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5 Tips For SMBs To Seize The Mobile Web Opportunity

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:01 AM ET | Mar 12, 2010

With consumers flocking to mobile devices in droves, businesses need to meet customers where they are. These 5 tips will help your business navigate the mobile Web.

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SMB Confidence Up, Spending And Hiring Still Flat

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:32 PM ET | Mar 11, 2010

A new survey of local merchants finds that most see the economy holding steady in the doldrums and widespread caution about hiring or spending.

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Meraki Enhances Wireless Cloud Service Security

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:02 PM ET | Mar 10, 2010

Cloud services have been very popular among small and medium businesses because it enables them to take advantage of leading edge technology without adding a lot of management headaches. As a result, Meraki, which has been delivering wireless cloud services, beefed up the security features found with its Cloud Controller.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Security | Services

New FileMaker Boosts Analysis, Collaboration Features

Posted by Jake Widman 04:06 PM ET | Mar 9, 2010

FileMaker is now shipping FileMaker 11, with new spreadsheet-like features for creating charts and graphs and generating reports, as well as new ways to share and update information.

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Do As Security Pros Say, Not As They Do

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:14 AM ET | Mar 9, 2010

Monitoring at the RSA Conference found plenty of security vulnerabilities on the wireless networks the security professionals were using.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Remote Access How-To | Security

Polycom Adds Another Partner

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:49 AM ET | Mar 9, 2010

The effects from Cisco's recent acquisition of video conferencing supplier Tandberg continue to ripple throughout the IT marketplace. Polycom added one more partner, Avaya, to a rapidly expanding list, and the move underscored how the video conferencing sector is evolving into a two horse race.

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Bye Bye Essential Business Server, Hello Cloud

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:22 PM ET | Mar 8, 2010

Microsoft announces its betting big on cloud computing and discontinues its midmarket server offering.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Hardware & Software | IT | Server How-To | Services | Windows

Twitter Attacks Get Automated

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:46 PM ET | Mar 5, 2010

A security researcher has released an automated social network attack tool in an attempt to show just how vulnerable social nets are.

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Social Media, Video Become Email Marketing Staples For SMBs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 03:07 PM ET | Mar 3, 2010

SMB email marketers are seeing results from incorporating more video and social media into campaigns; 64% have boosted conversion rates using video email.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Internet/Web | Sales/Marketing | Social Networking | Web 2.0

Leaving InformationWeek SMB, And Introducing Enterprise Efficiency!

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:40 PM ET | Mar 1, 2010

As regular readers of InformationWeek SMB may have noticed, I haven't been around much lately. That's because for the past few weeks, I've been hard at work at a brand new TechWeb "skunkworks" project called Enterprise Efficiency, or E2, which launched last Friday.

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Small Business Employment On The Upswing

Posted by Jake Widman 05:44 PM ET | Mar 1, 2010

According to new data released by Intuit, U.S. small businesses employed more people in February than the month before, continuing an 8-month trend of rising SB employment.

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Akami Optimization Boosts AppRiver Mobile Email Performance

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 03:02 PM ET | Mar 1, 2010

Test results indicate up to 50% boost in mobile email performance from Akamai-optimization of AppRiver Secure Hosted Exchange solution.

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Business Continuity | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Messaging | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Services | Software-as-a-Service

App Insecurity: More Than Half Fail Security Tests First Time

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:29 AM ET | Mar 1, 2010

Applications are where the action is, both for business productivity and, not at all coincidentally, for exploits. A new report from Veracode charges that 58% of reviewed apps flunked security tests the first time.

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The 10 Most Strategic IT Vendors For SMBs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:21 AM ET | Feb 26, 2010

The most strategic vendors for SMBs may be the same as for large enterprises. Or, the local and regional vendors that keep serve the IT needs of smaller businesses may just fly under the radar of national and global vendor rankings.

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Survey Reveals Reasons SMBs Choose Managed Services

Posted by Jake Widman 09:23 PM ET | Feb 25, 2010

A survey conducted by Hurwitz & Associates of Dell Managed Services customers elicits some of the reasons SMBs are drawn to managed services and some of the benefits the participants have realized.

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