Strategy, Analysis & Business Development
August 2007 Archive

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

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

Juicing Employee Innovation

August 14, 2007  | Danika Davis of the Northern California Human Resources Association describes how to keep creative-thinkers, and the teams they're in, compensated and happy.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Embracing Sustainability

August 14, 2007  | 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."
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

How Collaboration Fuels Innovation

August 14, 2007  | John Winsor, author of "Spark," discusses how new ways of collaborating can ignite creativity across departments and throughout organizations.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

If You Value IP, Set it Free

August 14, 2007  | MIT Professor Marshall Van Alstyne explains how giving away the rights to intellectual property can actually maximize its value.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Dagoba Keeps Its Mission

August 14, 2007  | Dagoba Organic Chocolates discovered that selling the company to Hershey allowed it to stay true to its mission and expand its impact.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

"Uncorporate" Thinking Saves Farms

August 14, 2007  | Organic Valley Farms officials describe how a farm cooperative is helping to save the family farm.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Sorting Out SOX

August 14, 2007  | Dr. Peggy Jackson, author of "Sarbanes Oxley for Small Businesses" outlines the advantages to voluntary compliance.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Growing to Scale

August 14, 2007  | Jill Bamburg, dean of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, describes how appropriate financing can help you maintain your mission as you grow.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Cheat Sheet: Micro-multinationals

August 14, 2007  | Cisco networking expert Jimmy Ray Purser diagrams the network you need to be a micro-multinational.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

Boost Your Sales Force

August 14, 2007  | 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.
Courtesy of Cisco Systems

TLC for the CEO

August 14, 2007  | It's lonely at the top: CEOs are isolated and have no built-in accountability. Discover how Vistage International combats both.
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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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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