Information Technology
December 2007 Archive

Mid-Market Heroes: eCourier Leverages IT for Smarter, Faster Deliveries

December 18, 2007 | With a sophisticated algorithm powering its logistics applications, a GPS-based online tracking system, and BI that keeps it one step ahead of its customers' needs, eCourier is rushing past low-tech courier services in London.
By Naomi Grossman

Four Reasons Your Servers Belong In a Colocation Facility

December 17, 2007 | Renting space and bandwidth from a colocation facility can be more cost effective and offer greater reliability than storing and provisioning your servers "for free" at your small or midsize business
By Alan Zeichick

Understanding the Dark Side of Network Bots

December 14, 2007 | To protect your small or midsize company's network against bots, you've first got to understand what bots do and how they do it. Cisco's Jimmy Ray Purser unveils the dark side of network bots
By Jimmy Ray Purser

Q&A With Shadan Malik of iDashboards

December 13, 2007 | bMighty talked with dashboard expert and iDashboards executive Shadan Malik on how and why small and midsize business need dashboards now to take rich data extracted by data mining and present it in a coherent, accessible fashion
By Naomi Grossman

Virtualization Thrives In Smaller Companies

December 11, 2007 | Virtual servers save real money on hardware and time on maintenance for stressed IT departments at small and midsize businesses
By Debra Bulkeley

5 Simple Rules For Going Virtual

December 11, 2007 | These 5 lessons can help make your virtualization projects into real-world successes.
By Debra Bulkeley

Is Recycling in Your Networking Future?

December 10, 2007 | Environmental friendliness is more than a character attribute, it's fast becoming a requirement in IT shops
By Paul Korzeniowski

The Truth About Autonegotiation

December 7, 2007 | In instances of network sluggishness after a network switch has been installed, nine out of 10 times the problem is an issue with autonegotiation.
By Jimmy Ray Purser

Application Development: Buy, Build, Or Cobble?

December 6, 2007 | Hosted Web services tweak the classic "buy or build" question for small and midsize businesses in need of software apps
By Mathew Schwartz

Troubled Times Ahead For IT?

December 5, 2007 | IT staffers vent about disturbing employment trends.
By Naomi Grossman

Is Software as a Service Ready To Kill Microsoft Office?

December 4, 2007 | Is now the right time for small and midsize companies to adopt software-as-a-service (SaaS) replacements for Microsoft Office and workplace collaboration tools? With encouragement from Google, Adobe, Zoho, and even Microsoft, some companies are saying "Yes" to cheap -- or even free -- online, on-demand alternatives
By Mathew Schwartz

5 Things You Didn't Know About Software as a Service

December 3, 2007 | Software as a service is hot, but not always fully understood. These points can help clarify SaaS' benefits for small and midsize companies
By Fredric Paul


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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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