News tagged with business tool

Groupon launching appointment scheduling tool

Groupon is launching an online scheduling tool so small businesses can let customers book appointments more easily.

Technology / Business

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New trial set for June in Oracle, SAP case

A US judge on Tuesday set a June date for a new trial in a long-running copyright infringement case between US business software giant Oracle and its German rival SAP.

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created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New national business incubation study identifies best practices for success

(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Michigan's Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy has released a new study, "Incubating Success: Incubation Best Practices that Lead to Successful New Ventures," funded ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook co-founder unveils Asana productivity software

Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz unveiled his highly anticipated new company, a developer of software that aims to help people work more efficiently.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Social media fuel small businesses from startup stage

Laid off after 23 years in the mortgage lending business, Dede Parise couldn't find a job. So she took a marketing class to reinvent her career, and before long she turned an assignment into a company.

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created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cisco buys collaboration software firm Versly

US networking giant Cisco announced Monday it has acquired Versly, a startup that makes collaboration tools for Microsoft's popular Office software.

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created Aug 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Jury orders SAP to pay Oracle 1.3 billion dollars

A US jury has ordered German business software giant SAP to pay US rival Oracle 1.3 billion dollars in damages in a record-setting copyright infringement award.

Technology / Business

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Online collaboration with built-in clarity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Software packages that interoperate while providing online users with an overview of their colleagues' work may finally threaten the dominance of email as the world's premier collaboration ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social media require 'Community Relations 2.0'

The rise of social media and real-time advocacy have re-written the community outreach rules companies followed for decades. But many American firms are dragging their feet as they approach "Community Relations 2.0," Boston ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter's becoming an important tool for job seekers and employers

As the Internet's microblogging superhero Twitter continues to balloon with 40 million users worldwide and countless apps like Twhirl and TweetDeck, the Twittersphere has been overrun lately with refugees from the real world's ...

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No Facebook at work in most US companies

More than half of US companies do not allow employees to visit social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter while at work, according to a new survey.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Community-driven, open source solution for B2B transactions

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new open source, Web 2.0-inspired solution for building and managing business relationships online promises to level the playing field for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Technology / Software

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0