Some Washington-area business leaders see 2014 as being a better year for the local economy compared to a 2013 that saw market uncertainty resulting from sequestration, the Washington Post reported Monday. Sarah Halzack writes that a Post poll of economists, executives and academics indicates general agreement of an improved business climate and most respondents cited […] More

A new trend for former military personnel in the UK has seen ex-officers join the entrepreneurial ranks instead of joining the corporate ranks, FT.com reported Wednesday. Jonathan Moules writes that a new UK venture capital trust called Time: Reboot was recently launched with an intent to support ex-military entrepreneurs and their businesses. Stuart Nicol, fund […] More

A new Gallup and Wells Fargo survey indicates nearly half of U.S. small business owner respondents claim they feel the same way about their companies’ outlook as they did at end of the previous year, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. J.D. Harrison writes about a quarter or 23 percent of the 600 employers surveyed are […] More

SAP and a United Arab Emirates-based university will collaborate to educate students on business software applications through problem-solving exercises, technology demonstrations and research activities, The Gulf Today reported Tuesday. Ajman University for Science and Technology joined an SAP alliance program designed to give academic institutions access to the company’s enterprise-grade software portfolio for training purposes, […] More

Businesses and enterprises will increasingly look to cloud computing as a necessity rather than an option and a majority of data center traffic will likely travel through a cloud platform next year, according to a Carpathia Hosting list of predictions. In that forecast published Monday, the hosting services provider also says both startup and established […] More