Management
August 2007 Archive
Mid-Market Heroes: Leveraging Technology In a Tech-Adverse Industry
August 30, 2007 | Bamboo Pipeline -- a bMighty Mid-Market Hero company -- uses high-tech systems to sell plants to landscape professionals used to working with sod and dirt, not keyboards and monitors
By
Naomi Grossman
Alignment Assignment: Get Smarter About Business
August 27, 2007 | Put technology in the backseat. Good business-IT alignment centers on IT managers developing 1) a keen understanding of business needs and 2) strong relationships with executives and lower-level managers
By
Mike
Bohlmann
Making IT Decisions That Matter
August 23, 2007 | An effective IT leader will work with a company's business managers to ensure that all IT decisions make an impact where they should
By
Mike
Bohlmann
ASP Business Experts Build Online Community For Caregivers
August 21, 2007 | Two IT professionals used their ASP skills to build Lotsa Helping Hands, a free Web community designed to help manage logistics for caregivers
By Keith Ferrell
10 Smart Questions About Hosted VoIP
August 20, 2007 | The VoIP decision shouldn't be based on technology, but on how it will affect your business. Small businesses should ask themselves these 10 questions before making the leap to voice over IP and choosing hosted VoIP versus a do-it-yourself implementation
By
Kate Gerwig
8 Steps of Telecommuting
August 15, 2007 | Telecommuting can increase productivity and save your company money. It can also be risky. Here's how to find the right balance between benefit and risk.
By Jimmy Ray Purser
Insider Tips for Managing Customer Relationships
August 15, 2007 | Three successful business leaders share their best technology strategies for serving up great customer service.
By Eric J. Adams
10 Tips for Increasing Operational Efficiency
August 15, 2007 | To remain competitive, businesses must boost operational efficiency wherever possible. It's particularly important for SMBs to operate efficiently, because they often have more limited resources than larger enterprises.
By James A. Martin
Improving Collaboration to Enhance Competitiveness
August 15, 2007 | Small and midsize businesses that have learned to work collaboratively have seen startling results. They have greater agility, make better decisions, and are more competitive
By Michael Astle
Expand Your Business with IP Communications
August 15, 2007 | Some small and medium-sized businesses view global expansion as a "daunting task." Others see IP communications as a way to overcome those limitations
By James A. Martin
Innovating to Improve Corporate Performance
August 15, 2007 | Innovation is becoming increasingly vital for companies large and small in their efforts to maintain a competitive advantage in today's market reality
By Michael Astle
Fostering Innovation
August 14, 2007 | Author Geoffrey Moore explains the link between effective innovation and a company's growth stage, and reveals the advantage of being a smaller business.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems
How and Why to Outsource
August 14, 2007 | Ashok Divakaran of Booz Allen Hamilton describes the advantages of outsourcing and which departments are best suited to it.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems
Hiring Tips for a Changing Workforce
August 14, 2007 | Employees are demanding more flexibility, and rejecting the corporate latter for the "lattice" of different jobs and careers. What does it mean to your search for great staff?
Courtesy of Cisco Systems
Green MBA Programs
August 14, 2007 | Rebecca Bell of The Presidio School of Management outlines the growing trend of teaching finance, management, and accounting through a lens of sustainability.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems
Ten Things Your IT Department Doesn't Want You to Do - For Good Reason
August 14, 2007 | It seems the Wall Street Journal is as bad at keeping secrets as I am. The only difference is, if I tell my secrets, IT managers won't get angry
By
Naomi Grossman
Anything to Declare?
August 13, 2007 | When mobile workers come back from the road, be sure they haven't brought back any unwanted souvenirs before you give them full access to all your office network resources.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems
Beware the "Evil Twin" Attack
August 13, 2007 | Your "evil twin" could be lurking wherever you connect from the road, just waiting to steal your data. Learn how to fight back.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems
Your Top 5 Mobile Worries
August 13, 2007 | Pardon me, your data leaking. And that's only one of your problems. Tune in for the rest of the most common threats to mobile workers.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems
Survive and Thrive in an Untrusted Zone
August 13, 2007 | Anything outside the office is an untrusted zone. How can workers stay mobile, stay productive, and stay safe if "encryption sucks," as Cisco's Jimmy Ray Purser believes?
Courtesy of Cisco Systems
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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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