ANTenna Blog -- Fredric Paul

Based in San Francisco, Fredric Paul is publisher and editor-in-chief of bMighty.com. He's spent the last 25 years in technology publishing, in print and online, including more than 8 years in a variety of positions at United Business Media, including editor-in-chief of TechWeb.com.

His small-business experience includes being the founding editor and vice president of content programming for AllBusiness.com, as well as covering small-business technology for such publications as CNET, PC/Computing and PC World. He was editor-in-chief of Electronic Entertainment Magazine, founding editor of CNET's Builder.com, and a contributing editor for the MIT Sloan Management Review. He has also served as a Web and e-business consultant for several start-up companies.

Paul's Web work has won numerous awards, and he has moderated discussions at a wide variety of international events, including Comdex, Seybold, MILIA and the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), as well as virtual events such as bMighty bMobile.

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HP Software To Boost Cloud Computing For SMBs

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:03 PM ET | Dec 16, 2009

HP Operations Orchestration and HP Cloud Assure for cost control are designed to help companies take better advantage of cloud computing's inherent flexibility and elasticity, while mitigating potential risks.

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HyperOffice Releases Beta Of New Software-with-Services Business Suite For SMBs

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:20 PM ET | Dec 15, 2009

Designed for organizations with between 5 and 100 users, the new version of 10-year-old HyperOffice adds interface enhancements, "push" e-mail support, and an online relational database.

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Hardware & Software
Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | Entrepreneurs | Software-as-a-Service | Start-Ups

ADTRAN Jumps Into Unified Communications Market

Posted by Fredric Paul 05:33 AM ET | Dec 14, 2009

Aimed at companies with 5 to 2,000 users, the networking vendor's NetVanta Unified Communications (UC) Solution Suite includes voice mail, unified messaging, fax server, presence, and auto attendant features.

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Networking & Communications

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.

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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?

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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.

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"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.

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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.

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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.

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Security
Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | IT Management

Comcast-NBC Deal Highlights Net Neutrality Issue

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:53 PM ET | Dec 3, 2009

What does it mean when the nation's largest Internet Service Provider, like Comcast, buys one of the biggest content creators in the world, like NBC? For one thing, it means the already contentious issue of Net Neutrality is about to get even more heated. Hopefully, it will galvanize the FCC to create and implement Net Neutrality rules that protect the interests of small and midsize businesses.

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