a company so stealth that it’s Website is nothing more than a Google Sites landing page with nothing on it but the words “Coming Soon.” […]

Consolidation In Enterprise Messaging Land As Mirapoint And Critical Path Merge

Enterprise messaging company Mirapoint and Critical Path, provider of messaging software and services, have entered into a definitive agreement to merge. Combined, both companies’ strategies of delivering messaging, security and archiving solutions to corporations and service providers around the world are advanced, is the message Mirapoint and Critical Path are conveying. Under the terms of […]

IBM Beats The Street; Posts Revenues Of $24.3 Billion, Net Income Up 12 Percent

IBM released strong third quarter earnings today, posting revenue of  $24.3 billion, up 3 percent from the third quarter in 2009, and surpassing analyst expectations. EPS were $2.82 per share, compared with diluted earnings of $2.40 per share in the third quarter of 2009, an increase of 18 percent. BigBlue ‘s third quarter income came in […]

Social networking will stress CIO as new employees enter the workforce

Over the next few years, businesses worldwide will be welcoming in a new generation of employees. A wave of young professionals accustomed to being connected anywhere, anytime are coming to an office near you.  While their entrance into the world of work has been on the horizon for years, is your company really prepared for […]

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Microsoft to cut 10 percent of workforce

www.EmploymentCrossing.com Microsoft plans to cut its workforce by 10 percent, or about 9100 employees, in order to increase the markets’ confidence in the company. The move is hoped to show that profits are more important than revenue growth in the current times. The software giant had close to 91000 employees on its payrolls at the […]