By MFrappolli

Thursday night, Chamber Vice President of Communications Charles Rudnick went On the Record with NECN’s Latoyia Edwards to discuss the Chamber’s upcoming Annual Meeting, the opening of a new Walgreen’s flagship store in Downtown Crossing, and the businesses issues likely to unfold in the state’s special US Senate election next month.

 

 


 

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Mark Frydenberg

 “BYOD” (bring your own device) is becoming a popular policy in the workplace and educational institutions. It provides the power to access institutional computing resources from your own device. With it comes an important shift on college campuses: Most people don’t go to computer labs to use computers. Wireless access allow students to use their own laptops, tablets and phones to get online almost anywhere.


 

By Andrea Wasik

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Join us for this webinar to learn how a leading B2B marketer, IBM, has moved beyond campaign-based communications and is effectively reaching IT decision makers through organic search, influencers and content.

During this session, you’ll learn how IBM’s award-winning Midsize Insider program is satisfying their B2B customers’ needs for relevant information throughout the purchase process, and activating audiences with high-quality content marketing.

Speakers include:
  • Leslie Reiser,
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By Designer Bath


Greg and Gayle Nowak, Bonnie Collins, and Donald EganWinners of the Northshore Magazine“Love Your Home” Design Event Challengephoto courtesy Northshore Magazine



At a recent Northshore Magazine event, held on April 4th at Landry and Arcari in Salem, MA, several readers who were faced with challenging spaces in their homes, were the fortunate winners of free design solutions from North Shore home design experts. After many readers submitted photos of rooms that were not working for them, along with a...


 

By Taryn

from Tenon Tours - Travel to Ireland, the UK, and Beyond.

Have you been looking for tours to Ireland this summer? Well…, Tenon Tours has some great news for you! Ireland is a bargain place to fly this summer.

Two years ago, $1.50=€1. Now, in May of 2013, $1.30=€1. The US economy seems to be on the rebound, while many European countries are beginning to face difficulties. With the dollar gaining strength against the Euro, Americans are gaining a new sense of confidence to spend more money and travel...


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By Bill Wendel

Steve Jobs on Perseverance

The Real Estate Cafe turns eighteen this year, and as the highlights below demonstrate, we’re coming of age.  But while perseverance may be the key to successful entrepreneurs, it may be costly for prudent homebuyers who sat out the last boom / bust cycle waiting for housing prices to “correct” only to see artificially low interest rates reinflating prices again.

Is it time for DIY homebuyers to persevere with conventional home buying practices or to be proactive?  What would Steve Jobs do?

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By Hilary Dionne

Yesterday, several of us from the Zmags team attended MITX’s Mobile Marketing Summit, The Great Mobile Migration, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

What a great event!  We made many new connections and returned to the office feeling much smarter about the future of mobile marketing and its challenges ahead.

Zmags and PartyLite at the MITX Mobile Summit

Zmags and PartyLite at the MITX Mobile Summit

Ironically, I had forgotten my iPhone at home in a rush that morning, so was feeling very disconnected all day– a strange contrast that r...


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By John Orlando

Excel is the world’s most popular budgeting software.  But as we’ve pointed out before, Excel is really not the best way to budget, forecast and plan.  The reasons for moving to purpose-built budgeting software and off of Excel are myriad.

There are some signs you should look for; these will help you determine if Excel still works for you, or if you need to make a change.  See if you recognize any of these:

  • Your business is forced to accommodate your planning solution
  • You can’t synchronize b
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By Karen Bowman

When it comes to product design, companies must balance four competing goals: cost, time to market, feature set, and reliability. The key is to get the right mix and create the greatest customer satisfaction with the product. Too often, however, companies downplay the importance of reliability when weighed against the other three goals. They prioritize cost, time to market, or ...


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