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Using Cloud Computing To Beat The Enterprise

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:32 PM ET | Jul 3, 2008

Many enterprises remain reluctant to embrace cloud computing. They have their reasons, but this could be a big opportunity for smaller companies.

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Cloud Computing | Hardware & Software | IT | Internet/Web

Natural Search vs. Paid Search: SEO Wins

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:50 AM ET | Jul 3, 2008

Most smaller businesses know by now that search engine optimization is an effective way to get their sites noticed by the almighty search engines. But a recent survey indicates that SEO is the best way to generate online leads. Is your site optimized for search?

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Business & E-Business | Internet/Web | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev

Small Biz Hiring Up, Midsize Biz Down

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:50 AM ET | Jul 3, 2008

One study says small business confidence is sagging. Another says smaller businesses are frantically cutting costs. So why are small businesses hiring?

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Economics | Entrepreneurs

Faster Laptop Check-Throughs May Be In The Bag

Posted by Keith Ferrell 09:50 AM ET | Jul 3, 2008

Just in time for higher airline ticket prices, reduced numbers of flights and capacities, cutbacks in travel budgets and the rest of the annoyances and irritations of what are quickly becoming the unfriendly skies, a new approach to laptop/notebook cases promises to speed road warriors' transit through airport security checks.

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For Servers, The Future is Solid State Drives

Posted by Lamont Wood 09:23 AM ET | Jul 3, 2008

Judging from recent vendor announcements, the future of server storage is clearly solid-state drives. But don't expect mechanical drives to simply go away.

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Player Beware: PS3 Site Hacks Can Game Your Systems

Posted by Keith Ferrell 05:15 PM ET | Jul 2, 2008

Whether or not you're a gamer, the detection of malware infestation on the Sony USA PlayStation Web site should give you pause. Compromises of popular commercial sites -- the sorts that employees and family members might visit, even if you don't -- are precisely the sort of thing that can have anything but a playful effect on your business.

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Encrypt Personal Data Or Suffer The Consequences

Posted by Lamont Wood 08:55 AM ET | Jul 2, 2008

What's on your server? Whatever it is, in this day and age, if your data concerns the public, it better be encrypted on your server.

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Backing Up Your Key Messages

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:51 AM ET | Jul 2, 2008

Email has evolved from a productivity improvement system to a mission critical application in many organizations. Consequently, companies are starting to require the same level of backup and availability with it as with other applications, such as their ERP system.

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No Excuse For Mailbox Quotas

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:02 PM ET | Jul 1, 2008

According to a new survey, almost two thirds of business users have to manage their own e-mail inboxes to stay under corporate capacity limits. And for almost a third, those limits are a paltry 100MB or less.

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Mishandling Information Overload A Security and Legal Risk

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:32 AM ET | Jul 1, 2008

Small and midsize businesses generate digital information a furious rate -- same as bigger business (and individuals, for that matter.) What to save and what to toss -- and the consequences of either -- looms large among security, business, compliance and fiduciary concerns. A new slideshow offers some interesting and provocative takes on taking out (and keeping in) the digital trash.

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How to Loosen E-Mail's Grip: One Man's Odyssey

Posted by Naomi Grossman 11:11 AM ET | Jul 1, 2008

E-mail has become one of the greatest time-sucking tools of nearly everyone's workday. Do you dare calculate how much time you spend every morning reading and responding to the myriad of messages that have flooded your inbox? Not to mention the incessant messages that pop up throughout the day. One man decided to fight back.

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Hardware & Software | Messaging | Networking & Communications

Bad Economy Triggers Belt Tightening Or Record Spending

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:46 AM ET | Jul 1, 2008

Right now, the economic outlook is bleak -- gas prices are up, the stock market is down, and on it goes. But how are smaller businesses responding in the face of discouraging forecasts and tightening resources? On the one hand, cost cutting is the mantra, telecommuting is up, travel is down, but then again, IT spending is at record levels.

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Apple Releases Yet Another Mac OS X "Leopard" Upgrade

Posted by Alan Zeichick 08:38 PM ET | Jun 30, 2008

It's only been a month since Mac OS X 10.5.3 came out, and today we have Mac OS X 10.5.4. As far as I can tell, Apple has never released operating system patches so close together. That's a clear sign that something wasn't quite right with 10.5.3 — as indeed, there has been with Leopard in general. Let's see what Apple gave us today.

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Which Is Better For External Hard Disks – FireWire or USB 2.0?

Posted by Alan Zeichick 08:22 PM ET | Jun 30, 2008

Every so often, I’m asked this question by Mac owners: Which port should you use to connect an external hard drive, FireWire or USB 2.0?

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Mitel Retools Line Post Inter-Tel Acquisition

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 12:27 PM ET | Jun 30, 2008

Mitel, who has been quite successful in the small and medium sector, bolstered its IP PBX line. To ward off formidable competitors, the company added messaging, audio and web conferencing, and mobility applications and revamped its IP phones.

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Security Spending: Dollars Up, Safety Down?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:02 AM ET | Jun 30, 2008

IT security is spending more to deliver less or, at best, hold the line against a growing threat universe, according to major new Informationweek survey.

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Will Google Pull The Plug On 'Android?' Don't Bet On It

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 06:46 PM ET | Jun 27, 2008

As anyone following this week's Nokia-Symbian hoopla already knows, Google is still several months away from launching its Android smartphone platform. Thanks to another open-source mobile technology initiative, however, we can get a pretty good idea of how Google expects Android to fit into the mobile-technology picture -- and, in the process, see why Google is unlikely to abandon the project.

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Hardware & Software | Linux | Mobile | Open Source

Lessons Learned From Bill Gates

Posted by Naomi Grossman 12:55 PM ET | Jun 27, 2008

Today is Bill Gates' last day as a full time employee of Microsoft, the company he built into a software giant. It's hard to even imagine that Microsoft was ever a small business but it had the same humble beginnings as nearly all companies. It also had an extraordinary leader in Gates and it is there that smaller businesses could learn a lot.

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Abiword: One Lean, Mean, Word Processing Machine

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 03:54 PM ET | Jun 26, 2008

OpenOffice.org gets a lot of attention these days as a practical, no-cost alternative to Microsoft Office. While OpenOffice.org does a fine job, however, there are times when a smaller, faster, feature-packed word processing program would be useful. There is another open-source application that fits the bill perfectly here -- and it deserves far more attention than it gets.

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Business & E-Business | Hardware & Software | Open Source | Windows

Server Costs Continue Falling

Posted by Lamont Wood 08:25 AM ET | Jun 26, 2008

If you were hoping that server prices would continue declining during the current economic turmoil, here's the answer to your prayers: the latest market research shows that prices continued downward during the first quarter of 2008. However, the price slide did boost server unit sales.

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Server How-To Center -- A New Service Of bMighty.com

Posted by Fredric Paul 08:05 AM ET | Jun 26, 2008

The new bMighty Server How-To Center is the place to go for practical, hands-on information about how to choose, install and maintain your company's servers.

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New Laws Make Now The Time To Get A Bluetooth Headset

Posted by Fredric Paul 03:10 PM ET | Jun 25, 2008

You know the joke, right?

What’s the first thing to do after getting in a car accident? Hang up the phone!

Driving while holding your cell phone to your ear has always been dangerous, but it’s about to become illegal in several more states. To avoid accidents and tickets, get yourself a Bluetooth headset for your mobile phone, and make sure to use it.

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Internet/Web | Mobile | Transportation

Much Is Still Hazy About iPhone 3G

Posted by Alan Zeichick 01:30 PM ET | Jun 25, 2008

The next-generation iPhone 3G is due out on Friday, July 11. There's a lot that we know about the phone: It will be thinner. It will have an "assisted" GPS. It will cost $199. It will run on faster 3G networks, as well as the current 2.5-generation EDGE networks. It will come in 8GB and 16GB versions, but not a 32GB one. It will use the iPhone 2.0 software. But there's a lot that we don't know.

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Central Office IT Neglects Mobile Security: CDW Survey

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:28 PM ET | Jun 25, 2008

Mobile security is very much a moving target -- one that too many businesses are either missing or not aiming at altogether, according to a newly released study.

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HP Dedupifies On-Premise Storage

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:26 PM ET | Jun 25, 2008

The volume of data that business generate is growing faster and faster and, seeing opportunity, vendors are swarming to fill the need. The latest entry from HP is designed specifically for small and midsize companies, provided they prefer on-premise, physical storage.

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