Business & E-Business
October 2007 Archive

Spiceworks Brings Sizzle to Network Management

October 29, 2007  | IT pros at small and midsize businesses are hot for free, ad-supported network management software from Spiceworks. Find out why
Courtesy of TechWeb

Attack of the IT-Crushing Zombies, Part 1

October 26, 2007 | Small and midsize businesses face an array of hideous threats to their IT operations, from bloodthirsty headhunters to demonic employees, cyberthugs, and dirtbags. Here's how to protect your systems from trouble. Part 1 of 2
By Keith Ferrell

This Job Synchs: The Importance of Aligning Business and IT Goals

October 25, 2007 | When the business side is working off one agenda and the IT department another, count on missed opportunities -- and worse. IT professionals tell how they keep up with their companies' business strategies
By Jennifer Zaino

IT Flexibility Key to Alignment With Business Goals

October 25, 2007 | IT managers at a commercial bakery and a law firm explain how keeping technology strategies and procedures broad gives them the agility to stay in sync with changing business needs
By Jennifer Zaino

Do You Need an SEO Consultant?

October 23, 2007 | You know you need to optimize your Web site to get more search engine traffic. Should you turn to the pros? We asked search experts for their advice
By Naomi Grossman

3Com Struggles -- Should Small and Midsize Businesses Bolt?

October 23, 2007 | A series of missteps doesn't bode well for the networking vendor. Small and midsize businesses have helped the company stay afloat, but for how long?
By Paul Korzeniowski

Make the Search Engines Find Your Web Site

October 19, 2007 | A Web site belonging to a small or midsize business can evenly compete with sites belonging to larger companies -- if it is properly optimized for visibility by Google, Yahoo, and other search engines
By Naomi Grossman

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO: Buying a Second Business

October 16, 2007  | Experts give advice on finding the right acquisition target, determining its value, and establishing whether the timing is right for a deal.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Apple's Epic Internal Battle Between Good and Evil

October 15, 2007 | Which is the real Apple? The company that creates those "insanely great" products, or the one obsessed with controlling how people use them?
By Fredric Paul

School of NAC: CIO Finds Answers in Managed Network Access

October 10, 2007 | The Upper Canada School District had a network nightmare on its hands. But CIO Jeremy Hobbs implemented a NAC solution. Now the kids are allright, and so is the network
By Naomi Grossman

The Real Value of Real-Time Data Integration

October 8, 2007 | Continuous access to the most accurate, up-to-date information about your business can accelerate the speed at which you do business. The race is on
By Thomas Lesica

The IT Manager Who Saved the Day

October 3, 2007 | When his servers went up in smoke and nearly half the company's data went with them, Hal Baumgardner set out to rebuild the IT shop so this could never, ever happen again
By Naomi Grossman

Managing Relationships With End Users

October 2, 2007 | The IT guy doesn't have to be the joke of the company. Developing and maintaining a good relationship with your end users can go a long way toward breaking those stereotypes -- and making your job much easier
By Mike Bohlmann

Open Source Software: Do You Have Time to Exploit It?

October 1, 2007 | Before you take the leap into the innovative world of open source, make sure your IT department has the time -- and the inclination -- that using this software requires
By Paula Hunter