Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: More than half of SMBs own a laptop and prefer Dell, SortPrice offers merchants free application for building virtual stores on Facebook platform, and more. . .
"We're seeing both $100 netbooks and $1,000 netbooks. . . The primary intent is Web browsing. . . companies are not buying netbooks, it's all end users."
-- Raj Singh of mobile browser maker Skyfire
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BUSINESS & E-BUSINESS
- SMB Spending Trends -- At Ingram Micro's Partner Connections Summit Gartner's SMB Research Group explains what VARs face in selling to SMBs
- VMware Invests $20 Million In Terremark Cloud Services -- The virtualization giant will own 5% of Terremark, which produces cloud and managed IT services for large companies and government agencies
- Dell Poaches IBM's Top M&A Exec -- Plans to anoint David Johnson as Dell's top acquisition planner likely signals a shift in strategy. Johnson has overseen IBM's frenetic merger activity for the past nine years
- Greylock Headquarters Moving To California -- The company's decision to shift its venture capital headquarters from Boston to Silicon Valley is calling into question the Boston/Cambridge area's entrepreneurial spirit
- Yahoo Talks With Microsoft Continue -- Yahoo and Microsoft have talked about various partnerships, possibly with Microsoft managing Yahoo's search advertising business
- EMC To Acquire Configuresoft -- Configuresoft products, which assist IT operations in maintaining continuous regulatory and security compliance, are used in EMC's server configuration solutions
HARDWARE & SOFTWARE
- Dell Top SMB Laptop Brand -- More than half of SMBs own a laptop and IDC reports that Dell is the market share leader in planned purchases
- HP Expands Low-Priced Mini-Laptop Family -- The consumer-centric Mini 110 is available with Windows XP or Linux, while the business-focused Mini 1101 gives buyers the choice of Windows XP Home, XP Pro, or Vista, each for less than $350
- Ingres Adds Red Hat's JBoss To Database Middleware Stack -- Using the stack will let developers avoid leaning on stored procedures or triggers written in a vendor's proprietary form of SQL
- Global Server Sales Decline 25% -- IDC reports a 25% drop in the first quarter, reaching the lowest level in at least 12 years
- Dell Introduces Two PowerEdge Servers -- PowerEdge T410 for SMBs and remote offices and PowerEdge R410 for high performance computing.
- Google Automates Apps With Scripting System -- Search giant expects enterprise users to employ Google Apps Scripts for scheduling and procurement, transportation planning, and other business automation functions
- Microsoft Unveils Windows 7 Touch Pack -- Spinning globes, schooling fish, and virtual erector sets add pizzazz to software maker's new OS
- Google Says HTML 5 Tools Leave Microsoft In the Dust -- New Web tools demonstrate Google's embrace of HTML 5 and other emerging Web standards, a focus Google says sets it apart from Microsoft and other development competitors
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