ANTenna Blog -- May 2009 Archive

Business Owners Need A Holiday

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 07:35 PM ET | May 29, 2009

With every dime precious, taking time off from work, much less an actual vacation, might seem to be an unthinkable luxury, but it turns out that small business owners are planning vacations this summer at about the same rate as last year.

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

Obama Cybersecurity Plan: What's In It For SMBs?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:53 PM ET | May 29, 2009

New cyberczar (though no names yet), management from the top, calls for more coordinated cybersecurity efforts, privacy protection -- same old same old, or does the unveiling of the Obama administration's cybersecurity plan promise real changes in the government's approach to scuring cyberspace. More importantly, what's in the plan for small and midsized businesses?

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Business & E-Business | Government | Security

Linux And Active Directory: Learning To Live Together

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 11:54 AM ET | May 29, 2009

Looking for a good way to integrate your company's Linux desktops with Microsoft Active Directory? Novell just might offer the easiest solution -- but it certainly isn't the only game in town.

Big-Time Data Warehousing At Small-Biz Prices

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 08:34 AM ET | May 28, 2009

Open-source software gives smaller companies access to enterprise IT tools -- without paying enterprise IT prices. And no IT vendor illustrates this trend better than Kickfire.

bMighty Gives Away Computer To Business Owner

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 08:04 PM ET | May 27, 2009

Earlier this year, bMighty launched a PC Giveaway contest and now we're pleased to introduce you to that deserving small business owner who won.

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Small Businesses Positioned For Post Recession Economy

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 02:45 PM ET | May 27, 2009

Echoing the bMighty mantra, Wired's Chris Anderson declares that the new economy emerging from the meltdown favors small over large.

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Business & E-Business

Spam Surge: 9 Out Of 10 E-mails Can't Be Good!

Posted by Keith Ferrell 02:24 PM ET | May 27, 2009

90% of all email was spam last month, according to Symantec's MessageLabs Intelligence Report, just released. The figure is up more than 5% in the last month. Good news, I guess, is that things can't get much more than 10% worse from here.

Small Biz Focus with Cisco Router, Switch Enhancements

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 01:48 PM ET | May 27, 2009

While much of the attention recently has been on Cisco’s Nexus router line, the company rolled out a number of enhancements to its legacy lines. Improvements were made to the company’s Integrated Services Routers (ISR) and Catalyst 4500 and 6500 switches, so these products offer more network integration, are more energy efficient, and do a better job of supporting unified communications (UC) applications.

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Networking & Communications

Cloud-Based Supply Chain Management Offers SMBs Flexibility

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:12 AM ET | May 27, 2009

For small and midsize businesses that outsource manufacturing, managing the supply chain is crucial to success. Moving the cloud can allows business, customers, and supply partners lower costs and maintain flexibility.

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Cloud Computing

Summer Security: Don't Put Backups In The Trunk

Posted by Keith Ferrell 02:55 PM ET | May 26, 2009

Temperatures are starting to rise outside -- and when they do, you can bet they're rising even faster in trunks and locked cars. Which are two of the places you should never put media you're transporting. And according to a data recovery specialist, they're also two of the most common locations for media in transit -- and two of the most common sources of data damage.

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Backup | Business Continuity | Disaster Recovery | Hardware & Software | Security

Microsoft Rethinks Its Win 7 Netbook Strategy

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 02:10 AM ET | May 26, 2009

Microsoft, it seems, is thinking twice about a key limitation it had slated for its netbook version of Windows 7.

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Business & E-Business | Hardware & Software | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev | Windows | bMighty

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.

Advice For Entrepreneurs, or Starting Up Is Hard To Do

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:35 PM ET | May 16, 2009

I spent part of this fine, sunny Weekend at the TiECon 2009 event for entrepreneurs here in Silicon Valley. And amidst literally thousands of people scrambling to find the next big thing in the midst of the Great Recession, what resonated most for me was two entrepreneurial veterans emphasizing that you can't worry about the money.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Economics | Entrepreneurs | Management

Security Is Part Of The Cost Of Doing Business

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 05:54 PM ET | May 15, 2009

Looking for ROI on a security investment is misguided -- how do you measure the cost of something that doesn't happen? But nothing happening is exactly the return you hope for when you invest in securing your business IT.

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Security

Online Security: The Pros And Cons Of Going Green

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 05:36 PM ET | May 14, 2009

A new type of SSL certificate is being touted as a boon to online security. But there are two sides to this story, and both are worth hearing.

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

SMBs Can Trim Costs With Remote Workers, But Do It Securely

Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:07 PM ET | May 14, 2009

If you're looking at ways to trim operating costs without trimming staff, sending employees home to work may be near the top of your list. Just be sure, before you do, that the employees' home workspace is as secure (or more!) as your business facility.

SMBs Can Trim Costs By Sending Workers Home (To Work)

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:57 AM ET | May 14, 2009

If there was ever a time to think out of the box about ways to cut costs, it's now. One tactic that's hardly new, but deserves another look is telecommuting (or Web commuting). Rather than thinking outside the box, you may want to think outside of the office.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Management | Mobile | Operations

Cost Cutting Resources For SMBs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:55 PM ET | May 13, 2009

Saving money is always important, but in these economic times it's the difference between staying in business and closing up shop. As the recession grinds on the cost cutting resources are growing.

No One Pays Attention To Business Plans - Who Knew?

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:56 PM ET | May 13, 2009

Turns out that even venture capitalists ignore business plans, instead investing according to their gut feelings and personal recommendations. Maybe that explains the dot.com bust?

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

IT Training Tools For Even The Tightest Budget

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 09:12 PM ET | May 13, 2009

Education is a sound investment for any small-business IT manager. And if you know where to look, it's an investment you can make for just pennies a day.

What Does Oracle Buying Virtual Iron Mean To SMBs?

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:51 PM ET | May 13, 2009

Earlier today, Oracle announced that it was buying virtualization software and management vendor Virtual Iron. For small and midsize businesses, consummation of this long-rumored deal means even more industry emphasis on making virtualization a mainstream activity for IT shops of all sizes. And that's a good thing.

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Hardware & Software

3 Disaster Recovery Tips (Or Risks!) You May Have Overlooked

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:22 AM ET | May 13, 2009

You've got your Disaster Recovery plan in place (don't you?) and, if disaster should strike, you're ready to bounce back quickly. Or are you? Take a look at these three good -- and in case of disaster, critical -- tips to make sure your plan works.

More Ways To Deal With Unwanted 'Flash Cookies'

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 06:09 PM ET | May 12, 2009

Following my recent post on Flash Cookies, one of our readers provided some interesting information about dealing with this issue. Read on for an update and additional details.

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From the Readers | Internet/Web | Security | Tips | Web 2.0

Cloud Computing Comes to Wi-Fi Networks

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:59 AM ET | May 12, 2009

Cloud Computing has been a popular option in the software arena. Companies can offload some of the responsibilities for managing their applications to third parties, ideally reducing their IT costs. Now, one vendor is attempting to push that concept into the wireless LAN marketplace.

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Cloud Computing | Mobile

WAN Controller Provides VoIP Redundancy

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:03 AM ET | May 12, 2009

A growing number of small and medium businesses are turning to Voice over IP (VoIP) to cut their telecommunications costs. One challenge is this transport option is not as reliable as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). Consequently, one network equipment vendor is trying to close that gap.

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Networking & Communications

Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 Due This Year

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:13 PM ET | May 11, 2009

This morning Microsoft announced it's on track to ship both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 before the holidays. That's a big deal for smaller companies in several important ways.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | IT | Server How-To | Windows

Software Liability Laws: Thinking The Unthinkable

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 08:50 PM ET | May 11, 2009

Can you imagine a world where the words "software" and "warranty" actually appear on the same page? Maybe it's time to try.

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Government | Hardware & Software | IT | Management | Open Source

Fujitsu Bolsters BX900 Blade Servers With New ServerView Virtualization Management Software

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:01 PM ET | May 11, 2009

The ServerView Resource Coordinator VE Software for Virtualization Management is positioned as a complement to Fujitsu' new Primergy BX900 Blade Servers, which are aimed at small to medium enterprises.

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

Hidden Botnet Costs Hit SMBs Hard

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

While the obvious risks of bots to your business and its data -- harvesting of names, keylog sniffers seeking sensitive data -- rightly receive the most attention, compromised systems carry other risks that can exact a heavy business price. Server capacity, bandwidth and even power consumption are hidden parts of the bot equation.

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Business & E-Business | IT | Security | bMighty

Netgear Pushes Deeper Into SMB Storage

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:41 AM ET | May 11, 2009

In case you haven't noticed, networking vendor Netgear has been working on hard on diversifying into security and storage, and the latest results are the ReadyNAS 2100 rack-mounted storage appliance and ReadyNAS Remote Secure Access.

Small Business Owners Buying Millions Of Netbooks - For Themselves!

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:02 PM ET | May 8, 2009

Techaisle reported yesterday that SMBs will buy 1.1 million Netbook this year, and another 3.5 million in 2010. I wanted to know what small businesses were doing with all those new machines, so I called up Abhijeet Rane, Partner and Senior Vice President at the research firm.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Hardware & Software | Mobile

Byte And Switch - bMighty's Sister Site On Storage - Relaunches

Posted by Fredric Paul 04:12 PM ET | May 8, 2009

Storage is one of the keystone technology issues for small and midsize businesses, and no one knows more about storage than our sister site, Byte and Switch. And the new Byte and Switch is even more useful to SMBs.

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Storage | bMighty

How To Keep Tabs On Sneaky "Flash Cookies"

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 02:33 PM ET | May 8, 2009

Maybe it's true that what you don't know won't always hurt you. But that doesn't mean you have to trust it.

SMBs In Cyber Criminals' Crosshairs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 08:02 PM ET | May 7, 2009

When it comes to IT security, small and midsize businesses are in the unenviable position of being not only more attractive to criminals, but also having fewer resources to defend themselves.

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Security

OpenOffice.org 3.1: Looking Sharp

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 05:56 PM ET | May 7, 2009

OpenOffice.org 3.1 is now available, and one of the suite's most important changes involves big improvements to its handling of on-screen graphics.

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Hardware & Software | Open Source

4 Words You Don't Want To Hear About Your Business

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:10 AM ET | May 7, 2009

Differentiation is what makes your business more appealing to customers. You can differentiate your business with the quality of your products and services, your pricing, customer support, and myriad other ways, but keep your ears perked up for four words that mean you're not standing out from your competitors.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Sales/Marketing | Tips

Comcast A Finalist for "Worst Company In America"

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:19 PM ET | May 6, 2009

It seems that cable-TV and Internet giant Comcast can't win for losing. After being named one of bMighty's top four Technology Evil Empires last fall, it's now in the Final Deathmatch for The Consumerist's Worst Company In America.

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Business & E-Business | Finance/Accounting | Internet/Web | Management

Inflight Insecurity Update: Gogo Responds

Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:16 PM ET | May 6, 2009

Inflight Internet Access provider Gogo took some issue with today's earlier post, and it's worth taking a look at the issues the company raises.

Inflight Insecurity? Netragard Says Airborne Web Service Easily Hacked

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:57 AM ET | May 6, 2009

According to anti-hacking company Netragard, Gogo, the unencrypted inflight Internet access service, puts user data at risk.

Citrix Embraces Apple’s iPhone

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:14 AM ET | May 6, 2009

Many small and medium businesses do not have the staff, the expertise, or the desire to manage a wide range of different end user systems. Citrix has been a popular choice in this market segment because its products centrally control a wide variety of desktops. The vendor tried to solidify its position by making application downloading simpler and adding support for Apple’s iPhone.

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IT

10 Top Tech Trends and 7 Cost Cutting Tips For Midsize CIOs

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:50 PM ET | May 5, 2009

Moving beyond the usual suspect like virtualization and cloud computing into data density and cost-cutting teams, a pair of Gartner analysts offer up insight and advice.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | IT

Mozilla Vows "No Surprises" For Firefox Add-On Users

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 12:34 PM ET | May 5, 2009

One of the most important features Firefox offers is its wealth of add-on tools. Lately, however, more users are discovering this sort of flexibility can be a mixed blessing.

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Hardware & Software | Internet/Web | Open Source | Web 2.0

HP and RIM Take BlackBerry to the Clouds

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 10:56 AM ET | May 5, 2009

Mobility has become a watchword in small and medium businesses as executives now spend much of their day away from the corporate office. Cloud computing has become a popular way of delivering various types of IT services. Consequently, one of the industry’s leading smartphone vendors has teamed up with one of the market’s top service providers to deliver cloud based, mobility services.

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Mobile

Pirated Windows 7 Holds Trojan: P2Pers Beware!

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:25 AM ET | May 5, 2009

A copy of Windows 7 leaked before today's Release Candidate code availability from Microsoft contains a trojan. Yet even with Windows 7 available from Microsoft's site, odds are that malware-bearing torrent copies will continue to circulate. Make sure your employees steer clear.

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Security | Windows

10 Ways To Improve Your Online Advertising In A Recession

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:46 AM ET | May 5, 2009

Cutting back on advertising in a recession is tempting, but if you slash your marketing spend, your competition may seize the opportunity to grow their market share. What you can do is make your marketing more effective. Here's 10 ways to get more from your online advertising.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Sales/Marketing | Tips

i365 Launches EVault "Plug-n-Protect" Appliance

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:37 AM ET | May 5, 2009

These days, SMBs are increasingly demanding that all their technology solutions to be easy to buy, install, and use. Increasingly, that means hardware and software combinations delivered as an appliance. According to Valerie Fawzi, senior director of product marketing for i365, A Seagate Company, that was the genesis behind the new EVault Plug-n-Protect appliance for data recovery and full system restore.

Adobe Update of InContext Editing Helps SMBs Update Their Web Sites

Posted by Fredric Paul 10:20 PM ET | May 4, 2009

Adobe has updated the InContext Editing feature of its Dreamweaver CS4 suite. The new version should make it easier for small businesses to make changes to their Web sites without requiring assistance from their Web designers.

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Apple | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Internet/Web | Professional/Creative Services

Pandemic Security: Is Your Business Ready For Swine Flu And Other Real Viruses?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:25 PM ET | May 4, 2009

Whether or not the H1N1 swine flu reaches pandemic proportions, its presence should remind everyone that in addition to health issues, influenza and other sources of largescale personnel outages raise some serious business security concerns.

Is Microsoft Headed For A Netbook Train Wreck?

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 12:27 PM ET | May 4, 2009

Want to see a company snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Just watch Microsoft execute its netbook game plan against Linux.

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Hardware & Software | Linux | Open Source | Windows

Videoconferencing Seeks Its Moment In The Sun

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:17 PM ET | May 1, 2009

With the double whammy of a global recession turning business travel into an expensive indulgence even as swine flu fears make it seem downright dangerous, small and midsize companies have never been more interested in finding ways to do business without leaving their desks.

Are Careless Linux Users Giving Ext4 A Bad Rap?

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 10:37 AM ET | May 1, 2009

There is a new Linux file system in town, and some people see it as a menace. But the real problem may have more to do with users who ignore simple, common-sense IT practices.

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Hardware & Software | IT | Linux | Open Source | Storage

Security Outsourcing: The Right Move For SMBs?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:22 AM ET | May 1, 2009

Making The Security Outsourcing Decision, a detailed and thorough report just out from our colleagues at Dark Reading, takes a hard look at what may be most important IT decision your company faces: Should you turn your security needs over to an outside company?

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Business & E-Business | Cloud Computing | IT | Security | Software-as-a-Service

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