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A new set of commercial cloud services from IBM, the Smart Business portfolio, promises to automate information technology processes and increase business efficiency.

Hospitality Technology is now accepting nominations for the 2009 Breakthrough Awards. Submit your nominations today for the restaurant that has demonstrated excellence in technology innovation, customer engagement and overall business efficiency.

Hospitality Technology scours the POS vendor marketplace to find out the latest innovations in POS software. Bundled offerings, new third-party integrations, and simplified user interfaces are just some of the newest updates.

Social media and Web 2.0 are revolutionizing the way many modern adults stay connected and share ideas. Discover new uses for Web 2.0 tools and the best practices that will boost brand recognition and drive business efficiency in any hospitality organization.

The findings for Hospitality Technology's 2009 Self-Service Technology Study are in, and the results point to a growing consumer demand for self-service tech and a plethora of next-gen solutions that harness personal devices.

Star Micronics' multifunction HSP7000 printer series is now supported by Microsoft's dynamic retail management system to provide small and mid-market operators with a complete POS solution.

Each year, HT surveys its subscribers and a sample of U.S. consumers to discover their experiences with, and attitudes toward, self-service. The findings for the 2009 Self-Service Technology Study point to a public that's increasingly ready to use self-service devices, as well as a host of next-gen solutions that focus on consumers' own personal devices.

In a study recently released by the Cornell Center for Hospitality Research, three researchers found that restaurant customers place a higher value on some types of technology than they do on others. Find out how customers ranked pagers for table management, online reservations, Internet-based ordering, kiosk-based payment and more.