ANTenna Blog -- December 06, 2009 - December 12, 2009 Archive

Remote Access Security Is Everyone's Business

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 11:28 PM ET | Dec 11, 2009

A seedy little story involving some luckless restaurateurs, Romanian hackers, and a ham-fisted software reseller might not sound relevant to your small business. Think again.

EMC Serves Up Life In The FAST Lane

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 09:38 PM ET | Dec 11, 2009

EMC has been promising great things for its new storage-tiering technology. Now we'll get to see how it plays with the company's customers.

Dell Revamps Its Ubuntu-Ready Desktop Lineup

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 06:21 PM ET | Dec 11, 2009

Dell is once again beefing up its Linux-ready offerings -- including one that the company bills as the "world's smallest fully functional commercial desktop PC."

All Mobile Users Are Not Alike, So Why Does Your Company Give Them All The Same Equipment And Service?

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:33 PM ET | Dec 10, 2009

A new Forrester Research report recommends that companies can save big money by segmenting users according to job roles and offering different devices, apps, and services for each segment.

Top 15 Threats: How The Crooks Are Coming At You

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:43 AM ET | Dec 10, 2009

The latest Verizon Data Breach Report lists the top outside threats -- keyloggers, spyware, SQL injections, remote access and control -- and inside threats -- access and privilege abuse, usage and other policy violations -- that businesses have faced. The report is based on actual business's data breach experiences.

E-Mail Client Software Finally Gets A Kick In The Pants

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 11:19 PM ET | Dec 9, 2009

The early reviews for Thunderbird 3 are rolling in, and most of them give Mozilla's updated email client a big thumbs up. Whether business users will notice is another matter entirely.

5 Tips To Help SMBs Stop Identity Theft

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:29 PM ET | Dec 9, 2009

Many SMBs like to think identity theft is someone else's problem. Sure, consumers have to worry about it, and so do large corporations that collect information on millions of customers. But not smaller companies, right? After all, who'd bother targeting a run-of-the-mill SMB?

Your Business Calls Now Can Travel Abroad

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:21 PM ET | Dec 9, 2009

The Internet makes it possible for companies to open up their Web sites to visitors located across the ocean. However, communicating with potential customers has not been as easy because of complex dialing sequences and the hefty rates often found with international calls. Phone.com, a Voice over IP (VoIP) service provider, has tried to address those issues with an enhancement to its service portfolio.

Remote Access: Insurance Against Flu Season Woes

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 04:17 PM ET | Dec 8, 2009

Worried that a flu outbreak will put your small business on life support? A remote access solution can help to keep affected workers productive -- while also keeping them safely at home.

Egnyte Extends Cloud-Based Hybrid Storage To NAS Devices

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:44 AM ET | Dec 8, 2009

The company is announcing Egnyte Local Cloud on Network Attached Storage (NAS), which expands the hybrid concept from Direct Attached Storage (DAS). The combination is designed to let SMBs combine local and cloud-based storage to maximize security, backup, and performance.

Apple Raises Top End Of Mac Pro, Xserve

Posted by Jake Widman 09:54 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

The Mac Pro now offers a faster chip option and additional storage, while the Xserve can be ordered with more storage and more memory. This isn't one of Apple's "more for the same money" line upgrades, though -- the base models cost the same as before, and the new options aren't cheap.

"Favorite Places On Google" Takes On Zagat, Yelp

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:37 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

In addition to its announcement of Real Time Search today, Google also rolled out a program to put stickers in the windows of 100,000 local businesses in 9,000 cities across the country.

HP Follows Dell, Lenovo, With All-In-One PC For SMBs

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:10 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

Earlier this year, Dell and Lenovo broke with tradition and introduced All-in-One PCs meant for business users, not consumers. It must be a trend because now HP has followed suit with the HP Pro All-in-one MS200 Business PC.

Getting Up Close And Personal With Google Chrome

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 05:08 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

Want to take a closer look at the work in progress that is Google's Chrome OS? A new InformationWeek hands-on preview is worth a closer look.

Surviving The Business Data Tidal Wave

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 04:43 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

Can technology alone enable your company to stay ahead of its data storage demands? In many cases, the answer appears to be no.

Data Center Consolidation Drives Need for High Speed Connections

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 02:11 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

Centralization has once again become the watchword in the data center. To simplify management, businesses are collapsing autonomous devices into central products. As this occurs, companies find themselves with more information stored in select locations and need fast network links to move that data. While many IT market segments have been struggling lately, high-speed data center connections have shown dramatic growth, according to market research firm Dell’Oro Group.

Bank Phishing: It Doesn't Take Much For Phishers To Take A Lot

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:49 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

Most people ignore -- and, one hopes, delete unopened -- those phishmails that pose as correspondence from legitimate banks. But even a fraction of a percentage of responses generates millions for the crooks.

KACE Adds Patch and Remediation To Strengthen Patch Management For Endpoint Security

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:48 PM ET | Dec 7, 2009

The new technology is designed to improve patching support and add automated patch management to KBOX systems management appliances.