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Featured Articles » Money to 'Burn': Soltage Secures $30.5 Million for Six Solar Projects » Beijing Scholar Envisions an Expanded Macau as Global Hub for Eco-Technology » California Leads the Nation in Green » Verne Global Earns Computerworld Honors Laureate for Zero-Carbon Data Center   Sponsored By: 8x8, Inc. Businesses Skirt Disaster with Cloud PBX and Contact Center Live Webinar: Thursday, April 4, 2013 TIME: 11:00 AM PST/ 2:00 PM ET SIGN UP TODAY! Typical small and medium businesses cannot afford the expense of redundant and geographically diverse communications systems. Businesses that choose a robust cloud-based PBX and Contact Center provider enjoy double benefits of disaster resiliency and lower costs than premises-based systems. Attend this Webinar to: Learn how a hard hit New York City company was able to provide normal services during Hurricane Sandy Learn the resiliency advantages of cloud based PBX and Contact Center services. Compare the total cost of ownership of on-site equipment and staff versus cloud-based services. What to look for when picking a cloud services vendor   Top Stories » Global Forest Watch 2.0 Combats Deforestation and Illegal Logging » From Los Angeles to Shanghai, Car Rentals are Going Green » ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas Deploys Ecova Services for Monitoring, Reducing Energy Usage » Rolls-Royce Wins Green Ship Technology Award for its 'Environship' Concept   From The Expert Corner March 26, 2013 Hold the Phones: Foxconn Diversifies in China with Solar Projects By Cheryl Kaften TMCnet Contributor As Samsung surpasses its own sales records with its Galaxy S3 and S4 smartphones —and comes ever-closer to “upsetting the Apple (News - Alert) cart” with its clever advertising campaign against the iPhone, companies in the supply chain are taking note. In fact, the company that is infamous for supplying Apple with low-priced overseas labor and manufacturing—Taiwan’s Foxconn—is looking for ways to cut possible losses, should Apple take a market tumble. Now, according to ZD Net, China’s Ministry of Commerce has announced that Foxconn is investing heavily in the nation’s solar market—despite the disarray caused this month by the bankruptcy of Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd... Read More    Featured Videos GreenPeak Shows Smart Home Solutions    Featured Resources » How Oracle Fusion Middleware Can Address Data Challenges OEMs & ISVs Face Designing and Deploying Smart Grid Solutions   Featured Channels » Renewable Energy » Solar Power » Wind Power   Advertise With Us   General advertising Info: Click here      Become a TMCnet columnist! Become a TMCnet columnist! Want to contribute your expertise to a growing audience of technology professionals? Become a writer, blogger or columnist for the TMCnet Web site and this newsletter. Contact TMCnet Group Editorial Director, Erik Linask, at elinask@tmcnet.com for details.

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