One of our main philosophies at SpireTech is to ask "why" - not what. Our motivation is to understand what you want to accomplish so we can find the best way to support your goal, rather than throwing money and equipment at a problem that may be misunderstood....
December is usually a busy time of the year at SpireTech. Clients begin looking at year-end profit projections (if any, in the current economy) and start figuring out what portion they will need to spend or pay taxes on. Usually, this is a good time of...
Microsoft is getting ready to finally pull the plug Windows XP permanently. XP came out eleven years ago on October 25th, 2001. After years of success, on April 8th, 2014, support for the operating system will cease. It has been a longer road than it was...
LaCie has a large market share in Europe and Japan, markets Seagate is interested to get their brand into. More of note is LaCie had enjoyed a fruitful relationship with Apple, being the primary pioneer in the use of a new external storage technology,...
The Clearwire, a wireless-broadband provider, took a heavy blow at the end of February after Google announced plans to sell all its shares in the company. Clearwire has struggled to be profitable and has requested more funding. Clearwire Chief...
Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE), a uniquely Portland celebration of creativity and entrepreneurship, announced they are accepting applications for a new class. PIE, started in 2009, is a collaboration of Weiden + Kennedy and other denizens of the PDX tech...
Isaac Asimov once said, “The only constant is change.” This is not only true in life, but in business as well. One trend that has changed in recent years is the popularity of telecommuting. Although many people have differing opinions regarding this, it has not been around long enough, on a large enough scale, to see its true impact on business
Have you noticed how the face of business has turned online. In the past getting your name out as a business was straightforward, hire an ad agency, get a billboard, simple
Do you find yourself agonizing over every little detail? Does it take you three times as long to accomplish a task because you are trying to get it “just right?” If so, you might be a perfectionist? It’s not an uncommon personality trait to see in the business world...