ANTenna Blog -- October 11, 2009 - October 17, 2009 Archive

FileMaker Server Bonus Offer

Posted by Jake Widman 04:54 PM ET | Oct 16, 2009

For the next two months, FileMaker is offering its Server version as a free throw-in for anyone purchasing ten licenses for FileMaker Pro.

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Apple | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Hardware & Software

New Firefox Tool Hunts Down Outdated Browser Plugins

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 03:38 PM ET | Oct 16, 2009

Mozilla has a new tool that can help many Firefox users avoid potentially serious plug-in related security issues.

Google Uses Q3 Earnings Report To Tout Services For Local Companies

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:45 PM ET | Oct 15, 2009

Not surprisingly, most coverage of today's Google's third quarter financial results focusd on the company's beating expections and resuming hiring. But bMighty is interested in the juicy details provided about the search giant's offerings for local businesses.

bMighty Virtual Event: Dealing With Data Centers

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:02 PM ET | Oct 15, 2009

Whether your company's data center is a couple of servers stashed in a closet or a gleaming, state-of-the-art climate-controlled facility, you're still facing the same set of challenges: how to keep the IT lights on while controlling costs, take advantage of new technologies to stay competitive, and position your company for an economic recovery in the midst of the toughest times for IT that many of us can remember.

On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, help is on the way.

UPDATE Sidekick Data Restored: Security And Cofidence Questions Remain

Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:42 PM ET | Oct 15, 2009

So now the missing Microsoft/T-Mobile Sidekick is back, doubtless relieving both hundreds of thousands of customers and the legal departments at the affected companies. But the questions about confidence in cloud-based data remain. And that's a good thing.

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Business & E-Business | Business Continuity | Cloud Computing | Internet/Web | Security

Windows 7: Good For The Mac?

Posted by Jake Widman 08:31 PM ET | Oct 14, 2009

As the release date of Windows 7 approaches, even longtime Mac fans praise the successor to Vista, raising the question yet again of the effect on Mac marketshare. A new report suggests that Windows 7 might just help the Mac, no matter how good it is.

Sidekick Failure Highlights Security Demands Cloud Customers Must Make

Posted by Keith Ferrell 08:52 AM ET | Oct 14, 2009

Whether or not Sidekick recovers from the data debacle that may have cost hundreds of thousands of customers their cloud-stored material, the disaster shows into sharp relief a couple of great and greatly unasked questions about doing business in and with the cloud: How confident can you be of your cloud service providers? How confident should you insist on being?

For Salesforce.com, "The End Of Software" Becomes "The Best Of Both Worlds"

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:34 PM ET | Oct 13, 2009

I just got back from Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff's much anticipated presentation at Oracle OpenWorld, and it was an interesting experience to say the least. Benioff didn't announce anything new. Instead he pushed Software as a Service as a complement, not just an alternative, to traditional software. And for once he gave more than passing mention to the needs of small and midsize companies.

McAfee Rolls Out Centralized Security Solution For Macs

Posted by Jake Widman 05:45 PM ET | Oct 13, 2009

Security vendor McAfee has announced McAfee Endpoint Protection for Mac, a unified suite of security features that can be managed from a central console. The product is intended to address the security needs of the growing number of Macintoshes in businesses.

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Apple | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Security

Microsoft Extends Support For Mac Office 2004

Posted by Jake Widman 04:33 PM ET | Oct 13, 2009

Microsoft has announced that it will continue to provide Mainstream Support for Office 2004 for Mac. The extension will mean that SMBs that rely on Visual Basic for Applications macros will be fully supported until the next version of Office comes out.

A Quick And Easy Way To Minimize Online Banking Risks

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 02:30 PM ET | Oct 13, 2009

Even if your business runs Windows, it can still use Linux to avoid problems related to one of its most important -- and potentially most dangerous -- online activities: banking.

Is $100 Enough Compensation for Your Lost Data?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 01:53 PM ET | Oct 13, 2009

Small and medium businesses have been moving to cloud computing because it has the potential to ease application development and reduce costs. However, this approach also means that a company is dependent on the service provider’s ability to keep its systems up and running, something that T-Mobile and Microsoft recently failed to do.

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Cloud Computing | Mobile

Avaya Tweaks Its Aura Virtual VoIP Platform For SMBs

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:50 PM ET | Oct 13, 2009

In yet another attempt to bring Unified Communications to midsize companies, the SMB version of Aura combines several Avaya UC technologies on a single server to make it affordable for smaller companies.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | IT | Networking & Communications | Unified Communications

Marchex Debuts Online Reputation Management For SMBs

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:01 AM ET | Oct 13, 2009

Many large enterprises spend small fortunes tracking how they are perceived online and in social media. But small and midsize companies don't have to worry about things like reputation management, do they? After all, who could be talking about them? Well, it could be more than you might think.

NEC Claims Midmarket Is Overpaying For Storage By $3 Billion

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:01 AM ET | Oct 13, 2009

As the vendor enhances the NEC D-Series Storage Attached Networking line with iSCSI and thin provisioning, it charges brand-name competitors with overcharging -- sort of.

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

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