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More Businesses Plan To Implement UC

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:07 AM ET | Mar 4, 2010

The implementation rates for UC remain steady, but the numbers of organizations building strategic plans for UC adoption has increased.

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Business Continuity | IT | IT Management | Messaging | Networking & Communications | Services | Unified Communications

Akami Optimization Boosts AppRiver Mobile Email Performance

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 03:02 PM ET | Mar 1, 2010

Test results indicate up to 50% boost in mobile email performance from Akamai-optimization of AppRiver Secure Hosted Exchange solution.

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Business Continuity | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Messaging | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Services | Software-as-a-Service

Salesforce Chatter Enters Private Beta

Posted by Jake Widman 06:30 PM ET | Feb 18, 2010

The social networking and messaging addition to the Salesforce.com CRM and cloud services is now in use by 100 companies, bringing it that much closer to availability to all companies using the Force.com platform.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Internet/Web | Messaging | Mobile | Services | Social Networking | Software-as-a-Service

IBM Brings Its Collaboration Software To The Mac

Posted by Jake Widman 07:27 PM ET | Feb 11, 2010

As part of its drive to make sure its software works across an open set of platforms, IBM has announced that several Lotus collaboration and social applications now support the Mac and the iPhone.

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Apple | Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 250-999 | Hardware & Software | Messaging | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Unified Communications

Why Google Buzz Could Be A Bust For SMBs

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 03:26 PM ET | Feb 9, 2010

Google is gunning for Facebook -- again. Will its efforts really build a better mousetrap, or will they simply make a mess out of Gmail?

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Messaging | Mobile | Social Networking | Software-as-a-Service | Web 2.0

Can Your Business Keep Snow Days At Bay?

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 05:37 PM ET | Jan 14, 2010

Desktop remote access tools are an important part of a company's telecommuting strategy. But even if they are the stars of the show, they still need a strong supporting cast.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1-49 | Disaster Recovery | IT | IT Management | Messaging | Mobile | Remote Access How-To | Unified Communications

Project Honey Pot: Over One Billion Spammers Served

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 07:02 PM ET | Dec 16, 2009

This week, Project Honey Pot identified its one billionth spam message. Find out what it has learned from that torrent of junk email -- and what you can do to make its efforts to stop spam even more successful.

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Company Size: 1-49 | IT | Messaging | Open Source | Security | Web 2.0

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.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Hardware & Software | Internet/Web | Messaging | Open Source

Twilight's Latest Hacking: Vampire Byte Scam Targets Stephanie Meyer Fans

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:13 PM ET | Nov 20, 2009

Scareware masquerading as an interview with Twilight author Stephanie Meyer is making the rounds, and fast. Time to pass the word to any of your employees who are Twilight-obsessed and, more importantly, have them pass the word to their kids who may well be chasing the phenomenon on the same computers their parents may use for work-at-home.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Messaging | Security

Intermedia Launches Hosted Version Of Exchange 2010 With "Guaranteed" Data Protection

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:45 PM ET | Nov 16, 2009

Intermedia says its the first third-party vendor to offer hosted Exchange 2010 service, and also claims to have the first "100% data protection guarantee." Just don't expect it to cover the real cost of your loss.

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Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Disaster Recovery | Messaging | Software-as-a-Service | Unified Communications | Windows

Google Offers 16 Terabytes Of Gmail Storage!

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:38 PM ET | Nov 11, 2009

I've been relying Gmail as my personal e-mail for more than 5 years now, and I often use it to "store" stuff that I want to be able find later. It's easy to just e-mail things to myself so I know it'll be available from anywhere. And still I'm using only 23% of the 7390 MB that Google now provides for free. Apparently, though, some people need more space, and Google is lowering its prices for additional storage -- offering 20GB for $5 a year -- and boosting available options all the way up to 16 Terabytes!

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Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Messaging | Storage

Panda Launches SMB Cloud Security

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:20 PM ET | Nov 10, 2009

Building on its cloud-based anti-virus service for consumers, Panda Security is launching Panda Cloud Protection, a hosted security service for small and midsized businesses.

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Business & E-Business | Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1-49 | Internet/Web | Messaging | Security

Microsoft Sets PST Free -- And Everybody Wins

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 10:56 AM ET | Oct 27, 2009

By opening its Outlook data format, Microsoft might lose a few customers. But it will also give many others a good reason to stick around.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Hardware & Software | Messaging | Windows

Smartphones Call For Security-Smarter Users

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:42 AM ET | Oct 26, 2009

Smartphones, and all the other smartstuff filling our pockets, bags, lives, make for mobile convenience and access -- including access by crooks. Time to get your smartphone-using staff to dial up their security practices.

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Messaging | Mobile | Networking & Communications | Security | Technology/Telecom

SMB Security Provider Sees $1 Billion Markets Becoming $100 Million Markets

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:04 AM ET | Sep 28, 2009

Walter Scott, CEO of Malta-based GFI Software, says that a combination of decreasing bandwidth costs and increasingly cost-conscious small and midsize companies are changing the security landscape.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | HR | IT | Messaging | Security | Software-as-a-Service