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    Microsoft leaves Linux-based FAST customers stranded

    Microsoft leaves Linux-based FAST customers stranded: “

    Buyers of the Linux and UNIX versions of FAST’s Enterprise Search Platform (ESP) got some bad news the other day: It’ll now be necessary to switch to a Windows server platform, or else move to some other product for enterprise search.

    Microsoft Corporation, which as you may recall acquired FAST two years ago for $1.2 billion, has confirmed it [...]

    Build Your Business By Promoting Competitors

    Build Your Business By Promoting Competitors: “

    Thanks to social media, you can’t really ignore your competitors like you used to. I mean, you can, but it’s a lot more obvious that that’s what you’re doing. You’re both on Twitter. You’re both on Facebook. You’re both using the same tools and communicating in the same space to a very similar group of people.

    So how [...]

    The Enterprise 2.0 User: Harbinger Of The Future Of Workplace Collaboration

    The Enterprise 2.0 User: Harbinger Of The Future Of Workplace Collaboration: “Business leaders’ increased interest in enterprise 2.0 technology has spurred collaboration software vendors of all stripes to roll out social applications in their suite of tools. Despite this effort, only a small portion of information workers — 24% — uses these tools. This group, however, is where technology product management and marketing professionals [...]

    Singularity University Gives Execs a View of the Future

    Singularity University Gives Execs a View of the Future: “The school’s executive program offers participants the chance to learn and discuss how technology is changing, or even disrupting, their industries“

    (Via BusinessWeek.com — Brand Equity.)

    11 Competitive Intelligence Tools for SMBs | Small Business Trends

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    Small Business Trends November 18, 2009 By Lisa Barone
    It’s not stalking. It’s research. It’s you doing research on your competitors to help you stay up-to-date on what they’re doing so you know which direction you should go. It’s not stalking and everyone’s doing it.

    Here’s a list of [...]

    TwitPub invents paid Twitter accounts

    This was bound to happen: Someone has invented a paid access scheme for Twitter. TwitPub is a marketplace where Twitterers can sell access to their updates, by registering their protected accounts with the service. Other Twitter users sign up and pay for access to these accounts on the TwitPub marketplace. TwitPub takes 20 percent of the subscription revenue for itself and gives 80 percent [...]