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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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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Riverbed's Steelhead Mobile Controller 3.0 Adds Windows 7 Support And Extends "Branch Warming"
Posted by Fredric Paul 12:00 PM ET | Nov 2, 2009
The WAN optimization vendor says the latest version also includes HTTP and HTTPS acceleration and support for 64-bit applications.
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Lenovo Debuts ThinkCentre All-In-One PC -- For Business!
Posted by Fredric Paul 12:42 AM ET | Nov 2, 2009
All-In-One PCs have traditionally been aimed at the consumer market -- you know, for the kitchen counter and such. But Lenovo says it's ThinkCentre A70z was designed specifically for small and midsize businesses.
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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.
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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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