ANTenna Blog -- February 2009 Archive

Smartphones Alter Unified Communications Equation

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:17 PM ET | Feb 27, 2009

Earlier this week, I wrote about a Siemens study that identified the top 6 communications pain points for SMBs. Today, I heard from a UC expert who offered some interesting insight into the topic -- especially on the impact of smartphones on unified commications.

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Cloud Computing | Mobile | Unified Communications

Bill That Boosts Spending On Small Business Programs Halfway Through Congress

Posted by Gayle Kesten 02:18 PM ET | Feb 27, 2009

Following the legislative process makes me all the more appreciative of the flexibility that defines small businesses.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Economics | Government | Start-Ups

Firewall Builder: Faster, Friendlier Network Security

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 09:44 AM ET | Feb 27, 2009

Looking for an effective, powerful, relatively easy to use firewall configuration tool? Allow me to introduce Firewall Builder -- a tool that just might become your new best friend.

Facebook Invites User Input Into Terms Of Service

Posted by Fredric Paul 10:01 PM ET | Feb 26, 2009

Remember the kerfuffle last week over Facebook's unannounced changes in its terms of service? The ones that seemed to say Facebook owns anything you put up on the service, even after after you cancel your account? The ones that the company hurriedly rolled back when folks complained? Well, Facebook now has a new approach: It's asking user opinions on how the service should be governed.

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Social Networking

Crisis Survival Kit: 12 Tips To Keep Customers Coming Back

Posted by Jennifer Moline 04:14 PM ET | Feb 26, 2009

As the recession drags on, people are keeping a tighter grip on their wallets. So how does a retailer stay in business? By developing a loyal following. Here are 12 tips to ensure your customers stick with you.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Retail | Sales/Marketing | Tips

PCI Compliance Questions? You're Hardly Alone.

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:59 AM ET | Feb 26, 2009

The more companies breached, the likelier we are to hear more clamor for for tighter, stricter, tougher compliance standards for companies handling customer credit card information. But some feel it will take a lot more breaches before standards get a lot tighter.

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Business & E-Business | Finance/Accounting | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Retail | Security

Business Owners' Optimism Starts To Inch Upward

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:04 AM ET | Feb 26, 2009

Knowing exactly when the low point (or high point) of any fluctuation occurs is almost impossible without some distance from the events. According to a new survey, the low point of optimism for small business owners may have been last October.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Entrepreneurs

bMighty vs. Bernanke - Obama Finally Steps Up For Small Businesses. But Will It Be Enough?

Posted by The rANT 11:50 PM ET | Feb 25, 2009

Small business got a lot of attention on the Presidential campaign trail last year, but they've seemed kind of invisible in Washington since then. Until last night, that is, when President Obama finally shared the love with entrepreneurs and small business owners. But despite the glowing rhetoric, it's not at all clear that business owners will get what they what they really want out of the administration.

D-Link Rolls Out 802.11n Access Point For SMBs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:56 PM ET | Feb 25, 2009

The future of business is wireless and the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard holds the promise of more speed and longer range. The roster of available "n" products is growing fast and that includes offerings for small and midsize businesses.

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Mobile

'Celebrity Apprentice' Stars The Donald, A Playmate -- And Your Product?

Posted by Jennifer Moline 12:36 PM ET | Feb 25, 2009

The new season of "The Celebrity Apprentice" will feature a slew of celebs, such as Joan Rivers and Andrew Dice Clay, as well as product placement galore -- including one from midsize company LifeLock. Here are some tips on how to make your own product a TV star.

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Retail | Sales/Marketing | Security

MessageLabs: Recession Spam Volume Shows No Recession In Spam

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:23 AM ET | Feb 25, 2009

Spam subject lines reflect public concerns, curiosities, interests -- and fears, as the surge in recession-oriented spam shows. This latest surge includes a tricky search engine link tactic that you need to be aware of.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Security

Marvell's Mini-PC: $99, 5 Watts -- And Big Potential

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 09:18 AM ET | Feb 25, 2009

What could your business do with a tiny, fully-functional Linux server that runs on about five watts of power? One chip-maker has some interesting thoughts on the subject.

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Hardware & Software | Internet/Web | Linux | Open Source

Pricing Shifts in Network Management Space

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:25 PM ET | Feb 24, 2009

Times are tough. Small and medium businesses are watching the bottom line very closely and making cuts to ensure that they can make it though this difficult economic period. Network management systems have been one product area that corporations have found difficult to justify -- even in good times. In response to the current economic problems, one vendor has revamped its pricing structure.

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Management

Apple Releases Safari 4 Beta

Posted by Jennifer Moline 02:41 PM ET | Feb 24, 2009

Apple today released Safari 4 beta as a free download. Check out the new features of the "world's fastest browser" and see if they're ideal for your business. The big question will be: Has Apple fixed Safari's incompatibilities?

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Apple

Gfail Of Gmail Bad News For Cloud Computing

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:58 AM ET | Feb 24, 2009

Not being able to log into Gmail this morning annoyed consumers worldwide, but the longer-term damage is with IT managers who doubt the reliability of cloud computing for business-critical applications.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1-49 | IT | Messaging

Breach! More Payment Processor Problems

Posted by Keith Ferrell 09:52 AM ET | Feb 24, 2009

The news of another -- another! -- payment processor data breach makes it clear that the crooks have selected processing companies as the battleground of choice in their efforts to grab your customers' credit card information.

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Business & E-Business | Finance/Banking/Insurance | Retail | Security

Asus At Work On Android-Based Eee PC

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 08:45 AM ET | Feb 24, 2009

Will Asus be the first netbook vendor to adopt Google's Android OS? It's a safe bet, according to the head of the company's Eee PC division.

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Hardware & Software | Linux | Mobile | Open Source

Salesgenie.com Bolster Sales Prospect Filtering With "Enterprise" Edition

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:59 PM ET | Feb 23, 2009

Looking beyond free sales leads and Super Bowl ads, Salesgenie introduces sales lead tracking that allows organizations to manage increasingly sophisticated sales teams, regardless of the size of the business.

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Hardware & Software | Sales/Marketing | Software-as-a-Service

PaaS Vendors Swarm Former Coghead Customers

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:08 PM ET | Feb 23, 2009

When Coghead revealed last week that it was going out of business, it left users of applications based on its Platform as a Service products scrambling for a new direction. Not surprisingly, it hasn't taken long for competing PaaS vendors to jump in -- but will once-burned users be twice shy about adopting other PaaS environments?

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Cloud Computing | IT | Software-as-a-Service | Web 2.0

Payroll Tool Includes Stimulus Bill Tax Changes

Posted by Jennifer Moline 02:53 PM ET | Feb 23, 2009

The stimulus package that was just signed into law includes a number of tax credits for small and midsize companies. Now Intuit Payroll aims to make sure smaller-business employees receive the maximum tax benefits they're entitled to.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Accounting

Radware Picks Up Nortel Switch

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 01:04 PM ET | Feb 23, 2009

Having filed for Chapter 11 protection, Nortel has been busily trying to revamp its operations and remain viable long term. The company has a number of attractive networking product lines, and one of them seems to have found a new home, so small and medium businesses can now rest easier.

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Networking & Communications

Layoffs: Close Security Doors Before Showing Employees The Exit Door

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:46 AM ET | Feb 23, 2009

Security and system access issues must be addressed long before pink slips are distributed. Some observers, in fact, view laid off employees as one of the biggest network and data security threats your company will face.

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HR | Networking & Communications | Security

Open-Source ERP: Great News For Small Biz

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 06:14 AM ET | Feb 23, 2009

Are enterprise customers ready to consider open-source ERP tools? Maybe not -- but it's a very different story in the small-business market.

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Business & E-Business | Hardware & Software | IT | Open Source

Yelp Controversies Just Won’t Go Away

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:01 PM ET | Feb 22, 2009

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about how social networking services hold dangers for small and midsize businesses. Yelp in particular continues to come under fire from SMBs who say the company has promised to hide bad reviews – if they advertise with the service.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Retail | Sales/Marketing | Social Networking | Web 2.0

The Demise Of Coghead: Collateral Damage When The Cloud Goes Poof

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:19 PM ET | Feb 20, 2009

The demise of Platform as a Service (PaaS) vendor Coghead is being described as a "debacle" and a "disaster" for the small and midsize companies who were using applications built on Coghead's cloud-based platform. Here's the story from the trenches.

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Business Continuity | Cloud Computing | Software-as-a-Service | Web 2.0

Netbooks: How Do Businesses Really Use Them?

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:50 PM ET | Feb 20, 2009

At bMighty.com, we love netbooks because they're small, portable, and cheap. Consumers love 'em too, obviously, but what do real businesses actually use them for?

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Hardware & Software | Mobile

Disaster Recovery: Got A Plan? Know Where It Is?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:06 PM ET | Feb 20, 2009

Do you have a formal, written disaster recovery plan? Do you know where it is? Just as important, do others know where it is in case something happens to you?

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Backup | Disaster Recovery | IT | Security | Security

Open-Source Backup Takes To The Cloud

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 02:55 AM ET | Feb 20, 2009

Looking for an inexpensive backup solution that doesn't treat vendor lock-in as a "feature?" Zmanda's new, cloud-based backup offering might be worth a closer look.

Crisis Survival Kit: 6 Ways To Appear Big Enough For The Job

Posted by Jennifer Moline 03:24 PM ET | Feb 19, 2009

Smaller companies aren't going to get a bailout, leaving them to their own devices to build business. Here are six ways to cast a larger shadow so that you can stay competitive in your quest to gain customers.

CAPTCHA Cnondrum: Automated Attacks Trump Human-Entry Defenses

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:46 PM ET | Feb 19, 2009

Automated attacks aimed at bypassing CAPTCHA -- those squiggly characters you have to enter to access some blogs and e-mail -- are getting better and faster at overcoming anti-spam defenses. In other words, the machines are beating us at what was supposed to be our game.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Security

Crisis Survival Kit: 6 Recession Mistakes You Can't Afford To Make

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:07 AM ET | Feb 19, 2009

Owning a business is challenging in good times, but the leading a business through a recession pushes you to your limits (and beyond). It's easy to misstep and right there's no margin for error. Here are 6 common mistakes that business owners make during recessions -- be warned.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Management | Tips

Freescale's Chip Shot: The $200 Netbook

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 11:33 PM ET | Feb 18, 2009

Think netbooks are already a great deal? Just wait a few months.

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Hardware & Software | IT | Linux | Mobile

Landing Pages Made Simple And Profitable

Posted by Jennifer Moline 04:59 PM ET | Feb 18, 2009

A well-thought-out landing page is a great way to track marketing campaigns and improve your ROI. Here are 10 best practices for landing pages as well as a brand-new SaaS product from CrownPeak designed to make landing page management easy.

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Company Size: 250-999 | IT | Internet/Web | Sales/Marketing | Software-as-a-Service

Facebook Rewinds Terms Of Service Changes

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:01 PM ET | Feb 18, 2009

Facing outrage from its users, Facebook has backed off on changes it recently introduced to its Terms of Service (TOS) that claimed ownership of all material in perpetuity, even after users terminated their accounts. But the underlying issues of who controls what your company puts on Facebook aren't going away so easily.

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Social Networking

Crisis Survival Kit: 7 Smart Steps To Trimming Your Budget

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:43 PM ET | Feb 18, 2009

With sales paltry and the outlook weak, small and midsize businesses are looking for every possible way to trim costs. These 7 tips will help business owners cut without crippling the business.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Tips

Lenovo Offers Up Two New Service Plans

Posted by Jennifer Moline 12:36 PM ET | Feb 18, 2009

Lenovo is continuing its courtship of the business sector as it introduces today two new support services for its Think PCs.

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Hardware & Software

Data Compliance: Massachusetts Law Has National Implications (If It Ever Gets Finished)

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:38 AM ET | Feb 18, 2009

Massachusetts' decision to revise its exceptionally tough new data privacy law (which will exert effects far beyond the Commonwealth's borders) has a lot of businesses (not to mention their lawyers and compliance advisers) wondering just what to do and when. How do you know what to comply with, and what to finesse? How far do you go in complying with a law that may be changed in the next few months?

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Security

Microsoft Mobile Tries to Remain Relevant

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:03 AM ET | Feb 18, 2009

Microsoft is one of the industry’s most influential suppliers, yet the company has struggled to remain relevant in the fast moving, highly competitive smartphone space. To shore up its beleaguered market position, the vendor took the wraps off of the latest release of its Windows Mobile operating system.

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Mobile

WAN Optimization System Continues to Morph

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:09 PM ET | Feb 17, 2009

Boundary lines among different products should always be draw in pencil rather than in pen. As technology matures, autonomous products often are melded, and the integration simplifies user deployments and eases management. Such a transition appears to be taking place in the WAN optimization market.

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Networking & Communications

How To Survive An IRS Audit

Posted by Jennifer Moline 04:15 PM ET | Feb 17, 2009

Is your business facing an IRS audit? You're not the only one, and if that's not enough to make you feel better, then check out an online program that describes what happens when the IRS comes knocking at your door.

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Business & E-Business | Finance/Accounting

Would You Cut Your Own Pay To Save Jobs?

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:02 PM ET | Feb 17, 2009

Half of all small business owners are already doing it, according to a new Staples survey. Moreover, two thirds are willing to give up "dining out, entertainment, and vacations to ensure job stability."

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | HR | Management

Free Is The New On Sale For Online Accounting

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:48 PM ET | Feb 17, 2009

In a gambit to shoulder into the online accounting market, Ubikwiti does QuickBook's Small Business United offer one better with free SaaS bookkeeping for "single-user SMBs."

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Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Accounting | Services | Software-as-a-Service

Busted: 3 Myths About Stealing Identify From Electronic Tax Returns

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:06 AM ET | Feb 17, 2009

No one (accountants excepted) looks forward to the quarterly and annual scrambles to pay taxes. And though electronic filing has made the process easier, it creates an opening for identify theft that could put you and your business at risk.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Finance/Accounting | Security | Tips

Microsoft Puts $250,000 Bounty On Downadup Bot Author

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:35 AM ET | Feb 17, 2009

Even as the Downadup (aka Conficker) infection spreads at a rate of millions of compromised machines a day spreads, Microsoft is leading a group of security organizations and companies in attempt to nab the malware's author(s). There's a $250,000 price on the malware creator's head(s)now.

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Internet/Web | Security | Windows

Citrix Online Debuts GoToAssist Express

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:27 AM ET | Feb 17, 2009

The remote-support service is designed to let small business and even individuals and small businesses offer online technical support over the Web, with no software installations required.

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Company Size: 1-49 | IT

Windows 7 Vs. Linux: Let's Get Real

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 03:11 AM ET | Feb 17, 2009

So, is Windows 7 really a Linux-killer? Does Linux finally have Microsoft on the ropes? Maybe both sides in this "debate" need to step off and get a grip.

Beware Facebook's New Terms Of Service

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:05 PM ET | Feb 16, 2009

Businesses using Facebook for marketing or other purposes need to be aware of a change to the service's Terms of Service -- basically, they own anything you put up there, even if you close your account.

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Social Networking

Web 2.0 Postings Boost Threat To Small Businesses

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:54 PM ET | Feb 15, 2009

bMighty has always been a fan of smaller companies leveraging Web 2.0 techniques for guerilla marketing. But we know that there's a dark side of Web 2.0 as well, as illustrated by the rising tide of lawsuits surrounding negative posts -- especially on Yelp.

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Business & E-Business | Retail | Sales/Marketing | Social Networking | Web 2.0

Microsoft Warns Businesses About Skipping Vista

Posted by Jennifer Moline 03:42 PM ET | Feb 13, 2009

If your business was thinking of dismissing Vista and holding out for the release of Windows 7, then think again, Microsoft has warned. But that's not really taking into consideration the needs of small and midsize businesses.

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IT | Windows

Don't Let Valentine's Day Break Your Heart -- Or Your Site

Posted by Jennifer Moline 12:39 PM ET | Feb 13, 2009

It happens every major gift-giving holiday -- last-minute shoppers scramble to purchase presents, which can lead to traffic surges, which can lead to smaller companies' Web sites crashing. But there is a way to prevent that.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Retail

Linux Delivers Instant-On Tech To New Dell Laptops

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 08:51 PM ET | Feb 12, 2009

Does a laptop that goes up to a full day between charges sound appealing? Well, here it comes, and Linux is helping to make it happen.

Smaller Companies Are Going Mobile

Posted by Jennifer Moline 03:18 PM ET | Feb 12, 2009

Two separate reports show that small and midsize companies are increasingly mobile. And with that mobility comes a reliance on laptops, netbooks, and smartphones.

Will Virtualization Bring Thin Clients To SMBs?

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:53 PM ET | Feb 12, 2009

If you work at a small or midsize business, you probably haven't seen a so-called "thin client" for a long, long time. If you've ever even heard of them, you may have thought they were almost extinct, living on only in the dusty corners of huge bureaucratic organizations that never got the memo about personal computers. Well, Wyse Technology says they're ba-a-a-ck! Sort of.

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Cloud Computing | Hardware & Software | IT | Networking & Communications | Windows

Amazon's Cloud Improves Access To IBM's Cloud

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:10 PM ET | Feb 12, 2009

The lack of pay-as-you go pricing in IBM Blue Cloud announcement ignored the budget realities of small and midsize businesses, but by offering through Amazon Web Services, IBM has thrown open the door to the midmarket.

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Cloud Computing

Crisis Survival Kit: 12 Steps To Upgrade Your Business

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:14 AM ET | Feb 12, 2009

These 12 simple, incremental steps can help improve your business and put you on the path to thriving, not just surviving.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Tips

Will You Be My Botnet? Storm Returns For Valentine's

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:20 AM ET | Feb 12, 2009

Valentine's Day has been Botnet Day for as long as there have been botnets, and 2009 is no exception. An evolved and wily version of the Storm botnet is producing as many as a thousand variations of itself a day.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Security

For Disaster Recovery, Size Matters -- And So Does Virtualization

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:35 PM ET | Feb 11, 2009

Did you know that how big your company is can determine whether you should get your disaster recovery as Software as a Service (Saas), as software, or as a managed software?

Google Apps: Right For The Small Business Buck? (And Does Google Even Want Your Bucks?)

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:53 PM ET | Feb 11, 2009

Some new Google Apps security measures go a ways toward increasing the platform's safety for business use. But which businesses? Google stance is increasingly aiming the top end Apps package at the enterprise customers it most clearly covets. Where does that leave the small and midsized business?

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Business & E-Business | Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Security

Instant-On Available In ARM Processor-Based Netbooks

Posted by Jennifer Moline 12:17 PM ET | Feb 11, 2009

HyperSpace, an instant-on, always-connected computing environment by Phoenix Technologies, is now optimized for the ARM Cortex-A8 processor architecture used on netbooks and other mobile devices. Is this something small and midsize businesses will jump on?

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Hardware & Software

Crisis Survival Kit: If It's Not On Sale, Don't Buy It

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:20 AM ET | Feb 11, 2009

The recession is putting the screws to everyone and that means falling prices on hardware, software, services, and a host of other business technology. From Azeleos to Dell, HP to Intuit, it's a buyer's market out there.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Tips

Crisis Survival Kit: Dell Jumps On The 0% Financing Bandwagon

Posted by Fredric Paul 10:00 PM ET | Feb 10, 2009

In the current recession, buying computer equipment for your company is starting to resemble shopping for a car. When I see companies offering 0% financing, I usually assume they're offering deals on a new Ford Taurus or Toyota Camry. But Dell has just joined HP in no-interest SMB lease promotions.

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Business & E-Business | Economics | Green Business | Hardware & Software | Storage

The Secret To Secure Instant Messaging

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 08:24 PM ET | Feb 10, 2009

Think there is no such thing as secure instant messaging? I have some very good news for you.

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Messaging | Networking & Communications | Open Source | Security | Tips

What The Midmarket Is Looking For -- According To Oracle

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:04 PM ET | Feb 10, 2009

Oracle Senior Vice President Tony Kender tells bMighty what midmarket companies are looking for in today's turbulent economy.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Economics | Hardware & Software | IT

TeleNav Releases Add-On To Employee-Tracking Solution

Posted by Jennifer Moline 12:53 PM ET | Feb 10, 2009

Following on the heels of Google's release of Latitude, TeleNav says the new Vehicle Navigator for its Track solution is the business owner's answer to keeping tabs on employees.

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Mobile | Transportation

Open Source Network Management Solutions Expand

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 10:26 AM ET | Feb 10, 2009

Network management has been an ongoing challenge for many small and medium businesses. While many often need such tools, they have usually found them to be expensive, difficult to deploy, and hard to maintain. Open source solutions have been trying to address those problems and one vendor enhanced its system.

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Management

IBM Makes Cloud Computing Safer Choice

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:14 AM ET | Feb 10, 2009

No one ever got fired for buying IBM. And with today's cloud push from IBM, making the move to cloud computing got safer for business owners and IT managers.

Kaspersky Hacked; Anti-Virus Firm Learns Of Intrusion From Hacker Blog

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:00 AM ET | Feb 10, 2009

Antivirus maker Kaspersky Lab acknowledged that its customer databases had been hacked, and that the hack had been in place for 11 days without Kaspersky's awareness.

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Security

Salesforce Debuts The "Sales Cloud"

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:09 AM ET | Feb 10, 2009

Over at Salesforce.com, they seem to have a cloud for just about everything. Just last month the company launched the "Service Cloud" and its Spring 09 release is all about the "Sales Cloud."

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Cloud Computing | Sales/Marketing | Software-as-a-Service

Trademark SNAFU Shows That Sometimes, It's Better To Be Big Than Right

Posted by Fredric Paul 04:52 PM ET | Feb 9, 2009

At bMighty.com, we like to say that technology doesn't just level the playing field for small and midize companies, it can actually tilt it in their favor. Well, that may be true for technology, but InformationWeek Senior VP Bob Evans describes a case that demonstrates when it comes to regulatory and legal matters, size still matters.

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Government

Did You Wear Your Bathrobe To Work Today?

Posted by Jennifer Moline 03:52 PM ET | Feb 9, 2009

Monday is Doing Business In Your Bathrobe Day, a "holiday" that's been celebrated for the past seven years. And if the layoffs keep coming, we're likely to see more people switching from pumps to fuzzy slippers as they launch home-based businesses.

Mobile Video About to Invade Your Corporate Network

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:10 AM ET | Feb 9, 2009

Handheld devices have been gaining more processing power and more functional visual displays. To date, those advances have not translated into much use of mobile video, however, that may soon change. Consequently network managers need to proactively plan for an upcoming influx of video traffic.

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Mobile | Networking & Communications | Services

Identity Theft Rises, ID Thieves' Take Falls

Posted by Keith Ferrell 09:41 AM ET | Feb 9, 2009

The number of identity theft cases jumped more than 20% in 2008, but the amount the crooks got per theft dropped by more than 30%, a result of savvier consumers and businesses acting more swiftly when identity is taken. New study just out from Javelin Strategy & Research.

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Business & E-Business | Security

Oracle Sees Vertical Industries As Keys To The Midmarket

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:05 PM ET | Feb 8, 2009

Oracle says midmarket companies need three things in their software solutions: 1) industry-specific approaches, 2) partners who know their industry, and 3) easy implementation.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Hardware & Software | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev

Spy On Your Employees With Google Latitude

Posted by Jennifer Moline 02:31 PM ET | Feb 6, 2009

Google Latitude is the latest social network, and it has a bit of Facebook in it as well as a bit of GPS. Business managers can use Latitude to keep track of their employees -- but should they?

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Company Size: 1-49 | Management | Social Networking

Workers Working Around Web Filters, Surfing Where They Please

Posted by Keith Ferrell 02:09 PM ET | Feb 6, 2009

A new study confirms what we already know: Workers are finding ways around Web filters and watchware, using business computers to surf at will.

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Internet/Web | Security

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