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Credit-Card Processing Options For SMBs
September 24, 2009 | It's a fact that adding payment options boosts sales, whether online, in brick-and-mortar stores, or even remote locations. Resource Nation helps small businesses understand how to leverage their credit-card processing options to increase revenue and speed payment.
By Merrin Muxlow
IBM's Cognos Express Brings BI To The Midmarket
September 14, 2009 | IBM's new Cognos Express -- introduced along with LotusLive Mobile and the IBM Mashup Center -- uses a modular approach to make it easier and less expensive for midsize companies to take advantage of business intelligence.
By
Fredric Paul
Electronic Document Storage For SMBs
July 23, 2009 | Electronic document storage system may not lead your company to the paperless office, but it just might save you some money while helping to save the planet.
By Merrin Muxlow, Courtesy of Resource Nation
Resurrected: 7 Technologies That Won't Stay Dead
July 22, 2009 | They're ba-a-a-ack! Despite being superseded and left for dead, a few hardy technologies keep springing back to life. Sometimes that's a good thing. Sometimes not so much...
By
Fredric Paul
Why You Should Take Your Company Mobile
April 27, 2009 | Interested in starting up a business but concerned about infrastructure costs? Cut those down significantly with a mobile company. In this recession, it's more cost effective to invest in some laptops and smartphones rather than shell out a bunch of cash for a brick-and-mortar office.
By
Jennifer Moline
Financial Crisis Survival Kit
April 2, 2009 | In the face of the current financial crisis, small- and midsize-business owners need strategies, tips, and tricks to help their companies weather the storm and emerge poised for the future.
By bMighty Staff
Should Facebook Be Your Company's Intranet?
March 19, 2009 | For at least one midsize company, the answer is "Yes!" But using Facebook as a business intranet raises some serious questions about security, privacy, and the effect on company culture. bMighty gets an inside peek at Serena Software's social networking experiment.
By Rusty Weston
How To Make Facebook Your Company Intranet
March 19, 2009 | Setting up a Facebook group is a snap, but using Facebook groups as your company intranet has a few more wrinkles, including how to handle private business information.
By Rusty Weston
6 Cost-Effective Ways To Buy Hardware
March 9, 2009 | Small and midsize businesses don't always have a lot of cash flow as this recession continues. So bMighty has six alternative ways to buy hardware for less than the retail price. Because if you're still running your business on a 486, you might finally consider retiring it in favor of new equipment.
By
Jennifer Moline
How To Buy Hardware For Your Business
March 9, 2009 | Small and midsize businesses need to invest in hardware, but during these tough economic times, any purchase must be done wisely. bMighty talked to some experts about when to upgrade your equipment and what to consider when buying hardware.
By
Jennifer Moline
Q&A With STORServer's Kelly Lipp: Disaster Recovery Requires More Than Data Recovery
March 4, 2009 | Is your business prepared for a disaster? What if a Katrina-like hurricane hit? Or what if your head of IT had a heart attack? A disaster-recovery plan is vital to small and midsize businesses, says Kelly Lipp, CTO of the data protection company STORServer. He says that while having any sort of plan is impressive, there is one area in which companies overextend their energies.
By
Keith Ferrell
Disaster Preparedness For Small And Midsize Companies
March 4, 2009 | All organizations need to have disaster recovery and business continuity plans in place so that unexpected events don't derail the business. But when money and manpower are in short supply, how can IT get this done?
By
Keith Ferrell
bMighty Q&A: Leaders Talk IT For Your Business
February 19, 2009 | Leading executives, managers, and experts from SMBs and large enterprises share their insights and perspectives with bMighty on a host of IT issues, challenges, and opportunities that small and midsize businesses face.
By bMighty Staff
How To Take Your Business Green
February 12, 2009 | So your company wants to go green, but it doesn't know where to start? bMighty's Green IT Toolbox has the tools you need, including which aspects of your business can go green, what resources you can refer to, and how to get started. After all, green IT can be good for the planet AND your wallet.
By
Jennifer Moline
Follow The Money To Better Vendor Management
February 5, 2009 | Savvy vendor management can significantly reduce expenses by planning and optimizing IT purchases of products and services. By applying several best practices, business owners can improve dealings with vendors during critical moments in the management cycle.
By Aaron Hay, Courtesy of Info-Tech Research Group
Why -- And How -- Your Company Should Go Green
January 30, 2009 | Take a look at your company's eco-friendliness from start to finish. And then talk to your employees so that you can devise a plan to aim for 100% greenness. Smaller companies have an advantage to going green, and it can even save them money and help gain business.
By Chris Penttila
Mid-Market Heroes: Luring Big-Time Customers With SaaS
December 8, 2008 | Small companies need to do everything they can to meet customers' needs if they expect to compete successfully against larger companies. Ninety-employee Rapala outsourced its EDI functions through a software-as-a-service platform to do just that.
By
Scott Koegler
Create Your IT Budget
December 2, 2008 | Creating budgets is a necessary and time-consuming endeavor for every business owner and department head. Using this FREE IT Budget Template, you'll be able to develop your budget more quickly and easily identify opportunities to improve your IT operations.
By bMighty Staff
The Smart Way To Slash IT Costs
November 12, 2008 | In tough economic times, business owners often turn to IT for quick cost savings. In "Opportunities & Challenges In IT Cost Reduction," Info-Tech Research Group outlines a proven, research-based framework for strategic IT cost management that can help cut your technology costs without crippling your business. This exclusive report is offered as a no-cost bonus with your free bMighty.com registration.
By bMighty Staff
On-Demand Staffing: Online Labor Exchanges Come Of Age
November 3, 2008 | From Elance to eBay, Lime Exchange to Craigslist, today's online labor exchanges offer resource-strapped businesses easy, on-demand access to workers with specialized skill sets -- and you pay only for what you use.
By Rusty Weston
12 Easy Ways To Cut Your Company's Tech Costs Now!
October 29, 2008 | Today more than ever you need to watch your company's IT spending. Fortunately, there are plenty of easy ways to quickly reduce your business technology costs. From all-in-one printers to open source alternatives and more, get started now with these 12 simple suggestions.
By
Scott Koegler
Ask Steve: How To Get Rid Of Old IT Assets
October 20, 2008 | Are there old PCs, servers, printers, or network cables lying around your office? You don't use them anymore, yet there they sit gathering dust. Yankee Group's Steve Hilton discusses what to do with your outdated technology and how asset recovery programs can save your business money and ensure you comply with government regulations.
By Steve Hilton, Courtesy of Yankee Group
5 Strategies For Cutting Cellular Costs
October 8, 2008 | IT departments should take an active role in managing cellular phone policies and practices across the business. By implementing a comprehensive management plan, IT managers and business owners can cut monthly costs and see significant savings.
By Jayanth Angl & Candice Low, Courtesy of Info-Tech Research Group
Q&A With David Allen: How Growing Businesses Can Get Things Done
September 22, 2008 | Renowned productivity guru David Allen shares his insights about working smarter and tips to help managers promote a culture of productivity and accountability within a department or across an entire company.
By
Naomi Grossman
How-To Select An E-Mail Archiving Solution
August 11, 2008 | Though many businesses have identified the need for an e-mail archiving solution, it's crucial that business and IT decision makers identify relevant business drivers and build an implementation strategy that ensures vendor offerings meet business goals.
By Vince Londini, Courtesy of Info-Tech Research
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ANTenna Blog
News, Views, Insight, And Advice
| Kaspersky Labs Introduces Mac Security Package |
Internet security stalwart Kaspersky Labs has introduced Anti-Virus for Mac and is pitching it especially towards mixed-platform environments. The idea is to keep Macs from becoming unwitting malware hosts and infecting the PCs of their colleagues. Read Post |
| Review Roundup: The Droid Delivers The Goods |
Chomping at the bit to pick up your new Droid? Before you pull the trigger, check out a round-up of the latest reviews, along with some deals that could save your company some money. Read Post |
| Top 3 Ways For SMBs To Cut Tech Costs? |
Today's Wall Street Journal offers small businesses a trio of tips on how to cut spending without hurting your business. And -- surprise -- it uses a bMighty Mid-Market Hero as an example! Read Post |
Strip And Crimp: Cut Costs By Cutting Your Own Cables
Sometimes, it's the little things that can save your company a bundle of money. Creating your own network cables is a perfect example. Read Post |
Cloud Security Certification In Development, But It Won't Be Quick
The news that formal security certification for cloud-based services is in development is welcome news indeed. The news that the players involved understand just how complicated devising a certification will be is also good news, however little it may seem so at the moment. Read Post |
SMBs Loves Them Some Virtualization
Small and midsize businesses may have been a bit late to the virtualization station, but falling prices have them moving quickly to catch up with larger enterprises. So says a recent Gartner survey of companies with 100- 999 employees. Read Post |
Polycom Enhances Business Handsets
As small and medium businesses turn to Unified Communications (UC) applications, flexibility is becoming an important buying consideration. In response, Polycom expanded its product portfolio by providing users with three more business phones. Read Post |
Symantec's Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 Promises Proactive Protection For SMBs
As recent surveys make it clear that many small and midsize companies are woefully under-informed and unprepared to deal with security issues, Symantec says its trying to reshape the security process away from from the typical "reactive mode" that requires users to actively manage the process. Read Post |
bMighty Virtual Event: Dealing With Data Centers -- Now Available On Demand
If you thought you missed last week's informative bMighty virtual event on how SMBs can deal with data centers in tough times, it's time to think again. The entire event is now available on demand! Read Post |
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