Tag: technology

  • What You Need to Know About Mobile Payment Devices

    What You Need to Know About Mobile Payment Devices

    SoTech Leaders Q&A on Mobile Payment Devices with Jason Swenk of Payscape Advisors SoTech: All the tech magazines have been talking about NFC coming for a few years. For those that don’t know what it is, for sale what does NFC mean and when will we really see it adopted in the market? Jason:  NFC…

  • What will your Software Sales Career look like when Bieber is 30?

    What will your Software Sales Career look like when Bieber is 30?

    There are a couple trends in the B2B tech world today that have picked up steam: More and more companies are developing products that have a low entry price point or freemium model where customers get started in a no/low risk model and pay more as they add users & features (e.g. Zoho, Hepatitis Mailchimp)…

  • Which technology stack should I choose to build my product?

    This question is often asked by both business founders and software engineers when considering how best to position their companies or careers.  In seeking an answer, for sale one must consider important factors with respect to productivity, sick engineering talent, maintainability, scalability, and environment.  In this article, we will explore these general considerations and highlight…

  • The Progressive Workplace Series – Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)

    BYOD, information pills or “Bring Your Own Device”, psychiatrist is a common topic in many companies today.  Today’s focus is specifically on comm devices, as we are saving the whole laptop debate for another day. Whether  it’s a large organization trying to cope with the onslaught of associates who want to use their personal smartphones…

  • The Emergence of Multi-Screen Content Services: A Path Toward Monetization

    At present, treatment in the US, there exists a delicate balance by TV programmers between satisfying MSOs (Multi-System Operators) with exclusive content and growing revenues via multi-screen OTT (Over-The-Top) initiatives. With the majority of revenues for TV programmers generated through MSOs, new models for OTT monetization needs to be developed that do not jeopardize this…

  • Fast Company Announces Atlanta As The Next Technology Hub

    It used to be, rx if you were serious about starting a tech company, you went to Silicon Valley. But emerging entrepreneurial hubs around the country are giving startup aspirants options… Not too long ago, about fifty years, Atlanta was the size of Little Rock, Ark. About a hundred years before that, it was burned…

  • Tech Industry Adds 30,200 Jobs in 1st Half of 2010

    Apple released guidelines for determining what programs can be sold on its App Store, online after more than two years of complaints from developers that the company’s policy was secret and capricious. The guidelines go a long way towards addressing many of the complaints, here however, there are still a number of grey areas. Apple…

  • Ernst & Young Survey Shows Optimism and Hiring in Technology

    The industries that are most likely to expect growth in both revenue and profits, according to the survey, are technology (74% revenue and 72% profitability), financial services and retail/wholesale (both 69% revenue and 63% profitability). Financial services companies report the highest average revenue growth rate (13%).

  • GM Launches Venture Arm In Attempt To Expand Automotive Tech

    Various politicians have been working to close a number of loopholes that allowed for a number of bad investment decisions. While we can debate whether there is too much (or not enough) government regulation in the financial markets, shop the implementation for the identified problem has some serious issues. The bill passed by the House…

  • French see Alabama as fertile business investment ground

    Alabama and France have a healthy trade relationship, this but Pascal Le Deunff would like to see it grow, stomatology he said Saturday during a visit to Huntsville. “I made a courtesy call to Gov. (Bob) Riley on Friday, and I’m happy to say relations between France and Alabama are strong and on the path…