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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!
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Data Dedupe: Doing More -- A Lot More! -- With Less
Posted by Matthew McKenzie 04:09 PM ET | Nov 5, 2009
You're already familiar with file compression technology. Now meet its big brother -- data deduplication -- and learn how it can save your company a ton of money.
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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.
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Cloud Computing
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PayPal Opens Up And Gets Cheaper
Posted by Fredric Paul 01:42 AM ET | Nov 4, 2009
At PayPal's inaugural developers conference here in San Francisco, PayPal reiterated its commitment to opening up its technology platform and backed up the promise with new and improved APIs and significant cuts in the prices it charges to process payments. In the long run, this could mean new ways for small and midsize companies to charge customers and even pay their own bills.
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GoToMyPC For Macs Now In Beta
Posted by Jake Widman 09:46 PM ET | Nov 2, 2009
Citrix has announced a public beta of the Mac version of its browser-based remote access service. The service enables access to an office Mac from any computer, including PCs.
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Apple
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| Company Size: 1-49
| Company Size: 50-249
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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!
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Cloud Computing
| Company Size: 1,100-1,500
| Company Size: 1-49
| Company Size: 250-999
| Company Size: 50-249
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5 (Hidden) Benefits Of Cloud Storage For SMBs
Posted by Fredric Paul 11:54 AM ET | Oct 19, 2009
There's a familiar litany of cloud computing benefits, from lower capital expenses and fast deployments to ubiquitous access and bringing enterprise-class technology to smaller companies. But I recently came across a handful of under-radar-advantages that cloud storage promises bring to your small or midsize business.
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| Company Size: 1-49
| Company Size: 250-999
| Company Size: 50-249
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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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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?
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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.
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Cloud Computing
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| Company Size: 1-49
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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 providerýs ability to keep its systems up and running, something that T-Mobile and Microsoft recently failed to do.
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Dell/Salesforce.com Combine Cloud Apps With Integration Services For SMBs
Posted by Fredric Paul 09:37 PM ET | Oct 9, 2009
The deal, to be announced Monday, calls for Dell to package its integration services with Salesforce.com's cloud-based CRM applications. "We're starting to build a bridge for SMB customers -- and especially Dell's SMB customers -- to get started with cloud computing," explained Marc Stein, director of Dell's SMB cloud strategy.
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Cloud Computing
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New Hybrid Storage And Backup Options From i365 And CTERA Networks
Posted by Fredric Paul 11:17 AM ET | Oct 7, 2009
Yesterday, CTERA Networks launched its CloudPlug and C200 "cloud attached storage" devices, and today i365 debuted its EVault Offsite Replication Storage Service. Both offerings illustrate the trend toward combining onsite and cloud-based storage and backup into hybrid solutions for small and midsize companies.
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Zmanda Still A Great Pick For Cloud-Based Data Backups
Posted by Matthew McKenzie 12:01 PM ET | Oct 2, 2009
Zmanda is beefing up its cloud-based backup service, making it an even better deal for small and medium-sized businesses.
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The Power To Cloud Men's Minds
Posted by Jake Widman 08:29 PM ET | Sep 21, 2009
Will Apple take on building a business mobility support system in the cloud? Here's why they won't, and why they shouldn't.
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Apple
| Cloud Computing
| Company Size: 1,100-1,500
| Company Size: 250-999
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