Fuentek Featured In Phil Simon's Third Book, The New Small

APEX, NC, December 15, 2010 (Press-News.org) Laura A. Schoppe, president of Fuentek, LLC (http://www.fuentek.com/), a local technology consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology management services, has announced the firm will be featured in The New Small: How a New Breed of Small Businesses is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies. In this newly published book, author and independent technology consultant Phil Simon profiles eleven small businesses from a wide variety of industries and contrasts the way they use emerging technologies to save money while growing their customer base. The book covers a new breed of small businesses that are using Software as a Service (SaaS), free and open source software, social media and networks, mobility, cloud computing, and other emerging technologies. The chapter about Fuentek discusses the firm's use of collaborations in a virtual-team environment.

QUOTES:
"As a small business owner working virtually, I have learned how crucial it is to utilize the power of new technologies effectively," said Schoppe. "I am pleased to share with Phil's readers how Fuentek has achieved success through the use of these new tools."

DETAILS:
- For more information about The New Small and Phil Simon, visit http://www.thenewsmall.com.

NEW MEDIA CONTENT:
Fuentek Blog:
http://blog.fuentek.com

Fuentek blog post on The New Small: http://bit.ly/eMQrr8

Fuentek Twitter Account:
http://www.twitter.com/fuentek

ABOUT FUENTEK, LLC:
Fuentek, LLC is a consulting firm that provides intellectual property and technology management services. With a specialization in technology commercialization, Fuentek works with a wide variety of clients to identify promising technologies and assist them in converting their ideas and inventions into marketable products. Drawing upon its unique combination of technical, business and commercialization expertise, the firm is the largest NASA contractor in North Carolina and has helped organizations around the world find the technology they need. Led by Laura A. Schoppe, a 2008 recipient of the prestigious Triangle Business Journal Women In Business award, Fuentek also offers training workshops, guidebooks and Web sites to help clients improve effectiveness in managing their intellectual property. DiversityBusiness.com has recognized Fuentek as a top women-owned, diversity-owned and small business in North Carolina for the past five consecutive years. The firm has received numerous awards for its work, including an entrepreneurial Pinnacle Business Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce. Fuentek was most recently named a finalist in the NCTA 21 awards in the category of most innovative technology company. For more information, please call (919) 249-0327 or visit Fuentek's website at http://www.fuentek.com.

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