ANTenna Blog -- Benjamin Tomkins

Over his fifteen-year career in journalism and media, bMighty.com Editor Benjamin Tomkins has never strayed far from business and technology. He was senior content manager for AllBusiness.com and senior program manager for AOL Small Business/Netscape Netbusiness. Tomkins' previous experience with TechWeb includes a stint as editor of InternetWeek.com and blogging about business and careers for TechSearch. He also edited technology books for an imprint of John Wiley & Sons. A long time contributor to business and consumer publications, he has written for many publications, including Black Diamond Living, Greenlight, LINE, Livable City Journal, NetClearly and Tri-Valley. He' has also worked with a host of companies, including Sun Microsystems, Cisco Systems, America Honda Motors, and the Ansel Adams Gallery, as a publication and media consultant. Early in his career, Tomkins covered the commercial building industry first as a reporter and then as bureau chief for Reed Business Information and was founding editor of the architectural monthly California AEC.

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How To Calculate Your Odds Of Business Success

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:18 AM ET | Jun 9, 2009

Calculators provide clear concise answers -- that's the appeal, but for a question as complex and abstract as "will my business succeed" reducing probability to a single percentage is more parlor trick than useful tool -- fortunately a new free online calculator looks (a little bit) deeper.

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Business & E-Business
Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Management | Operations | Start-Ups | Tips

Google's Search Analysis Dashboard Can Help You Discover More Business

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 06:13 PM ET | Jun 4, 2009

Knowing how customers find your business can help you gauge the effectiveness of your marketing, but understanding what those customers are looking for and where they're located can help you drive more revenue for your existing business and even develop new products and services.

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Internet/Web
Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Sales/Marketing

Cisco Gives Partners More Options To Offer SMBs

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 04:43 PM ET | Jun 4, 2009

Positioned to boost business for channel partners, Cisco introduced new products and services specifically for small and midsize businesses.

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Networking & Communications

Verizon Business Launches Cloud Computing Service

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:56 PM ET | Jun 3, 2009

Verizon Business is touting the security and availability of its new cloud-based Computing as a Service (CaaS) solution.

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Services
Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Hardware & Software | IT | Server How-To

Intuit Partner Platform Adds Federated Apps

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:15 AM ET | Jun 3, 2009

SMBs may benefit from increasingly connected applications as developers offer Web apps through the new federated applications capability of Intuit's Platform-as-a-Service.

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Services
Cloud Computing | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Finance/Accounting | Hardware & Software

xTuple Launches ERP App Store

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:59 AM ET | Jun 2, 2009

The open source ERP vendor has launched xChange, an online marketplace for extensions and add-ons to xTuple ERP including two new offerings from xTuple.

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Hardware & Software

Business Owners Need A Holiday

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 07:35 PM ET | May 29, 2009

With every dime precious, taking time off from work, much less an actual vacation, might seem to be an unthinkable luxury, but it turns out that small business owners are planning vacations this summer at about the same rate as last year.

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Business & E-Business
Company Size: 1-49 | Entrepreneurs | Management

bMighty Gives Away Computer To Business Owner

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 08:04 PM ET | May 27, 2009

Earlier this year, bMighty launched a PC Giveaway contest and now we're pleased to introduce you to that deserving small business owner who won.

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Small Businesses Positioned For Post Recession Economy

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 02:45 PM ET | May 27, 2009

Echoing the bMighty mantra, Wired's Chris Anderson declares that the new economy emerging from the meltdown favors small over large.

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Cloud-Based Supply Chain Management Offers SMBs Flexibility

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:12 AM ET | May 27, 2009

For small and midsize businesses that outsource manufacturing, managing the supply chain is crucial to success. Moving the cloud can allows business, customers, and supply partners lower costs and maintain flexibility.

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