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According to Engine Yard, a leading provider of PaaS (Platform as a Service), by 2015 mobile application development projects targeting smartphones and tablets will outnumber native PC projects by a ratio of 4 to 1. Innovation in mobile is imperative, and there’s a need for tools that enable businesses to innovate quickly. Many cloud computing technologies–like Engine Yard’s Platform as a Service–have enabled developers and businesses to focus on application innovation. The infographic below illustrates their findings:

All professionals have experienced that dreaded moment in their career when our precious electronics fail us. We can’t get our important presentation up on the screen, our internet connection is lost, or the printer suddenly stopped working while we’re on deadline. Before you reach for the phone and call your IT department or consultant, be your own IT guy or girl and try these simple steps:

Whether you work for a start-up, a massive private corporation, or a small non-profit, we all have one thing in common regardless of occupation: we sit, a lot, every day.  Therefore employee ergonomics is usually a large concern for any successful business, so, a few members of the AdvantEdge team recently took a simple but drastic step to test one of the most commonly cited ways of bettering office wellbeing: replacing our desk chairs with exercise balls!

While some people will always associate green with the arrival of springtime, at AdvantEdge Business Centers we’re ready to light it up blue throughout our shared office space come April!  Light It Up Blue is an international event in its third year, created by the organization Autism Speaks in order to raise autism awareness by having landmark buildings literally turn their lights blue!  So in this spirit, as you can see if you visit our website, we have posted the Light It Up Blue badge on our homepage.  Furthermore here are some informative facts about autism from lightitupblue.org which shed light on this serious epidemic:

In the business world, you are where you eat. And whether you have full-time or virtual office space, eventually you will have to step outside your work zone and engage in that ever present business staple: the power lunch. Esquire's Eat Like a Man blog says "Washington is a business-lunch city, and they know how to turn out an excellent meal in whatever time you have available." Keeping this in mind, here are a few places that consistently top the District's best lunch restaurants lists.

As executives seek to cut costs and maximize returns for their investors during the global economic crisis, the wellbeing of their workers at the office is being forgotten!  In an interconnected world, your office space should be a reflection of the global economy where ideas and solutions flow freely between people and across barriers.  With the advent of mobile communication technology, employees are now more physically mobile than ever. Even though we could theoretically work nowadays alone from our couch (and in our pajamas), people are not machines!  We are a social species who need interaction to live healthy personal lives.  So why not transfer that concept to the design of your office space?

It may be hard to believe, but in a matter of days many of us will rise out of our turkey comas only to setup camp outside of Target or Best Buy in anticipation of Black Friday deals. 'Tis the season of giving and who better to give to than clients who gave all year long. Repaying their business, referrals, or contributions to your reputation with some holiday giving is a must.

Most professionals understand when to present their business card and the limits of casual Fridays, but the digital world has its own set of norms that may differ from traditional business etiquette. Here are some tips for impressing your colleagues with your digital prowess while minding your P's and Q's:

Becoming a successful entrepreneur is often a tiring game of trial and error. Late nights, early mornings and lots of coffee in between. Feeling stressed is inevitable, but there are a few ways to help cut down on the headaches. Here are a few tips to guide you along your way when starting a start-up.

Steve Jobs had such a monumental impact on this world that a device he invented informed many of us that he'd left it. His vision and innovation fostered the creation of Apple and its later dominance of the tech industry. Jobs was a titan of the industry who affected the way businesses think and the way they conduct business. The following are just 10 ways Steve Jobs changed the business world unlike anyone else of his generation: