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March 2009 Archive

bMighty News Flash: Tuesday March 31, 2009

March 31, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Internet ad sales, Ballmer feted, Google launches VC, small business job loss, Intel's Nehalem, Nehalem virtualization, wireless carriers standardize, AdMob mobile ad platform, ADTRAN IP communications, UC paging for SMBs, D-Link lifetime warranty, AccelOps all-in-one management, Hostway Exchange platform, Azaleos Exchange patent, Spam increasing, Conficker, MySpace Local, YouTube premium content, Web presence packages for SMBs, bye bye Encarta, Intuit payroll service, Nomee social network aggregator, Lunch.com social discovery platform. . .
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Monday March 30, 2009

March 30, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Google still hiring, SBA fraud, Web filter TCO, Fujitsu targets midmarket, new HP servers, new Nehalem servers, Dell's colorful Inspiron, AT&T adds 6 phones, Nokia 5800 firmware, Alcatel-Lucent battles Google Voice, Mitel Dashboard for SMBs, disaster recovery for SMBs, Conficker flaw, Facebook trounces MySpace, XML sitemaps faster. . .
By bMighty Staff

Small Is The New Large: Microsoft Gets The bMighty Message

March 30, 2009 | Steve Ballmer cites the advantages of small and midsize companies compared with larger competitors. Plus what technologies SMBs care about most, and whether small companies will lead us out of recession.
By Fredric Paul

bMighty News Flash: Friday March 27, 2009

March 27, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Small businesses want less stimulus, more tax cuts, free small businesses resources, Amazon, Google, IBM layoffs, Facebook needs $, Google Checkout fees rise, SMBs virtualize blades, Sun VDI 3, Microsoft attacks Mac, Apple WWDC, Windows 7 Release Candidate, Verizon netbooks, Accolade Systems sues Apple, Skype for iPhone, Opera Mobile 9.7, BlackBerry SlingPlayer, U4EA/Vidtel video communication services, TNCI integrated communications, Conficker update, eXpresso's Excel collaboration, iGoogle's future, Force.com cloud platform. . .
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Thursday March 26, 2009

March 26, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Small business optimism, Opera browser geolocation, hosted virtual desktops, MacBook Pro memory upgrade, Voice-powered Google search for BlackBerry, ContactsCalendarSync for G1 Android, Alltel My Circle, Adobe Flash for Android, mobile app store growth, Wedge Networks security appliance, protecedpdf Small Business Edition, Google services for Web sites, Twitter premium, Twitter best practices...
By bMighty Staff

Mid-Market Heroes: Click & Pledge Uses Tech To Make Donating Easier

March 26, 2009 | Click & Pledge's software-as-a-service technology helps organizations of all sizes connect with donors even in today's troubled economy.
By Fredric Paul

bMighty News Flash: Wednesday March 25, 2009

March 25, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Google invests in Pixazza, economy crimps pay-for-performance outsourcing, Firefox architecture instability and memory leaks, no local Windows Azure, proprietary software model broken, is Linux Wal-Mart?, Hitachi 2.5" hard drive, Xobni ends beta, Dell servers and storage, T-Mobile 3G USB laptop stick, Sprint WiMax in 10 cities, Samsung SMB dealer program, Skype leading international carrier, botnet malware targets routers and modems, value of business social networking, SMBs SaaS use, Intermedia SaaS Exchange hosting...
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Tuesday March 24, 2009

March 24, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: software developers expectations for stimulus package, Power Pack 2 for Windows Home Server, Sage SalesLogix Today CRM software-hardware appliance, Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 and NAS 420 servers, HP dc5850 Business Desktop with Linux, AOL Shortcuts.com coupon service goes mobile, Concur comes to BlackBerry and Windows Mobile, RIM updates BlackBerry Internet service, Elfiq WAN load-balancing product suite, iPhone captures 50% of smartphone Web traffic, VASCO aXs GUARD Gatekeeper bundle, Microsoft sponsors Tweets, LeapFish.com free domain name appraisal, Web-based TextFlow, Box.net full-text searches, Google enhances search, Axcient hybrid on-premises/cloud backup, archiving, and DR...
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Monday March 23, 2009

March 23, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: .tel domain launches, SMBs spent $6.9B on local online advertising, HP, Microsoft channel offering, social media marketing budgets increase, KACE Kontainers, IE8 loses users, iPhone 3.0 as game changer, Dell smartphone bombs, iPhone Bluetooth headset, 17" iMac returns, Skype goes SIP, SMBs can save big with cloud, auto-phishing on the rise, Concentric IM security service, Salesforce.com Twitters, Symantec's online storage, CraigList outpaces Myspace, Carbonite loses data...
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Friday March 20, 2009

March 20, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: SMBs see competitors as harder hit by downturn, Cybercriminals target SMBs, TomTom countersues Microsoft, HP's fault-tolerant server for SMBs, iPhone 3.0 tethering, YouTube for Windows Mobile and Symbian S60, Windows 6.5 Mobile widgets, Windstream's flat-rate Web and audio conferencing, Twitter hoax, Chrome withstands attacks, Firefox, Safari, and IE compromised, Twitter vulnerabilities, Twitter growth, Gmail Undo Send, HD on iTunes, Windows Live Facebook updates...
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Thursday March 19, 2009

March 19, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Cisco buys Flip, Google woos SMBs, Microsoft still wants Yahoo, Silverlight 3 beta, IE 8 slow, Expression Blend 3 preview, NetSuite expands SaaS developer program, Psystar launches Mac clone, no contract iPhone, Firefox mobile browser, Covad and Cisco managed UC, IE8, Firefox, and Safari hacked, Facebook-friendly Citysearch, 3Tera SLA, Salesforce.com training program...
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

bMighty News Flash: Wednesday March 18, 2009

March 18, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Senate extends SBA programs, IBM buying Sun Microsystems, Criticism and praise for Obama's small business plan, Via Technologies design for mini-laptops, IBM, HP take swipes at Cisco's unified computing, Google Chrome Beta slow on Windows 7, iPhone 3.0 delivers cut, paste, and more, Cybersquatting reaches record levels, Panda Security offers cheaper Security-as-a-Service to SMBs, Google updates Unread in Gmail, Electronic Privacy Information Center urges FTC to investigate Google's cloud security, Sun Microsystems announces cloud computing platform...
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Monday March 16, 2009

March 16, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: Obama announces SMB lending aid, SMB optimism, Web site best practices, Facebook Connect for iPhone, SMBs want SaaS, explosive mobile commerce growth, Windows 7 changes, Cisco's unified computing, iPhone 3,0, Azaleos merges with M3, Reality Digital launches Harmony platform, MyFax offers free service, Facebook traffic growth...
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Friday March 13, 2009

March 13, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: FBI probe of Vivek Kundra, Firefox beta release, Yahoo's FireEagle on Facebook, Palm Pre vs. iPhone and BlackBerry, Symbian platform release schedule, rumors of Android Cupcake, GlobalScape file sharing update, Dell all-in-one tackes iMac, PC makers target SMBs, stimulus for veteran-owned SMBs, Twitter drives traffic, Facebook outpaces Yahoo traffic, CDW seeks SMB partners, Zer01 unlimited mobile plan, Google Voice threatens Android, Linux adoption quickens...
By bMighty Staff

bMighty News Flash: Thursday March 12, 2009

March 12, 2009 | Today's top tech news for small and midsize businesses: SMBs profitable, Google Voice, SMBs recover first, HP-USA.NET collaboration, telecommunting, eBay retrenches, Amazon price cut, retail sales numbers, new FB homepage, Hulu social network, word of mouth ad impressions, Google search share, Plaxo features, FB referall leader...
By bMighty Staff

11 Ways To Spend Smart On Tech In 2009

March 5, 2009 | Small and midsize business technology investments are progressively addressing financial and environmental concerns. In a time of economic downturn, IT must focus on getting the best bang for its buck without being distracted by flashy marketing. Keep a clear head and these 11 tech trends in mind while making business investment decisions in 2009.
By Courtesy of Info-Tech Research Group

Q&A With René Lacerte Of Bill.com: Preserving Cash Flow With Collaboration

March 5, 2009 | Taking smaller companies beyond the paper-and-pencil form of bookkeeping, Bill.com is a software-as-a-service solution that automates accounts payable, check writing, and business document filing. Its founder, René Lacerte, discusses how small and midsize businesses can harness control of their cash flow.
By Benjamin Tomkins

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

Q&A With Juliette Powell: The Business Potential Of Social Networking

March 3, 2009 | Social networks like Facebook are huge these days, but can they bring in business? Juliette Powell, author of "33 Million People In The Room," discusses Facebook, theorizes about the ROI of social networking, and explains why it can be risky to ignore social media.
By Benjamin Tomkins