ANTenna Blog -- May 17, 2009 - May 23, 2009 Archive

Introducing The Latest And Greatest Small Business Technology: Blogs!

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:12 PM ET | May 22, 2009

Blogging may be old hat to some, but a new study says it's just now becoming mainstream for small businesses.

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

20 SMB Security Products Worth A Look

Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:49 PM ET | May 22, 2009

Take a few minutes this holiday weekend -- always assuming there's such a thing as holiday weekends for small and midsized businesses -- and check out twenty of the hottest and most budget-savvy (rarely the same thing) new security products.

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Security

Business Owners Don't Fear Recession

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:15 PM ET | May 22, 2009

The recession is scaring the bejesus out businesses of every stripe, but owners of small and midsize businesses have been to the brink of failure before -- many times -- and know how to survive.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Management | Start-Ups

Linux Desktop Stats: Wrong Question, Wrong Answers

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 04:06 AM ET | May 22, 2009

I'm not surprised that desktop Linux has hit the one percent milestone. I'm surprised that anyone takes these numbers seriously in the first place.

Tech Takes Stage At San Francisco Small Business Week Event

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:37 AM ET | May 22, 2009

The culmination of Small Business Week in San Francisco was the Business After Hours Grand Expo at AT&T Park, the picturesque home of the San Francisco Giants. And technology played a starring yet diverse role in the celebration.

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Business & E-Business

5 E-Commerce Tips To Maximize Online Sales For SMBs -- From A PayPal Expert Who's Seen It All

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:32 PM ET | May 21, 2009

Small and midsize businesses can compete online, if they know what they're doing. To get some tips, I talked to Eddie Davis, senior director of SMB merchant services for PayPal, which works with 73 million of online buyers and hundreds of thousands -- he wouldn't say exactly how many -- of online merchants. Davis says PayPal has distilled its experience into a set of tips for SMBs looking to boost their online business.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Internet/Web

Web 2.0 For Business Requires Web 2.0-Level Security: Websense

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:43 AM ET | May 21, 2009

The various elements and components and approaches that comprise Web 2.0 offer large business promise. But they also create large business risk and exposure. Better make sure your security and especially your security policies are up to the challenges.

Take Credit Card Payments On Your Phone With Intuit GoPayment

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:50 AM ET | May 21, 2009

For today's mobile businesses, accepting payment from any location at any time is crucial to maintaining cash flow and increasing business -- cash only doesn't cut it anymore. A new offering from Intuit offers businesses another option for taking payment via mobile phones (and not just smartphones).

Why Is Wall Street Banking On Open Source?

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 09:51 PM ET | May 20, 2009

Many financial institutions today are surviving by the skin of their teeth. So what can their embrace of open-source software teach other companies forced to make the most of shrinking IT budgets?

More SMBs Embracing Social Media

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 06:20 PM ET | May 20, 2009

The results of a recent study from AMI-Partners indicate that more than half of small businesses now consider social media to be a significant factor in acquiring customers and retaining existing customers.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Sales/Marketing | Social Networking

Real Small Business Leaders Tell It Like It Is

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 04:42 PM ET | May 20, 2009

Amid the government power players and big business representatives at National Small Business Week, 9 small business leaders took the spot light to tell a congressional committee about their businesses and how they're coping with the recession.

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

Small Business Too Big For One Week A Year

Posted by The rANT 10:04 AM ET | May 20, 2009

Containing small business to a single week is ridiculous. SMBs are the economic engine that will lead us out of this recession whether we celebrate them during National Small Business week or not.

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Nortel Tries to Breathe Life into Network Equipment Line

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:39 AM ET | May 20, 2009

Nortel has gone through a harrowing series of events in the last six months, culminating in the company’s filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. While that event makes buying the company’s wares a risky proposition, the vendor unveiled a comprehensive series of enhancements designed to keep the company afloat.

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Networking & Communications

The Software Warranty War Opens A Second Front

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 10:09 PM ET | May 19, 2009

The war over software contracts is going global. Judging from the industry's response, it could turn into an ugly -- and fascinating -- fight.

NSBW Panel: Social Media As A Business Transformer

Posted by Gayle Kesten 03:52 PM ET | May 19, 2009

How much have small and midsize businesses embraced social media? Judging from the show of hands during a morning panel at the National Small Business Week conference, a huge gap exists between the haves and the have nots.

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Social Networking

Trend Micro Adds USB To "Worry Free" SMB Security List

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:27 AM ET | May 19, 2009

Announced today, the latest version of Trend Micro's small and midsized business "Worry Free" Business Security Suite includes enhanced URL filtering as well as USB device monitoring.

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

NSBW Panel: Technology As A Competitive Edge

Posted by Gayle Kesten 07:38 AM ET | May 19, 2009

For any "dumb" question you might have about technology, the SBA's newly appointed general counsel, Sarah Lipscomb, says she has one that's even dumber.

Amazon Adds Cloud Monitoring Features

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:20 AM ET | May 19, 2009

Typically, management functions are the last items added to emerging technologies. Cloud services have become quite popular among small and medium businesses, but they have lacked the management features found with premise applications. So, one of the industry’s leading suppliers is trying to change that.

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Cloud Computing | Management

Landscape Takes Ubuntu Into The Cloud

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 10:46 PM ET | May 18, 2009

Canonical is pushing its Ubuntu system management tool into the cloud. But it also offers some very down-to-earth benefits for small-business Linux users.

How To Land A Loan Despite The Credit Crunch

Posted by Gayle Kesten 08:25 PM ET | May 18, 2009

Do you make it a practice of giving money to strangers? If you have a few bucks to spare, then chances are you'd give them to someone know. Now ask yourself before you head in for a small-business loan: How well does your banker know you?

HP Introduces More Printers, Support For SMBs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 07:47 PM ET | May 18, 2009

HP's latest offering for small businesses bolsters a broadening portfolio of SMB solutions that make cost containment a top priority.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Printers/Printing | Services

Watch Your Website Even As You Watch Out For Others

Posted by Keith Ferrell 06:05 PM ET | May 18, 2009

Businesses rightly spend much time and effort seeking to protect their employees from malicious Web sites and the havoc those sites can wreak. A new report reminds us not to neglect vulnerabilities on our own sites, 60% of which contain the sorts of vulnerabilities the malware makers love to exploit.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Security | Web 2.0 | bMighty

SBA's Karen Mills Kicks Off National Small Business Week

Posted by Gayle Kesten 01:52 PM ET | May 18, 2009

Jamiel's Shoes opened its doors the same year traffic first starting flowing across the Golden Gate Bridge. The year was 1937, and the Rhode Island-based, family-owned small business is the same store where many years later Karen Mills shopped for her children when they were young.

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