May 02, 2007 | Comments: (0)
SMB Tech News Today; 5/2
* More SMB declarations from IBM. IBM's CEO, Sam Palmisano, said in a keynote speech that he expects Big Blue's SMB business to become its biggest industry focus in the next few years. 'Course IBM defines SMB as "1000 employees and down" so I don't think SOHO businesses will see to much action off this for a while. (Source: InfoWorld)
* T.J. Maxx SNAFU to top out at $4.5 billion. Security expert IPLocks says T.J. Maxx's problems will amount to $100 per compromised record. Sucks for T.J., but hopefully a message to beef up security. (Source: InformationWeek)
* Verizon offers VoIP assessment service. So it's for their MPLS customers (mostly larger bizzes, but some SMBers there) and it allows them to better quantify their voice quality. For the prices they charge, Verizon ought to do that themselves. (Source: NetworkWorld)
* Next big bets for VCs. The business school mind set is that venture capitalists are bouncing back from the post-bubble depression. With the Googlers and similar companies dropping a couple of billion every few months, they seem to feel better about their ability to cash out--at least for certain segments like SaaS. Gotta love greed. (Source: Knowledge@Wharton)
Posted by Oliver Rist on May 2, 2007 10:32 AM
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