ANTenna Blog -- June 14, 2009 - June 20, 2009 Archive

Challengers Trumpet Microsoft Office Compatibility

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:42 PM ET | Jun 19, 2009

From IBM's Lotus Symphony to eXPresso collaboration, alternatives to Microsoft Office are scrambling to improve compatibility with Office formats.

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Finance/Accounting | Hardware & Software | Open Source | Services

Run Windows Apps -- Without Running Windows

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 04:35 PM ET | Jun 19, 2009

CodeWeavers has released the latest version of its CrossOver software for Mac and Linux users. If you want to try working without Windows but can't live without a must-have Windows app, CrossOver just might be the answer.

Big Businesses Like Verizon, But SMBs Choose Cablevision's Optimum Business

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:15 PM ET | Jun 19, 2009

J.D. Power and Associates' new 2009 Major Provider Business Telecommunications Study shows that rankings of satisfaction with telecommunications providers varies according to company size, with smaller and larger companies preferring different providers.

Twitter Worm InvitesTweet Trouble

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:04 AM ET | Jun 19, 2009

The latest Twitter worm arrives in the form of an invite -- but it's an invitation only to trouble.

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Messaging | Security | Social Networking

Small Business Optimism Is Tougher Than The Great Recession

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:56 PM ET | Jun 18, 2009

In the face of the unrelenting torrent of bad economic news, leave it to small businesses to keep pushing. According to a new study, 70% still foresee growth in their business this year, and almost half of those actually plan to hire new workers!

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics

Sensationalism: The Real Open-Source Security Risk

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 07:36 PM ET | Jun 18, 2009

A recent Forrester study attempts to tell us something useful about Open Source. What it actually does is point out the absurdity of selling self-fulfilling prophesies dressed up as useful research.

MessageLabs Launches IM Security Service

Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:31 PM ET | Jun 18, 2009

Symantec's MessageLabs has unveiled an Instant Messaging security service in response to a sharp increase in the number of malicious urls in IMs.

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

Windows XP Can't Be Killed

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:07 PM ET | Jun 18, 2009

Despite Microsoft's best efforts, the software maker has been forced by public pressure from analysts and businesses to extend the life of the operating system through April 2011.

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Windows

Videoconferencing Pushes For SMB Adoption

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:08 PM ET | Jun 18, 2009

New HD video conferencing options from Tandberg, plus new members in a videoconferencing interoperability alliance show continuing momentum to get smaller companies to adopt the technology.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Green Business | International | Networking & Communications

Qwest Inks Deal With IBM To Offer Managed Services To Midsize Companies

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:43 PM ET | Jun 17, 2009

The 5-year deal is intended to result in delivering enterprise-class network and security services that are affordable for smaller companies.

New Company Targets Web-Based Malware And Blacklists

Posted by Keith Ferrell 05:52 PM ET | Jun 17, 2009

Dasient, a security startup started up by former Google engineers, among others, is targeting malware that has your Web sites targeted, as well as monitoring your sites for their presence on blacklists. That last, as any business that's been blacklisted can attest, can be deadly.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Security | Start-Ups

New Dell Storage and Server Products Target IT Efficiency For SMBs

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:00 AM ET | Jun 17, 2009

As part of a wide range of product and service announcements, Dell today announced the new EqualLogic PS4000 storage array and PowerVault NX3000 network attached storage (NAS) device, along with the PowerEdge T410 and T710 tower servers and R410 rack server.

Spiceworks 4.0 Adds Visual Mapping, Twitter, And More

Posted by Fredric Paul 10:20 PM ET | Jun 16, 2009

The latest version of the popular free IT management tool for SMBs adds the ability to visually map your company's IT network, Twitter integration, and 3rd-party management plug-ins from Microsoft, LiveOffice, Intel, and Trend Micro.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Management | Social Networking

Synology Releases DS409 4-Bay Storage Solution

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:59 PM ET | Jun 16, 2009

The Disk Station DS409 can hold up to 8TB of data, while the new software adds a variety of new functions.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Storage

Data-Encryption Critics Play A Dangerous Game

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 05:32 PM ET | Jun 16, 2009

Is encryption "overrated" as a data-security tool? Only if your company has a death wish.

Twitter Security Flaws: One A Day For A Month!

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:18 PM ET | Jun 16, 2009

Twitter may be taking the world by tweetstorm (or it may be doomed) but one security researcher says that the social network carries a mess of vulnerabilities. A month's worth, in fact, and he intends to prove it, once a day, this July.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Security | Social Networking | bMighty

Netbooks.com Becomes WorkingPoint, Re-Launches Free* Cloud-Based Business Management App

Posted by Fredric Paul 11:22 AM ET | Jun 16, 2009

What's in a name? For Netbooks.com, it was confusion when the business-management vendor's name became the common term for low-cost mini-laptops. So the company is relaunching as WorkingPoint.com as it takes its small-business management app out of beta.

Open Source Management Line Evolves to Ecosystem

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:25 AM ET | Jun 16, 2009

A management tool is only as strong as the number of devices that it can control. Consequently, once network management systems become popular, vendors try to extend them, so they work with other devices. One popular open source product has recently been enhanced, so it can interact with other vendors’ products.

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Management

Twitter Is Doomed. So What?

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:24 PM ET | Jun 15, 2009

The inevitable media-hype backlash is starting to settle in, predicting that Twitter will flame out within a year. Well maybe, or maybe not. But it really doesn't matter either way.

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Sales/Marketing | Social Networking

If You're A Small Business, Your Credit Is Being Watched More Closely Than Ever

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:15 PM ET | Jun 15, 2009

Credit-score giant Experian is working hard to figure out which small businesses might have trouble paying their bills -- and that could mean trouble getting credit even before you get into trouble.

Storage Services Added to Carrier’s Repertoire

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:47 PM ET | Jun 15, 2009

Increasingly, small and medium businesses are handing their IT functions over to third parties. One service provider has been trying to build a comprehensive suite of managed services and teamed with a leading online storage supplier to add that piece to its lineup.

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Backup

Force.com Says "The First One's Free!"

Posted by Fredric Paul 04:01 AM ET | Jun 15, 2009

Not to say that Salesforce.com is peddling crack, but the company has hit upon a favorite sales tactic popularized by drug dealers everywhere: The First One's Free! The deal applies to companies using the Force.com platform to create new applications -- and new Web sites, as Force.com Sites is now generally available.

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