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April 2009 Archive

What RIM's Application Store Means For SMBs

April 30, 2009 | Research In Motion is the latest smartphone supplier to open an online app store. Although these app stores are changing the way software is distributed, the new model may hinder rather than help small and midsize businesses.
By Paul Korzeniowski

Ask Steve: Take Your Business Web Site Mobile

April 23, 2009 | The importance of mobile Web enablement will eclipse traditional Web e-commerce, ad-word search, and online self-service within 10 years. Yankee Group's Steve Hilton maps out the best practices for enabling your business' mobile Web site.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group

What VMware vSphere 4 Really Means For Smaller Businesses

April 22, 2009 | When VMware rolled out vSphere 4 to great fanfare yesterday morning, the conversation was 98% enterprise and 2% SMBs. But if you look behind that distressingly typical big-company focus, smaller companies are actually finding some real benefits.
By Fredric Paul

What Really Matters In Notebooks For SMBs?

April 8, 2009 | bMighty publisher/editor-in-chief Fredric Paul talks to laptop leaders HP and Toshiba -- and hears very different stories about what small and midsize companies actually want in their portable computers.
By Fredric Paul

Do Netbooks Really Have A Role At SMBs?

April 8, 2009 | Insight from laptop vendors and other parties on whether small and midsize businesses really want netbooks -- and what SMBs actually do with them.
By Fredric Paul

Is A Good Privacy Policy Also Good Business?

April 6, 2009 | Many businesses think protecting their customers' privacy rights will cost them money. The American Civil Liberties Union contends the opposite is true -- that privacy and free speech safeguards are a good investment.
By Fredric Paul

Will iPhone Enhancements Capture The Business Smartphone Market?

April 2, 2009 | Since it arrived almost two years ago, the iPhone has been a smash hit. Apple is introducing more business-centric enhancements, but the smartphone market is now much more competitive and SMBs have other choices to consider.
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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