Archive for the ‘October 2011’ Category

Big 3 to kill the internal combustion engine by 2015…all vehicles will be electric!!!

By Matt | Matt's Blog, Newsletter Posts, October 2011

Big 3 to kill the internal combustion engine by 2015…all vehicles will be electric!!! Hold onto your gas cap!  I don’t believe that the gas engine will be gone by 2015, but I do know that there are a lot of hybrid and electric cars out there and there weren’t many 5 years ago.  AND

Youngest Star Dances for Charity

Youngest Star Dances for Charity

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, October 2011

He and partner Jennifer Howard, a local dance teacher, are perfecting a swing routine this week, ready to dazzle judges and attendees alike. The weeks of rehearsal boost two good causes: raising money for VSA arts of Michigan — Grand Traverse Area and raising awareness of people with disabilities and, specifically, Down syndrome. During this

Letter to Your CEO: What IT Really Needs

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, October 2011

I want to help you dramatically increase the ROI on every IT dollar you spend. No kidding. I’m talking about a 100x improvement in efficiency and efficacy. Interested? I figured you would be. Why you should listen to me You’re likely wondering why you should listen to me, an author and consultant. After all, you

Apple iPhone 4S Sales Set Record

Apple iPhone 4S Sales Set Record

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, October 2011

Apple sold more than 4 million iPhone 4S devices in the first three days after it was introduced, setting a record as customers lined up at stores from Sydney to San Francisco to be first with the new touch-screen handset. That’s more than double the 1.7 million iPhones sold by the Cupertino company last year,

Re-Source Partners Hires a New Director of Sales and Marketing

Re-Source Partners Hires a New Director of Sales and Marketing

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, October 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Re-Source Partners Welcomes a New Face Clinton Township, Michigan – October 10th – Re-Source Partners Welcomes Tom Stratton as its Director of Sales and Marketing. In an effort to better support our current line of customers and customer satisfaction, along with anticipated business growth for 2012. Re-Source Partners welcomes Tom Stratton as

Gartner Says: Service Revenue is on Pace to Reach $707 Million in 2011

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, October 2011

Worldwide platform as a service (PaaS) revenue is on pace to reach $707.4 million in 2011, up from $512.4 million in 2010, according to Gartner, Inc. The market will experience consistent growth with worldwide PaaS revenue totaling $1.8 billion in 2015. “Cloud has three technological aspects — infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a

Apple Co-founder, Steve Jobs, Dies

By Matt | Newsletter Posts, October 2011

Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world’s leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. His friends and Apple fans on Wednesday night mourned the passing of a