Type of Article: MacTech Blog

GLOBO (www.globopic.com — which specializes in mobile, telecom and e-business software products and services — has released survey results that found IT departments are not making employees aware of their BYOD [bring your own device] policies.

In the survey, 68% of respondents said they use their personal devices for work, while only 29% said that their company actually has a BYOD policy in place. Furthermore, 42% of respondents don’t know if their company’s BYOD policy allows IT to have full access to their personal devices.

 Americans are deferring action on energy savings because of confusion about the benefits according to Soluxe Energy Solutions, a Connecticut-based marketing company says.

“Most energy efficiency upgrades produce immediate savings,” says Gil Kernan , vice president of contractor relations. “But homeowners continue to believe it will be years before they realize a return on their investment in home improvements,” he added.

Medallia, which specializes in Customer Experience Management (CEM) software, has issued a call “for industry-leading enterprises to prepare for the impact of fast-changing consumer technology trends on their CEM programs and purchasing decisions.”

Small business owners and decision makers are fairly optimistic about revenue projections, with 92.5% expecting their revenue to be flat or up in 2013, according to the latest “Small Business Marketing Forecast” by Ad-ology Research (MarketingForecast.com).

This annual study, now in its fifth year, also reveals that small business decision makers are investing their revenue back into advertising and marketing. 30.5% of SMBs who spend more than $1,000 on advertising plan to spend more in 2013 than they did in 2012.