ANTenna Blog -- Business & E-BusinessIT

Top 3 Ways For SMBs To Cut Tech Costs?

Posted by Fredric Paul 10:06 PM ET | Nov 5, 2009

Today's Wall Street Journal offers small businesses a trio of tips on how to cut spending without hurting your business. And -- surprise -- it uses a bMighty Mid-Market Hero as an example!

Read all of "Top 3 Ways For SMBs To Cut Tech Costs?"

Strip And Crimp: Cut Costs By Cutting Your Own Cables

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 09:17 PM ET | Nov 5, 2009

Sometimes, it's the little things that can save your company a bundle of money. Creating your own network cables is a perfect example.

Read all of "Strip And Crimp: Cut Costs By Cutting Your Own Cables"

Small Business Economic Forecast: Cautious, With A Chance Of Pay Cuts

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:14 AM ET | Nov 5, 2009

A CDW survey finds that as the economic malaise drags on, less than half of SMBs are still optimistic about growth. SurePayroll, meanwhile, also notes drops in optimism, perhaps because small business salaries are taking a dive.

Read all of "Small Business Economic Forecast: Cautious, With A Chance Of Pay Cuts"

SMBs Loves Them Some Virtualization

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:07 AM ET | Nov 5, 2009

Small and midsize businesses may have been a bit late to the virtualization station, but falling prices have them moving quickly to catch up with larger enterprises. So says a recent Gartner survey of companies with 100- 999 employees.

Read all of "SMBs Loves Them Some Virtualization"

BlackBerry Out-Innovates iPhone, Say SMBs

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:34 AM ET | Nov 3, 2009

In a recent survey, almost half (48%) of respondents rated BlackBerry the most innovative smartphone, compared to 29% most impressed with the iPhone. No other platform, including Android, garnered more than 5%. It may not be a big deal, though, because less than a quarter (24%) say they're ready to switch smartphones.

Read all of "BlackBerry Out-Innovates iPhone, Say SMBs"

Symantec's Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 Promises Proactive Protection For SMBs

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:12 AM ET | Nov 3, 2009

As recent surveys make it clear that many small and midsize companies are woefully under-informed and unprepared to deal with security issues, Symantec says its trying to reshape the security process away from from the typical "reactive mode" that requires users to actively manage the process.

Read all of "Symantec's Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 Promises Proactive Protection For SMBs"

KACE Updates KBOX To Support Windows 7 Migration

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:39 AM ET | Nov 2, 2009

The latest versions of the KBOX 1000 and KBOX 2000 appliances are designed to help not just with upgrading to Microsoft's new operating system, but also with deployment and ongoing management.

Read all of "KACE Updates KBOX To Support Windows 7 Migration"

Backup & Recovery: Practice Makes Perfect!

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 01:59 PM ET | Oct 30, 2009

When it comes to recovering data from a backup source, practice makes perfect. And failing to practice can leave your small business in a terrible mess at the worst possible time.

Read all of "Backup & Recovery: Practice Makes Perfect!"

bMighty Virtual Event: Dealing With Data Centers -- Now Available On Demand

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:58 PM ET | Oct 29, 2009

If you thought you missed last week's informative bMighty virtual event on how SMBs can deal with data centers in tough times, it's time to think again. The entire event is now available on demand!

Read all of "bMighty Virtual Event: Dealing With Data Centers -- Now Available On Demand"

SMBs To Lag In IT Purchases

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:58 AM ET | Oct 28, 2009

While overall hardware buying plans have returned to August 2008 levels, midsize and small businesses are split on their buying plans and levels of confidence.

Read all of "SMBs To Lag In IT Purchases"

SMB Security Survey Shows Sorry State Of Cyber Safety

Posted by Keith Ferrell 02:03 PM ET | Oct 27, 2009

A new survey of small business cybersecurity offers a bleak picture of the state of things. Bleak unless you're a cybercrook, of course.

Read all of "SMB Security Survey Shows Sorry State Of Cyber Safety"

How Reliable Is Windows 7? Ask Its Built In Reliability Monitor!

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:56 PM ET | Oct 26, 2009

Windows 7 has lots of new features, including a useful Problem Steps Recorder. But many SMBs would like to know just how frequent those problems really are. Well, Windows 7 has a built in Reliablity Monitor that's designed to tell you how often a Windows 7 machine has experienced problems.

Read all of "How Reliable Is Windows 7? Ask Its Built In Reliability Monitor!"

Phishing Alert: Get Your Guards Up! Botnet On The Move And It Looks Like It's Coming From YOU

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:35 PM ET | Oct 20, 2009

Odds are you or someone in your business have received some dangerously convincing e-mails in the last few days. Mail that claims to come from Microsoft, warning of Conficker infections and, more dangerously, mail that appears to be from your administrator at your own domain, announcing a server upgrade. They're phishing attacks, of course, and particularly nasty ones.

Read all of "Phishing Alert: Get Your Guards Up! Botnet On The Move And It Looks Like It's Coming From YOU"

Comments
Business & E-Business
Business & E-Business | IT | IT Management | Security | Windows

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.

Read all of "bMighty Virtual Event: Dealing With Data Centers"

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.

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

Find pre-screened vendors to grow your business

Get key info on the products you need

Explore ANTenna Blog

Most Recent Posts

ANTenna Blog Topics

ANTenna Bloggers

ANTenna Blog Roll

Research & Downloads

Browse by Category

bMighty Tech
Term Of Day:

commercial market

Boost your tech
vocabulary!
bMighty's SMB
TechEncyclopedia
defines more than
20,000 IT terms.

FREE Technology Services Locator!

Search our database of 200,000 solution- provider locations by business activity, technology, vertical market, and customer size. Find a technology partner NOW.