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April 2008 Archive

Augusta's RFP Twist May Master Municipal Wi-Fi

April 30, 2008 | So far, municipal Wi-Fi hasn't delivered on the hype and hope, and many cities now confront spiraling costs, stalled implementations, and poor connectivity. However, a new approach by the city of Augusta, Ga., may blaze a path to viable metro wireless networks
By Paul Korzeniowski

Web 2 ... Oh ... Security?

April 25, 2008 | Web 2.0 is here to stay and while it's cool, its security is tricky -- but not to worry. Jimmy Ray Purser will show you how to let your smaller business take advantage of the latest technology and stay safe
By Jimmy Ray Purser

Calculating ROI for Green IT

April 21, 2008 | Eventually, CO2 emissions may be become a tangible company asset, like desks and computers. As IT companies look beyond Web conferencing and energy efficient products for ways to burn less fossil fuel, many are beginning to factor traditional ROI metrics into their green strategy
By Paul Korzeniowski

How Smaller Businesses Can Raise the Bar for Business Intelligence

April 17, 2008 | Due to the ever-quickening pace of modern business, users of business intelligence demand faster access to the data they use to make critical business decisions. By streamlining access to information, smaller business can enable employees to access fresher data that informs real-time decisions and become more responsive and nimble than larger organizations
By Thomas Lesica

Beating Botnets at Their Own Game

April 15, 2008 | According to some estimates, bots infect millions of PCs -- this means lost productivity for smaller businesses. A new, automated program for detecting and disabling botnets holds promise for helping smaller businesses clean up infected computers without sucking up precious resources
By Paul Korzeniowski

The World's Biggest Security Risk: Management

April 11, 2008 | Your management needs to understand the very real security issues facing your company's network. But how does an IT guy explain these very serious, but frequently very intangible, security threats? Jimmy Ray shows you how
By Jimmy Ray Purser

Virtualization Heats Up: Is VMware Ready for More Intense Competition?

April 7, 2008 | As virtualization becomes increasingly common in small and midsize businesses, VMware must contend with increased competition from both software and hardware companies. That's tough news for the company that developed the virtualization market but good news for smaller businesses, which will have more choices of virtualization products
By Paul Korzeniowski


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Cyber Monday Security Risks Are All Business

Keith Ferrell, 11.25.2009

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

Matthew McKenzie, 11.25.2009

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?

Fredric Paul, 11.24.2009

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

Fredric Paul, 11.24.2009

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

Paul Korzeniowski, 11.23.2009

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

Fredric Paul, 11.23.2009

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

Matthew McKenzie, 11.18.2009

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

Jake Widman, 11.16.2009

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

Matthew McKenzie, 11.11.2009

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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