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Ask Steve: The 7 Components Of Cloud Computing
September 29, 2009 | Yankee Group analyst Steve Hilton lays out the key aspects of cloud computing, and explains why he feels the technology isn't yet ready to star in prime time for SMBs.
By Steve Hilton
Ask Steve: 4 Tips For Choosing The Best Mobile Carrier
August 31, 2009 | There's no single best selection for a wireless carrier, partly because available services and carriers vary by geographic market. But Yankee Group's Steve Hilton offers four strategies for finding the right carrier for your company.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: What's Up With Virtualization And SMBs?
July 8, 2009 | Steve's Answer: Server virtualization has made large inroads in SMBs, and Microsoft has created amazing mindshare in a very short period of time. But the technology still has a long way to go.
By Steve Hilton
Ask Steve: Cutting Costs From SaaS To Cellular
June 2, 2009 | With cost cutting top of mind for most businesses, Yankee Group's Steve Hilton tackles questions on which hosted solutions deliver the most value and how to cut costs from cellular phone plans.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: Five Ways To Succeed In Tough Times
May 5, 2009 | The leaders of four channel partners join Yankee Group's Steve Hilton to discuss what it takes to be successful in today's dour economic and emotional times.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
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
Ask Steve: Putting Google's Android To The Test
March 10, 2009 | The hype around Google's Android mobile OS has been huge, but what's the verdict for small and midsize businesses? Yankee Group's Steve Hilton asked an SMB test panel to put the T-Mobile G1 through the paces and find out.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: Three Strategies For Surviving Tough Times
February 3, 2009 | Business owners are, rightly, concerned about how the financial crisis and recession will hurt their businesses. Yankee Group analyst Steve Hilton shares his insights about ways that you can use technology to survive these tough times.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
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
Ask Steve: Which Wireless Service Provider To Choose?
December 16, 2008 | More and more businesses are going mobile and with good reason, but many business owners wrestle with how to decide on the right wireless provider. Yankee Group analyst Steve Hilton shares his insights in this month's Ask Steve.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: Growing Businesses Embrace UC
November 11, 2008 | Though unified communications adoption rates have been slower than vendors hoped, more than half of small and midsize businesses plan to incorporate the disparate pieces that comprise UC solutions.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: How To Get Rid Of Old IT Assets
October 20, 2008 | Are there old PCs, servers, printers, or network cables lying around your office? You don't use them anymore, yet there they sit gathering dust. Yankee Group's Steve Hilton discusses what to do with your outdated technology and how asset recovery programs can save your business money and ensure you comply with government regulations.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: Getting Started With Managed Mobility
September 15, 2008 | Do employees in your company have Blackberrys, iPhones, Treos? Managing all those mobile devices, associated rate plans, services, applications, and offers can be overwhelming. Yankee Group's Steve Hilton, discusses how managed mobility solutions can put you back your IT staff back in control.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
How-To Allay IP Telephony Concerns
August 19, 2008 | Skepticism abounds among IT and business decision makers about IP telephony. Yankee Group's Steve Hilton examines the root cause of the concern and offers suggestions for how channel partners can respond in this month's Ask Steve.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: Hosted vs. On-Premises Call Center Solutions
July 14, 2008 | Customer contact centers serve the same role for smaller businesses as they do for enterprises, but many struggle to find call center solutions that scale affordably. Yankee Group's Steve Hilton takes a look at the total ownership costs of hosted and on-premises call center solutions in this month's Ask Steve
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: The Outlook for Ultra Mobile PCs
June 16, 2008 | Fully featured mobile computing lingers on the horizon like a mirage despite burgeoning bandwidth and connectivity creeping toward every corner. So when will Ulta Mobile PCs take off? Yankee Group's Steve Hilton looks to Star Trek for answers in this month's Ask Steve.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
Ask Steve: What Wireless Tools do Smaller Businesses Need?
May 19, 2008 | Wireless access is growing by leaps and bounds, but what tools do smaller businesses need to make the most of this newfound mobility? Yankee Group's Steve Hilton talks wireless tools in this month's Ask Steve.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
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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