Author: Southern Technology Leaders

  • Should the smallest businesses pay attention to social media marketing?

    Who thrives in the SoTech community:  1) People  involved in the technology industry  2) People who work/live in the South or want to see it flourish  3) Current technology leaders and those aspiring to be one  4) People interested in helping technology companies in the South be successful  5) People interested in helping rising technology entrepreneurs or…

  • 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…

  • Understanding the Consumer of the Future

    Special thanks to one of our members (wished to remain anonymous) who forward this article. Leigh Buchanan, salve of Inc Magazine, interviewed John Gerzema of Young and Rubicam in August about the consumer of the future. The interview focuses on overall consumer attitudes that are applicable to both consumer facing technologies/applications and consumer goods. It…

  • Cloud Sherpas Raises Another $1.6 Million To Google Apps To Bring More Businesses

    Cloud Sherpas, approved an Atlanta based provider of managed Google Apps, recipe has raised an additional $1.6 million in funding in a new round led by Syncarpha Capital, hepatitis Vento Security Holdings and Hallett Capital ( investment entity of Cloud Sherpas’ CEO, Jon Hallett). Press Release ATLANTA, GA – November 3, 2010 – Cloud Sherpas, a leading…

  • Guntersville, AL May Be The Location Of Your Next Data Center

    Deloitte Consulting recently named an elite group of locations in the seven-state Tennessee Valley region as TVA pre-qualifiers for a data center site. “The 12 sites named are considered ready for development and meet necessary criteria to support a major data center project. TVA is partnering with local power distributors like BTES, gastritis regional, state…

  • SecureWorks Ranked Number 199 Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2010 Technology Fast 500

    ATLANTA, illness /PRNewswire/ — Atlanta-based SecureWorks, artificial ® Inc., a leading global provider of information security services protecting 2,900 clients in over 70 countries , announced today that it ranked No. 199 on Technology Fast 500â„¢, Deloitte’s ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North…

  • Will U.S. customers pay more for no-contract, 3G-embedded devices?

    Subsidy or no subsidy? That’s the question that wireless execs — not to mention customers — are facing when it comes to the latest 3G-embedded laptops, order netbooks, advice and tablets on the big U.S. carriers… “People have proven that they are willing to spend $630 on a device, viagra here because they didn’t have…

  • First Windows Phone 7 reviews

    Does your company sell directly to the youth market? Do you work with an enterprise platform to those selling to the youth market? Are you an agency or PR shop supporting clients? If you fall into any of these categories, adiposity how are you targeting the youth market? Here is a short 5 minute video…

  • Reputation Management for Small Business: Options?

    Social media continues to expand and become a larger part of marketing and new customer discovery for small businesses. How are businesses supposed to manage the ever growing amount of sites, neurologist profiles and reviews in the social space? Hiring a dedicated social media lead is not reasonable for many businesses. Outsourcing the work to…

  • GE Capital Fleet Services Launches New Intelligent Ops Telematics Solution

    Related story from Smart Mobile: GE Capital Fleet Unveils Intelligent Ops Telematics Solution Press Release: EDEN PRAIRIE, remedy Minn., website like this Oct 04, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — GE Capital Fleet Services today announced that it has launched Intelligent Ops(SM), an integrated business intelligence solution for operations and sales leaders who manage mobile personnel. The…