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Berkeley’s Endsight finds selling IT support takes work
Mike Chaput often finds prospective clients wary when he calls. Burned by lousy tech-support experiences past, the CEO of Berkeley’s Endsight Inc. finds selling them a contract for remote computer help takes work.
bizjournals.com  –  Aug 18, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT]  ¦  comment?

Entrepreneurs find typical business strategies don’t work in a virtual world
TAMPA — After previous stops in New York, San Francisco and Chicago, the Second Life Community Convention steps into reality at the Tampa Marriott Waterside the weekend of Sept. 5.
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‘Don’t let it get boring’
PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: Kent Lufkin.
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James Kean
Resume Name: James (Jim) Robert Kean.
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Companies start to get progressive with IT initiatives
Companies nationwide are finally starting to get the message that IT management means more than fixing something when it goes wrong. Technology must make business processes work better and more reliably, and that requires a commitment to constant upgrading and improvement.
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Holy Land’s ‘Jerusalem stone’ cements base of U.S. buyers
Gill Lobel was driving with his family through Israel about four years ago when he hit upon his next business venture.
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A conversation with Bayer HealthCare President Hans Bishop
Business philosophy: If you set out to solve problems that really need solving you’ll get well paid.
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Good marketing can move your product from free to fee
Marketing is about providing value and quality for paying customers at a price they find acceptable.
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Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't “Melt†the Internet
I admit it, even I was skeptical. When I received the first demonstration of the Silverlight plugin and the NBCOlympics.com web site back in March of this year at the 2008 Microsoft Technology Summit, where a group of Open Source experts gathered from around the world were asked for feedback...
ZDNet  –  Aug 17, 2008 3:30 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?

Ask Linux.com: Theft recovery, skeleton files, and boot-looping Eees
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Linux.com  –  Aug 17, 2008 1:00 PM [GMT]  ¦  comment?