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January 2009 Archive
My View Of Vista -- Living With The Much-Maligned Operating System
January 28, 2009 | Why I bought a Windows Vista laptop -- and my firsthand impressions after living with it for a while. Plus an almost-definitive answer to everyone's question: Is it safe to embrace Vista, or should you wait for Windows 7?
By
Fredric Paul
Obama's Desire For A BlackBerry Illuminates Network Security Holes
January 27, 2009 | Can the government get between President Barack Obama and his BlackBerry? The ongoing battle over whether our new president will be allowed to keep his beloved smartphone illustrates how vulnerable our mobile devices are. And small and midsize businesses would be wise to know what their employees are doing with these phones.
By
Paul Korzeniowski
Nortel Bankruptcy Spells Trouble For Network Equipment Vendors
January 20, 2009 | Nortel has filed for bankruptcy and been delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. The news could foreshadow turbulent times for small and medium businesses as network equipment suppliers take desperate steps to remain solvent. What will happen to Nortel's assets? And how long should you do business with a supplier experiencing financial problems?
By
Paul Korzeniowski
Bracing For New Mobile Security Challenges
January 15, 2009 | As new mobile phone functionality moves into the mainstream, so do IT challenges. When employees carry sensitive financial information on their mobile devices, small and midsize businesses will need to adopt new security policies, procedures, and products to keep pace.
By
Paul Korzeniowski
Top Three Networking Trends For 2009
January 8, 2009 | Given the global economic turmoil, business owners and vendors will be conservative in the new year. Rather than embracing dramatic new technologies with potential, the focus will shift to maximizing technologies that have recently gained wider acceptance.
By
Paul Korzeniowski
Ask Steve: Three Network Predictions For 2009
January 6, 2009 | Looking ahead to the coming year, Yankee Group analyst Steve Hilton shares his insights about what transformative technologies will change the network landscape for small and midsize business.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
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ANTenna Blog
News, Views, Insight, And Advice
| Cyber Monday Security Risks Are All Business |
Why Cyber Monday for the online shopping surge? Because for many, Monday's the first working day after Thanksgiving. Which means they can do their online shopping on business time, on the business dime, using business machines over business connections. You may not be able -- or want -- to do anything about the productivity drop, but at least you can tell your people to shop safely. Read Post |
| Fusion-io: This Ain't Your Father's SSD Hardware |
Think your new SATA solid-state hard drive is hot stuff? There's a new kid on the block that will make it look like a relic from the storage Stone Age. Read Post |
| Black Friday FOR SMBs, Not Just BY SMBs? |
Typically, Black Friday is a sales event where companies offer big discounts to consumers to spur sales the day after Thanksgiving. But in today's economy (ITE) companies are also pushing Black Friday to their SMB customers. Read Post |
Holiday Internet Marketing Grows, A QuickBooks Marketing App Gets Upgraded, And A New Entry-Level Shopping Cart
A new Constant Contact survey says SMBs are boosting their Internet marketing for the Holidays, ClickFuel has upgraded its FuelStation online marketing dashboard to work with QuickBooks 2010 and QuickBooks Pro, and ProPay's CartLite is an entry-level shopping cart. Read Post |
Unified Communications Looks to the Sky
To date, cloud computing has had little impact on the Unified Communications (UC) market. The underlying technology has been slow to fall into place, the cost of these services has been high, the benefits have been hard to pinpoint, and the distribution channel has been weak. Infrastructure providers, such Broadsoft, Cisco, and Microsoft, have been pushing to overcome those barriers and may be close to providing small and medium businesses with more UC cloud options. Read Post |
Storage, Storage, Storage: New Storage Devices In 3 Sizes
Data storage choices for SMBs just keep on coming as Data Robotics and Synology debut new storage solutions for prosumers, small businesses, and the midmarket. Read Post |
Yes, Virginia -- There IS A Google Phone
So -- you stay in touch with Google Mail, edit Google Docs, and surf the Web with Google Chrome. You're curious about Google Voice and intrigued over Google Music. Is it just a matter of time before you're carrying a Google Phone? Read Post |
Handy Tool Makes Updating Mac Apps Easy
MacUpdate Desktop simplifies the process of keeping your applications, preference panes, and widgets up to date by automatically downloading and installing what you need. Read Post |
Firefox Gets A Bad Rap From Shoddy Security Research
Is Firefox currently the Web browser most likely to stick your PC with a dangerous security vulnerability? Only if you believe headlines written by people who really should know better. Read Post |
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