There’s no denying that when it comes to holiday shopping, Amazon is the company to beat. The past few years saw the retail giant’s sales figures going up, especially during the holidays, as thousands of consumers opt to shop online because of convenience. As a matter of fact, the internet retailer accounted for 33.8% of […]
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Amazon has rolled out a new paid membership program for businesses in the United States and Germany, a clear indication that the company now has its sights on corporate customers. The program, dubbed Business Prime Shipping, extends Amazon Prime’s free, two-day shipping features to everyone with an Amazon Business account and allows them to purchase
Cisco has just signed a check worth $1.9 billion for Broadsoft, a clear sign that the company is set on moving away from switches and routers and expanding its product portfolio. Cisco, the world’s biggest producer of networking gear, announced on Monday that it offered Broadsoft $55 per share, a 28% premium over its closing
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geralt / Pixabay Redundant functions and rote tasks do not seem to have a place in the digital age. However, those who are starting out in business tend to fall into routine and repetition. You can be losing not only money but also time and effort if you go this way. With automation, you will
Failure. The word itself sends shivers down every entrepreneur’s spine. But the cold, hard fact is that failure is real. Statistics tell us that 8 out of 10 entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months. And stories like this make us want to never, ever take the risk: “I launched my eCourse in
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Oculus VR is now trying to tap into a new market to boost the sales of its high-end virtual reality device. The company is now launching Oculus Business, effectively sweetening the deal for companies to snap up its Oculus Rift bundle. Oculus vice president Hugo Barra made the announcement of its business bundle during the
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Cybersecurity expert Symantec is looking to cut down on its data center costs by moving some of its workload to Microsoft Azure. The deal between the two companies, which was revealed on Monday, would see Symantec delivering its Norton product line to its customers from Azure. Microsoft announced that Symantec has already moved “105 critical
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It was 2008. Trying to find a way to shorten a link for Twitter to get the tweet under 140 characters was a challenge. You needed a tool to do that simple task. Then I stumbled upon “that” tool. Twitter then used it as the default URL shortening service in May, 2009 until it created
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In the Digital Age, new marketing strategies are rapidly adopted while old tactics are going obsolete overnight. Deploying tactics can generate enormous short-term profits, but in order to transition from a money-making enterprise to a sustainable brand, it’s important to prioritize long-term relationships. Oftentimes, brand loyalty is created when a person makes multiple purchases, then
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Alibaba is nipping at the heels of top cloud companies Amazon and Microsoft. While the two still reign supreme in terms of revenue, the Chinese company leads the pack in terms of growth as Alibaba’s cloud revenue more than doubled in 2016. According to market research firm Gartner, Amazon Web Service (AWS) profits rose 45.9%
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