The AMI-Partners Blog

The President’s State of the Union Address emphasizes infrastructure, smart deregulation and other measures to support small businesses.

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Nobody really wants to carry two mobile phones. But it does happen, and it can be embarrassing. Ever have your Lady GaGa ring tone on your iPhone boom in the middle of a meeting? Or have your Blackberry suddenly ding incessantly with urgent e-mails from work—and you’re on a date? It’s probably fair to say consumers drive smart phone hype more than small and medium businesses do. It’s also fair to say that iPhones—a consumer device—have made an impression on the small and medium business market and that Blackberrys—a business tool—have made their claim in the consumer market. The point is, the lines between business and consumer markets have blurred for smart phone manufacturers, telcos, and SMB users.

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Tweet So, it seem like Facebook is on everyone’s minds. After the note about SBs+Facebook – Facebook SB users have 4 faces we should be aware of.

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Growth of mobility, telecommuting, broadband and ecosystem infrastructure emerge as some key cloud computing drivers, says AMI

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With Mark Zuckerberg’s recent China trip, the most probable 2012-IPO-of-the-year, Goldman’s recent valuation of $50 B, over 3x more than Microsoft’s once-gasped-at 2007 valuation, as well as the recent frenzie behind Facebook’s new email capabilities, it is not a surprise to find that 60% of US SBs –roughly 4 M SBs –are leveraging Facebook to market and build brand awareness. It’s pretty simple to conclude that having a public Facebook page is a “De facto” now a day; we are even finding businesses without websites are using Facebook instead as a platform to market themselves.

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