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 Last week’s Mercedes-Benz Corporate run was a blast! Checkout some pix at our Facebook Web Stream.
IT ProCamp will be coming to South Florida for the first time on July 21st 2012 and I’m pleased to announce that SherlockTech Staffing will be sponsoring the event. Please take a moment to visit the event website and answer the call for speakers.
This week, Google announced its long awaited Google Drive. Will ‘Gdrive’ dominate the Cloud Storage space for years to come or is Google once again stepping outside its core competency. more
 CareCloud CEO is Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce Technology Entrepreneur of the Year
“Founding CareCloud and taking the company from a startup to a major player in the healthcare technology industry has been an incredible, rewarding challenge for me and my leadership team,” said CEO Albert Santalo. “As CareCloud continues to expand its client base and disrupt healthcare using cloud computing technology, I could not be more proud that the company is being recognized for its impact. I value the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s exceptional commitment to fostering the growth of the technology industry in South Florida and am very honored to receive this award.” more
 South Florida libraries use mobile technology to offer free e-book
"It has become quite clear that libraries need to keep up with the times as far as mobile technology and e-books are concerned,” says Stephen Grubb, E-Services manager for Broward County Libraries. “About a third of the country has e-readers, so libraries need to be able to keep up with current technology. When people think of e-books, we want them to think of the library, not Amazon or Barnes & Noble.” more
 Microsoft to invest $300M in Barnes & Nobel e-book business
Barnes & Noble’s shares nearly doubled this morning on news that Microsoft will invest $300 million in return for a 17.6 percent stake in a new business subsidiary dedicated to digital books. The deal with Microsoft gives new firepower to Barnes & Noble, which has been engaged in an expensive battle with Amazon.com’s market-leading Kindle. "It gives them a much larger partner with deeper pockets, it gives them increased reach," said Morningstar analyst Peter Wahlstrom. "In the last two years they’ve had their backs against the wall." Barnes & Noble has said it commands about 27 percent of the U.S. market for e-books and e-readers. more
 Our Facebook page is a really great resource for the South Florida IT community as well as Job Seekers and Hiring Managers. We invite you to join our growing community, please visit our Facebook page and click the ‘Like’ button.
Thank you,
Alex Funkhouser,
Alex@SherlockTech.com |
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