ANTenna Blog -- April 19, 2009 - April 25, 2009 Archive

Obama Still Doesn't Have His Secure Blackberry

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:57 PM ET | Apr 24, 2009

According to the Washington Times, the National Security Agency is still working on the software to encrypt the President's favorite communications device.

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Government | Mobile

Facebook Revises Terms Of Use - No One Cares

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:37 PM ET | Apr 24, 2009

Remember the kerfuffle a couple months ago when Facebook changed its terms of use, then took back the changes when the user community threatened to revolt? At the time, the social networking giant promised to let users vote on a new terms of use, and now it has followed through. So why doesn't anyone care?

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Social Networking

Can An Open-Source Upstart Claim The Cloud?

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 04:11 AM ET | Apr 24, 2009

Virtualization is a crowded and very competitive market. But don't count out an open-source newcomer that could make some waves with its approach to delivering both Windows and Linux apps.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Hardware & Software | Internet/Web | Linux | Open Source | Software-as-a-Service

A Good News - Bad News Week For Ubuntu Server

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 12:48 AM ET | Apr 24, 2009

Ubuntu's latest Linux server push offers small business users a mix of good and bad news. The good news, however, definitely wins this round.

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Hardware & Software | IT | Linux | Open Source

What Part Of Disaster Recovery Don't You Understand? (bMighty Wants To Know!)

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:15 PM ET | Apr 23, 2009

Disaster Recovery planning and preparation remains one of the great vulnerabilities of small and midsized businesses (and plenty of big businesses, too). Why do so many businesses avoid taking the time and spending the money to prep themselves for disasters that may never happen? The three most common answers are in that question.

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Backup | Business Continuity | IT | Security | Security | Software-as-a-Service | bMighty

Top 10 Tech Investments For Your Business

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 05:04 AM ET | Apr 23, 2009

Where to spend scarce dollars on IT is a never ending challenge for business owners. Deciding which investments in infrastructure, hardware, or software will yield the most return is a black art, but according CIOs these 10 places are a good place to start.

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IT

10 After-Tax-Filing Security Tips

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 04:40 AM ET | Apr 23, 2009

Filing your taxes isn't the end of the story. You've also got to be sure that you the electronic information you submit doesn't fall prey to identity theft. Think it can't happen to you? Tell that to the 10 million Americans who had their identity stolen last year.

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

Recession Doesn't Dim Green Focus For SMBs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:09 PM ET | Apr 22, 2009

Despite the recession we're mired in this Earth Day, the majority of business owners say environmental issues are just as important as the economy and more than a third focus more on the environment now than ever before. And thanks to new technologies, going green is more achievable than ever before.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Green Business | Printers/Printing | Tips

Being Secure While Being Green

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:25 AM ET | Apr 22, 2009

Tossing out digital devices with data on them is a security risk. Disposing of digital devices improperly, with or without data present, is an environmental risk.

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Disaster Recovery | Green Business | Hardware & Software | Security | bMighty

What The Oracle/Sun Deal Means To Your Business - Take Two

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:28 PM ET | Apr 21, 2009

Yesterday, I wrote that Oracle's purchase of Sun could lead to the abandonment of MySQL but was likely to boost Java. Today, Info-Tech Research lead analyst Andy Woyzbun predicts new packages leveraging the open source database. But he's not so sure about the future of Open Office.

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Business & E-Business | Hardware & Software

Symantec Beefs Up Its SMB Security Line

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:29 AM ET | Apr 21, 2009

Symantec used this weeks RSA convention to roll out a pair of new security products aimed at small and midsize companies. The Symantec Protection Suite combines endpoint and messaging protection with data recovery to create a layered approach to security, while the Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition is designed to make SMB security easy to install and manage.

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Security

More Cloud Services Emerge

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:27 AM ET | Apr 21, 2009

Cloud services are becoming more popular in small and medium businesses. While corporations like the flexibility that these services offer, they have been concerned about their security features. In response, one of the industry’s most influential vendors unveiled a series of cloud security services as well as enhanced its cloud collaboration platform.

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Cloud Computing

Linux On WIndows: Get The Best Of Both Worlds

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 01:34 AM ET | Apr 21, 2009

Looking for the best way to try Linux without giving up Windows? A new guide will give you plenty of food for thought.

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Hardware & Software | Linux | Open Source | Tips

VMWare vSphere 4 Offers SMBs "Always On IT"

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:15 AM ET | Apr 21, 2009

Positioned as the first cloud operating system, VMWare's vSphere 4 provides SMBs with virtualization options for as little as $166 per processor.

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Disaster Recovery | Hardware & Software | IT | Server How-To

What Oracle Buying Sun Means To Your Business

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:41 PM ET | Apr 20, 2009

Now that Oracle has aced out IBM to buy Sun Microsystems for $7.4 billion dollars, the question for bMighty readers is what does this blockbuster merger mean for small and midsize businesses? The consequences are real, even if you're not a customer of either one, because although they concentrate on the enterprise market, they control many key technologies and both companies have recently ramped up their pushes into the midmarket.

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Business & E-Business

Apps Bypassing Business Security -- Bigtime!

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:07 PM ET | Apr 20, 2009

Those applications your employees use (whether you want them to or not) are making it easier for them to bypass security systems and controls. A new report from firewall company Palo Alto Networks shows just how easy -- and just how serious the problem is.

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Business & E-Business | IT | Internet/Web | Networking & Communications | Security | bMighty

HP Introduces iSCSI SAN, SAS For Blades

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:35 PM ET | Apr 20, 2009

Furthering the integration of LeftHand Networks, HP is rolling out LeftHand's SAN/iQ-iSCSI storage area network software and its own Virtual Storage Appliance for BladeSystem servers, allowing storage for multiple blade chassis on one SAN.

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Hardware & Software | Storage

Publishing Video Content Becomes Easier?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:20 AM ET | Apr 20, 2009

Increasingly, small and medium businesses are working with video content, including it in their marketing materials, using it to help employees understand company product features, and relying on it for training. One challenge has been finding simple to use, flexible, inexpensive application development tools, so one vendor is trying to address that need.

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Cloud Computing