Amid all the focus on consumer social networks and possible takeovers of big portal companies such as Yahoo, if s easy to overlook the new products, services and healthy financial results of companies in the B2B space. Yet overlooking those results would be a mistake for several reasons. First, if the nervousness about a U.S. recession becomes justified, it will be B2B companies rather than consumer businesses that will provide the foundation for a rebound. Second, consumer social networks have yet to find another revenue model beyond advertising, while B2B companies can still rely on selling real products to customers. Consider the following: Among tech companies recently reporting strong financial results are IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
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