Business & E-Business

IBM Refreshes Cognos Analytics Tools

February 9, 2010 | The TM1 in-memory analysis tool is designed to support dynamic scenario planning and faster, more flexible financial analysis.
By Doug Henschen, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Facebook, Microsoft End Advertising Deal

February 9, 2010 | Microsoft says it will continue to be the exclusive provider of Web search on the social networking site.
By Antone Gonsalves, Courtesy of InformationWeek

E-Book Prices Ratchet Up

February 8, 2010 | The Amazon model of selling e-books for $9.99 is being challenged by publishers, who are setting tiered pricing for digital books.
By Antone Gonsalves, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Search Terms Mean Business For SMBs

January 29, 2010 | Small businesses that ignore generic keywords might be missing out on Web site traffic that comes from generic search terms.
By Thomas Claburn, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Apple iPad Promises Media Revolution

January 27, 2010 | The early speculation is that the tablet brings publishers hopes of new revenue for digital content while ushering in a shift in how users interact with the Web. Impact on SMBs remains unclear.
By Thomas Claburn, Courtesy of InformationWeek

How To "Facebook" Your SMB

January 27, 2010 | Consumer social networking sites like Facebook and even MySpace offer SMBs unparalleled advertising opportunities for reaching highly targeted audiences.
By David Liu

Which One Of These SMB Personas Do You Most Resemble?

January 26, 2010 | In many ways, Chris Green and Colin Wilcox are typical IT staffers, who just happened to have helped Microsoft design Windows Server 2008. But their real claim to fame is that they're not real people.
By Fredric Paul

Will Netbooks EVER Find A Home In Business?

January 25, 2010 | Netbook momentum keeps growing, but are businesses ever going to embrace them in a big way? A Forrester Research report offers some insight on how it might happen. I'm not yet convinced.
By Fredric Paul

Salesforce.com CEO Benioff On IT Scams And Cloud Power

January 25, 2010 | Part 2 of our Salesforce.com analysis: Benioff describes the power of the cloud and proves it with his company's incredibly lean IT infrastructure. From Global CIO.
By Bob Evans, Courtesy of InformationWeek

The 6 Roadblocks To Pay-Per-Click Success

January 22, 2010 | To boost conversions and put the "Pay" in Pay-Per-Click online advertising campaigns, check to make sure these 6 roadblocks aren't standing in your way.
By Allen Moon

Mozilla Releases Firefox 3.6

January 21, 2010 | The latest version of Mozilla's open source browser arrives amid warnings about the security of Internet Explorer.
By Thomas Claburn, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Microsoft Releases Critical Internet Explorer Patch

January 21, 2010 | With exploit code already in circulation, Microsoft has made a planned February browser fix available immediately.
By Thomas Claburn, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Global CIO: Salesforce.com CEO Benioff On Beating Microsoft & SAP In The Cloud

January 21, 2010 | The cloud's foremost evangelist and highest achiever opines on those two rivals plus partner/competitor Oracle. From Global CIO.
By Bob Evans, Courtesy of InformationWeek

AT&T, Verizon Signal Start Of Price War

January 19, 2010 | Both carriers seek to keep revenues stable while attempting to deal with increasingly congested wireless networks. Now could be a good time for SMBs to re-evaluate their mobile service plans.
By W. David Gardner, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Verizon Shakes Up Handset, Voice, Data Plan Lineups

January 15, 2010 | The realignment focuses largely on the wireless carrier's smartphone portfolio: data plans will now be required on all 3G phones. Moves could affect SMB wireless decisions.
By W. David Gardner, Courtesy of InformationWeek

VMware To Buy Zimbra From Yahoo

January 13, 2010 | The open-source email and collaboration software -- popular with SMBs -- will be used to build out VMware's virtualization infrastructure for cloud computing environments.
By Antone Gonsalves, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Top 10 Web Marketing Trends For 2010

January 14, 2010 | From social networking and e-mail marketing to search engine optimization and mobile, we tell you where to invest, what to test, and which deserve a rest.
By John Arnold

HP, Microsoft In $250 Million Cloud Computing Pact

January 13, 2010 | The vendors promise unprecedented levels of collaboration to drive IT's hottest new architecture for companies of all sizes.
By Paul McDougall, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Google Apologizes For Local Data Breach

January 12, 2010 | Google Local Business Center customers received analytics data belonging to other companies -- human error blamed.
By Thomas Claburn, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Microsoft Unveils ERP For Midsized Retailers

January 11, 2010 | Dynamics AX suite provides direct integration with SharePoint, SQL Server, and other Microsoft products.
By Paul McDougall, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Net Neutrality Faces Appeals Court

January 11, 2010 | The FCC has reprimanded Comcast for seeking to control the flow of Internet traffic over its network.
By W. David Gardner, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Researcher Rates Mac OS X Vulnerability 'High'

January 8, 2010 | Flaw in versions 10.5 and 10.6 can be exploited by a remote attacker, says SecurityReason. But is Mac vulnerability "wishful thinking" for security makers looking to open new markets?
By Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
Special to Dark Reading, Courtesy of DarkReading

From Slates To Phones, Ballmer Says Microsoft's Got It

January 7, 2010 | Redmond's chief executive shows CES crowd that his company isn't ready to cede the market to Apple's "iSlate" or Google's Nexus One. The competition should be good news for SMBs.
By Paul McDougall, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Crowdsourcing is Great For SMBs -- Except When It Isn't

January 7, 2010 | Marketing professionals are increasingly using the Internet to let customers create marketing campaigns. But sometimes the helpful crowd can turn into an angry mob.
By Carol Tice

BI Trumps ERP For Ski Maker

January 6, 2010 | Executives at the midmarket sporting goods company Rossignol North America get sales and inventory information from PivotLink, a software-as-a-service-based business intelligence system.
By Doug Henschen, Courtesy of InformationWeek