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While awaiting a grilled chicken salad for lunch at a local sub shop, I overheard a local service provider tech trying to explain the finer points of small business networking to one of the co-owners, who like me, rolled her eyes when phrases like static IP address were spoken. Since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week. This year it was for the work week beginning May 4 and ending today May 8. The purpose of the week is recognition of small businesses in the U.S. where more than half of Americans either own or work for one, and who collectively create about two out of every three new jobs in the U.S. each year. Skype, Sky…what's the difference? To European consumers, apparently it's nil. The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the logo for the Skype video chat service would confuse end users, leading them to believe that Skype, the communications app, is actually Sky, the enormous satellite giant with fingers in markets all over the EU. With little fanfare, Blue Origin conducted the first launch of its New Shepard space vehicle last week, on April 29 from the company's spaceport in West Texas. The suborbital test flight was mostly a success, one that will likely worry Virgin Galactic if it is paying attention. Shortly after conducting the test flight, Blue Origin put up marketing material and started collecting names and addresses for early access to seat pricing and tickets. The company may beat Virgin Galactic to flying paid tourists on short-hop space flights. The popularity of Apple iOS in Europe's five largest countries continued to grow in the first quarter of the year, reaching a 20.3 percent share - 1.8 percentage points higher than in 2014. And China and the U.S. are driving big volumes for the iPhone-making giant. Small business owners are facing significant headwinds when it comes to adopting new technologies, network security and staying connected with their customers in today's highly competitive market. After 20 years as commander-in-chief, John Chambers is moving from CEO to executive chairman. His replacement will be Charles Robbins, who joined the company back in 1997 and is currently head of worldwide sales. Will this end well or will the company continue to tread water? Let's start out by saying I was anything but a huge fan of Carly Fiorina when she was CEO of HP, but everything is relative and I've come to look at most politicians as largely incapable managers who promise things they can't deliver. What makes a CEO different, particularly one who worked their way to the top (didn't get there with daddy's money) is that they know how to make promises they can meet and know the importance of keeping promises.
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