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CEO Cheat Sheet: Greening the Data Center

(July 18, 2008, 00:09:38 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Cut your energy costs with a few quick, easy tips for greening your data center, from Cisco System's Jimmy Ray Purser
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Web 2.0 Tactics for Business Success

(June 27, 2008, 00:13:50 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

If small and midsize businesses knew how to harness the incredible power of Web 2.0, they could truly level the playing field. TechWeb's Jennifer Pahlka explains how smaller businesses can get started with Web 2.0 and which tools will help them succeed
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CEO Cheat Sheet: The Benefits of Collaboration Tools

(June 6, 2008, 00:04:45 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Smaller businesses can simplify processes and enhance relationships using collaboration tools. MIT Professor Erik Brynjolfsson explains how and looks at the technologies improving these tools.
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Elevator Pitch: Untangle

(February 5, 2008, 01:09:00 min)

Courtesy of TechWeb TV

Untangle CEO Bob Walters discusses his company's suite of free, on-demand security applications
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Untangle Offers Smaller Businesses Free On-Demand Security Software

(February 5, 2008, 02:04:00 min)

Courtesy of TechWeb TV

InformationWeek's John Foley interviews Untangle CEO Bob Walters to learn more about the company's Web-based security products
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The Universal Power Pro Adaptor: Stay Charged on the Road

(January 30, 2008, 02:14:00 min)

Courtesy of TechWeb TV

At CES, BatteryBiz’s Jessie Revlin explains how the Universal Power Pro Adaptor can keep laptops, cellphones, and PDAs fully charged in the car, in the air, or at the office
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3M's Tiny Mobile Projector

(January 30, 2008, 04:02:00 min)

Courtesy of TechWeb TV

At CES, 3M's Steven Saxe tells InformationWeek's Nick Hoover that the company's mobile projector technology will debut soon in smartphones and PDAs, enabling presentations on the fly
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Clickfree's Storage Device Makes Backup Simple

(January 30, 2008, 03:29:00 min)

Courtesy of TechWeb TV

At CES, Clickfree's CEO Bryan Mcleod tells TechWeb's David Berlind how the company's storage device automatically searches for and backs up files
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AllWorx's VoIP System Has the Smaller Business in Mind

(January 28, 2008, 05:34:00 min)

Courtesy of TechWeb TV

At CES, Allworx' CEO George Daddis tells TechWeb's David Berlind how VoIP can save smaller businesses big bucks
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Interview with Yield Software CEO Matt Malden

(December 31, 2007, 00:03:21 min)

Courtesy of StartUpCity TV

Yield Software CEO Matt Malden explains how his company's hosted web app helps smaller companies with SEO
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Elevator Pitch: Yield Software

(December 31, 2007, 00:01:20 min)

Courtesy of StartUpCity TV

A hosted SEO app from Yield Software promises to add marketing muscle to small and midsize businesses
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Healthcare Strategies for Smaller Businesses

(December 26, 2007, 00:06:39 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

A healthcare economist and a business advocate discuss the impact of rising health care costs on smaller businesses
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Redefining Retail Sales Support

(December 21, 2007, 00:03:10 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

This Cisco Systems video shows how Circuit City uses tablet PCs and in-store videoconferencing to redefine sales support of its consumer electronics
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Coupa Software: Elevator Pitch

(December 12, 2007, 00:01:11 min)

Courtesy of StartUp City TV

Coupa Software's CEO and founder Dave Stephens explains how his web-based software solution enables small and midsize businesses to cut purchasing costs by up to 10 percent
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Coupa Software Puts Procurement Online

(December 12, 2007, 00:03:10 min)

Courtesy of StartUp City TV

Coupa Software's online solution automates the purchasing process for small and midsize businesses, from issuing POs, to paying invoices
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VIDEO: How to Prep a Smaller Business for Disaster Recovery

(November 13, 2007, 00:06:09 min)

Courtesy of Interop TV

Howard Marks, a networking specialist with expertise in disaster recovery, outlines nine steps smaller businesses should take now -- before disaster strikes.
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VIDEO: CEO Cheat Sheet: Merging Two Networks

(November 12, 2007, 00:08:37 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Cisco's Jimmy Ray Purser diagrams the process of merging the networks of two businesses when one acquires the other.
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VIDEO: Combining Two Workforces

(November 12, 2007, 00:05:08 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Leaders of both organizations should work together to evaluate labor redundancies and communicate clearly to employees how teams will be blended.
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Spiceworks Brings Sizzle to Network Management

(October 29, 2007, 00:04:02 min)

Courtesy of TechWeb

IT pros at small and midsize businesses are hot for free, ad-supported network management software from Spiceworks. Find out why
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WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO: Buying a Second Business

(October 16, 2007, 00:11:05 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Experts give advice on finding the right acquisition target, determining its value, and establishing whether the timing is right for a deal.
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Protecting Customer Data, Part 1

(August 14, 2007, 00:06:46 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

New legislation threatens crippling fines for small business owners whose data security is breached. Security expert Warren Saxe explains how to manage data security risks.
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Stop Data Thievery!

(August 14, 2007, 00:05:50 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Protection from inside data theft starts at the interview process says an HR expert. But if a problem arises, move swiftly to determine the damage and investigate -- carefully.
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PR Tips for Security Breaches

(August 14, 2007, 00:02:53 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

You've been hacked. Now what? Act quickly, and don't duck from the media, says a PR expert.
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Save Money Now by Disaster Planning

(August 14, 2007, 00:04:23 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

You'll likely see immediate benefits such as lower insurance premiums and higher revenue, says an insurance expert.
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Fostering Innovation

(August 14, 2007, 00:08:34 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Author Geoffrey Moore explains the link between effective innovation and a company's growth stage, and reveals the advantage of being a smaller business.
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Juicing Employee Innovation

(August 14, 2007, 00:07:57 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Danika Davis of the Northern California Human Resources Association describes how to keep creative-thinkers, and the teams they're in, compensated and happy.
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Embracing Sustainability

(August 14, 2007, 00:02:12 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Jill Bamburg says creating businesses that work within the limits of our finite planet is "the greatest business opportunity in the history of the world."
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How Collaboration Fuels Innovation

(August 14, 2007, 00:08:25 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

John Winsor, author of "Spark," discusses how new ways of collaborating can ignite creativity across departments and throughout organizations.
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If You Value IP, Set it Free

(August 14, 2007, 00:05:35 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

MIT Professor Marshall Van Alstyne explains how giving away the rights to intellectual property can actually maximize its value.
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Dagoba Keeps Its Mission

(August 14, 2007, 00:04:11 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Dagoba Organic Chocolates discovered that selling the company to Hershey allowed it to stay true to its mission and expand its impact.
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"Uncorporate" Thinking Saves Farms

(August 14, 2007, 00:04:06 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Organic Valley Farms officials describe how a farm cooperative is helping to save the family farm.
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Can Solar Power Cut Business Costs?

(August 14, 2007, 00:05:02 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Can solar power a manufacturing plant? Can it solve your business energy needs if you are leasing? Find out what's new for business in solar power.
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Sorting Out SOX

(August 14, 2007, 00:08:23 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Dr. Peggy Jackson, author of "Sarbanes Oxley for Small Businesses" outlines the advantages to voluntary compliance.
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Growing to Scale

(August 14, 2007, 00:05:23 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Jill Bamburg, dean of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, describes how appropriate financing can help you maintain your mission as you grow.
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What is the Double Bottom Line?

(August 14, 2007, 00:03:35 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

In this European accounting process, profits and sustainability are of equal weight. Find out what it will mean to you when it hits the U.S.
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How and Why to Outsource

(August 14, 2007, 00:04:30 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Ashok Divakaran of Booz Allen Hamilton describes the advantages of outsourcing and which departments are best suited to it.
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Cheat Sheet: Micro-multinationals

(August 14, 2007, 00:11:19 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Cisco networking expert Jimmy Ray Purser diagrams the network you need to be a micro-multinational.
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CEO Cheat Sheet: Outsourcing

(August 14, 2007, 00:12:27 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Cisco networking expert Jimmy Ray Purser diagrams the network you'll need to outsource your operations effectively and safely.
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Hiring Tips for a Changing Workforce

(August 14, 2007, 00:09:49 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

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?
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Boost Your Sales Force

(August 14, 2007, 00:06:55 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Discover how to boost your sales force by contracting with an outside sales rep firm. Sales expert Jim Dickie points out the caveats and lays out the advantages.
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TLC for the CEO

(August 14, 2007, 00:05:03 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

It's lonely at the top: CEOs are isolated and have no built-in accountability. Discover how Vistage International combats both.
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Green MBA Programs

(August 14, 2007, 00:02:54 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Rebecca Bell of The Presidio School of Management outlines the growing trend of teaching finance, management, and accounting through a lens of sustainability.
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CEO Cheat Sheet: Sales Rep Firms

(August 14, 2007, 00:11:20 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

What kind of network do you need to work with an outside sales rep firm? Cisco networking expert Jimmy Ray Purser breaks it down using a whiteboard and straight-forward language.
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Micro-multinationalize Your Biz

(August 14, 2007, 00:12:16 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Michael Copeland of Business 2.0 discusses how to make the new "micro-multinational" work. Joined by Rajiv Parikh of Position2, who runs a micro-multinational.
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How To Fight Global Warming

(August 14, 2007, 00:04:27 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

VCs are pursuing clean technology. See why SMBs in several industries are poised to play a huge role in the fight against global warming.
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Podcasts:

Beware Public Computers

(August 14, 2007, 00:08:27 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Public computers, such as those in hotel business centers, pose a unique set of dangers to mobile workers. Cleaning the cache to cover your tracks when you're done just won't cut it.
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Anything to Declare?

(August 13, 2007, 00:12:30 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

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.
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Beware the "Evil Twin" Attack

(August 13, 2007, 00:07:37 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Your "evil twin" could be lurking wherever you connect from the road, just waiting to steal your data. Learn how to fight back.
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Your Top 5 Mobile Worries

(August 13, 2007, 00:11:30 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

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.
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Survive and Thrive in an Untrusted Zone

(August 13, 2007, 00:11:11 min)

Courtesy of Cisco Systems

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?
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