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Networking & Communications
November 2007 Archive

8 Essential Questions on Unified Communications

November 26, 2007 | For many small and midsize companies, UC is still a lot of hot air. The experts offer a unified communications reality check
By Fredric Paul

2007 bMighty Holiday Gift Guide: Gadgets, Devices, Tools, and More

November 20, 2007 | The best technology gadgets, devices, tools and toys for small and midsize businesses. We've got the top choices to enhance your workspace, make travel easier, stay healthy, enhance communication, trick out your car, and go green
By Joel Enos

Battle of the SSH Protocols: SSHv1 v SSHv2

November 19, 2007 | Telnet has been eclipsed by two feature-laden Secure Shell protocols. But which one is best?
By Jimmy Ray Purser

8 Big Reasons For Smaller Businesses to Give Thanks

November 16, 2007 | bMighty editors and contributing writers list their top picks for technologies that make it possible for small and midsize businesses to compete with bigger enterprises -- and come up large
By Keith Ferrell, Naomi Grossman, Paul Korzeniowski, Judy Mottl, Alan Zeichick, and Cora Nucci

Cisco Stakes a Position in the WiMAX Market -- Is Wi-Fi History?

November 15, 2007 | Cisco's $330 million acquisition of WiMAX supplier Navini Networks could mean that small to midsize businesses might eventually reconsider their network options -- but not now.
By Paul Korzeniowski

Q&A With Mark Canepa: Networking Devices For Smaller Businesses

November 14, 2007 | Extreme Networks CEO Mark Canepa explains to bMighty why his company is now developing networking devices for small and midsize businesses -- and how this is becoming a trend in the networking industry
By Paul Korzeniowski

VIDEO: How to Prep a Smaller Business for Disaster Recovery

November 13, 2007  | Howard Marks, a networking specialist with expertise in disaster recovery, outlines nine steps smaller businesses should take now -- before disaster strikes.
Courtesy of Interop TV

VIDEO: CEO Cheat Sheet: Merging Two Networks

November 12, 2007  | Cisco's Jimmy Ray Purser diagrams the process of merging the networks of two businesses when one acquires the other.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

The Tricky Business of Network Use Policies

November 8, 2007 | In this brave new world of IM, e-mail, and YouTube, how can IT managers protect their networks, ensure productivity, and still have happy employees?
By Naomi Grossman

Mobility Demand, Satisfaction Surging Among Smaller Companies

November 7, 2007 | Exclusive new bMighty research reveals how -- and why -- smaller businesses are actually using mobility technologies. From the consumerization of business mobility to which vendors best satisfy users, the results may surprise you.
By Rusty Weston

Microsoft Poised to Knock Cisco's Block Off

November 5, 2007 | Cisco has long dominated the networking market,with its routers, switches, and VoIP solutions. But Microsoft is bringing its own line of unified communications products -- Office Communications 2007 -- to market. Can Cisco hold on?
By Paul Korzeniowski

Bigger Budgets Pave Way for Better Storage Options

November 2, 2007 | As small and midsize businesses plan to spend more than ever on storage solutions to hold their growing volumes of data, we run down the options
By Naomi Grossman


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ANTenna Blog
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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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