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Intermedia: Apple mobile devices dominate SMB market

Mobile devices running Apple's iOS made up 68.2 percent of all activations by small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers of cloud services provider Intermedia.

Gartner analyst: HP SLA slightly better than AWS SLA

In Monday's newsletter, we ran an item that cited Gartner analyst Lydia Leong's recent posting on cloud provider service level agreements. Leong later updated her post after speaking with HP.

CIA pumps money into mobile security startup

The Central Intelligence Agency's investment arm In-Q-Tel is investing an undisclosed amount of money into Tyfone, a Portland, Ore.-based mobile security in the cloud startup.

New Moxie product gives marketing access to Facebook profile information

Moxie has a new tool that lets you engage with your Facebook fans and turn them into spending customers.

Adobe's cloud play could be paying off

Adobe has begun to make the transition from a Flash-centric company that sells packaged software to one that sells cloud services and customer experience management--and so far it's looking good.

Mobile UC deployment could help employee productivity

Most enterprises have deployed some type of mobile unified communications system, according to a survey of 200 individuals with companies having at least 500 employees conducted by Webtorials for SIP-based communications firm Sonus Networks.

Survey: Mobile device availability seen as top trend affecting enterprise competitiveness

The widespread availability of mobile devices in the workplace was identified as the top technology trend influencing the competitiveness of enterprises over the next three years, according to a survey of 474 corporate executives conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit on behalf of Juniper networks.

Google converts another free service

For some small businesses, it probably seems like a bait and switch: Google said last week that it will stop offering Google Apps for free to groups with fewer than 11 users.

Gartner: AWS, HP have worst cloud SLAs

The award for the "worst SLA" of any major cloud provider goes to Amazon Web Services, according to Gartner analyst Lydia Leong, but HP's public cloud SLA is not necessarily better.

IBM: 61 percent of IT professionals see security as the top barrier to enterprise mobility

A full 61 percent of IT professionals see security as the top barrier to adoption of mobile technology in the enterprise, according to a survey of more than 1,200 IT and business decision makers conducted by IBM.