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Amazon Maintains Long-Leash Strategy With Woot Buy

theliepolitic — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:17:04 +0000

Amazon.com plans to acquire online retailer Woot.com, pioneer of the “flash sale” concept. No financial terms were officially disclosed when the deal was announced on Wednesday, though the blog TechCrunch reported that the sale was made for around $110 million in cash. Woot will operate as an independent subsidiary of Amazon once the deal closes, the companies stated. Woot would be the third consecutive company that Amazon has allowed to remain autonomous following an acquisition.

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Shrink the Cycle, Clinch the Deal, Hit the Numbers

theliepolitic — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:17:04 +0000

Aberdeen research conducted for “B2B TeleServices: The 2009 Buyer’s Guide” has shown the end-user value of deploying external, customer-facing teams to source, nurture and convert the most highly qualified leads on behalf of an internal, B2B-focused field sales organization. Additional findings in “Inside Sales Enablement: Let Them Drink Coffee!” provide insight into internal teams that can also create effective, top-of-the-funnel filtering methodologies. Yet how adept are the “closers” at taking the baton-pass to the finish line?

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Mobile Tech: From Channel to Rainmaker

theliepolitic — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:17:04 +0000

Until recently, a phone was just a phone. Sure, it got cooler when it lost the rotary dial, the cord, the wire and its voice-only restrictions. Still, it was just a phone. Businesses knew that the sound of its ring usually meant money (for what company with silent phones is profitable?) — but few were prepared for the darn thing to totally rule their bottom line. “Mobility is simply not just about technology anymore,” said Scott Archibald, a consultant with Bender Consulting.

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Google Books $700M Deal for Travel Software Co.

theliepolitic — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:17:04 +0000

Google has announced plans to buy ITA Software, a major provider of airline travel software, for $700 million. ITA is a prominent player in its space — it counts among its clients virtually all of the major Web travel information and booking providers, including such airlines as American and Continental as well as several aggregators like Hotwire, Kayak, Orbitz and Microsoft’s Bing. For that reason, there are widespread questions regarding whether the deal will pass muster with antitrust authorities.

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Reining In the Cloud

theliepolitic — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:17:04 +0000

As cloud computing in its many forms gains traction, higher levels of management complexity are inevitable for large enterprises, managed service providers, and small- to medium-sized businesses. Gaining and keeping control becomes even more critical for all these organizations, as applications are virtualized and as services and data sourcing options proliferate, both inside and outside of enterprise boundaries. More than just retaining visibility, however, IT departments and business leaders need the means to fine-tune and govern services use.

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Hulu Cranks Up the Volume With New Premium Service