Business & E-Business

Franchises Go Social

March 12, 2010 | Can your franchise benefit from social media? Find out how the best franchises used this medium to their advantage.
By Gwen Moran

Let Your Customers Pay By Credit Card Using Your iPhone

March 11, 2010 | With Square and Mophie Marketplace about to join the already launched PAYware Mobile, business owners will soon have an array of mobile credit card processing options to consider.
By Shannon Suetos

Google Launches Store For Web Apps

March 10, 2010 | The Google Apps Marketplace will let third-party developers sell their Web apps to Google Apps customers.
By Thomas Claburn, Courtesy of InformationWeek

80% Say Internet Access A Right

March 9, 2010 | Nearly half of those surveyed in an international poll said they did not think they could cope without the Internet.
By Antone Gonsalves, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Really Simple Success

March 5, 2010 | Content syndication via RSS is an easy and inexpensive way to drive more traffic to your site.
By Mikal E. Belicove

Citrix, Carpathia Launch XenServer Cloud Service

March 3, 2010 | Carpathia Hosting and Citrix Systems combine to produce a cloud service running virtual machines under XenServer.
By Charles Babcock, Courtesy of InformationWeek

ADTRAN Joins Cbeyond PBX Partner Program

March 2, 2010 | ADTRAN's NetVanta 7000 Series will now interoperate with Cbeyond's BeyondVoice services for SMBs.
By Benjamin Tomkins

Why CIOs Must Pay More Attention To Their Support Desks

March 1, 2010 | It comes down to both perceptions and operational priorities, says Craig Baxter, managing director of HDI.
By Rob Preston, Courtesy of InformationWeek

How Twitter is Revolutionizing Business

February 26, 2010 | The buzzed-about social media platform presents a direct channel to customers, a launching pad for new projects and a sounding board for innovation.
By Jason Ankeny

4 Steps To Avoid Social Media Landmines

February 25, 2010 | Many business owners are embracing social media for marketing and customer retention, but don't guard against legal exposure and threats to business reputation. Get started with these four steps.
By Shannon Suetos

VeriSign Launches Seal Of Approval For Non-Transactional Sites

February 23, 2010 | Building on its Secured Seal brand, VeriSign introduces a new trust mark reputation management program for SMB and enterprise sites that don't need SSL certifications.
By Benjamin Tomkins

Google Renovates Ad Platform

February 23, 2010 | The company's DoubleClick advertising technology, originally a tool for large publishers, is now also available for small publishers.
By Thomas Claburn, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Facebook To Accept PayPal Payments

February 19, 2010 | SMBs looking to generate revenue from the social networking platform will soon be able to use the popular online payment network.
By Paul McDougall, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Google Maintains Lead, Social Search Gaining

February 15, 2010 | Facebook searches, while miniscule in comparison to Google, notched a 13% gain over December figures.
By W. David Gardner, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Windows 7 Battery Doubts Remain

February 10, 2010 | Despite denials from Microsoft, users continue to insist the OS is wreaking havoc on laptop power cells.
By Paul McDougall, Courtesy of InformationWeek

Mobile Broadband Spending Continues To Rise

February 11, 2010 | HSPA and HSPA+ have become the dominant global mobile broadband technologies, the GSM Association reports.
By W. David Gardner, Courtesy of InformationWeek

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