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10G Ethernet Moving from Fiber to Copper

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:20 AM ET | May 5, 2008

Faster speeds are something that IT departments constantly desire. 10G bps transmissions have been relegated to backbone switch connections but are starting to make their way into servers and storage systems because of less expensive cabling.

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Interop Insight: Why Users Hate IT

Posted by Fredric Paul 06:27 PM ET | May 1, 2008

In case you haven't noticed, today's consumer products and applications routinely outperform -- and out "cool" -- their business counterparts. So no wonder users bristle when forced to make do with second-rate business solutions. But IT folks often make the situation worse.

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Apple | Company Size: 1-49 | IT | Internet/Web

Interop: Fixed/Mobile Convergence Coming to Your Company?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:39 AM ET | Apr 30, 2008

Employees no longer sit in their cubicles all day. Instead, executives move from place to place, visiting customers and clients. Figuring out how to reach these individuals has been a problem: Do you try their office number or their cell?

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Another Low Priced Video Conferencing System Arrives

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 01:56 PM ET | Apr 28, 2008

Many small and medium businesses have been interested in video conferencing but not able to justify purchasing these systems. In addition, picture quality has been an issue with many systems, so vendors are now trying to address those issues.

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Family Feud Underscores Maturing WAN Optimization Market

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:43 AM ET | Apr 24, 2008

Unions between start-ups and their financial backers are often quite tenuous. This week, the partnership between one vendor and a hedge fund with 10% of its stock illustrated that as well changes occurring in the WAN optimization market.

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Recession Update: Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:33 PM ET | Apr 21, 2008

Today's economic climate is all about uncertainty. On the one hand, outside of the housing/finance sector, many businesses seem to be doing just fine. On the other hand, everyone seems petrified that an unavoidable economic meltdown is hurtling toward us at warp speed.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Economics

Wireless LANs Gain Backbone Flexibility

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:29 AM ET | Apr 21, 2008

Has your business been bitten by the wireless bug? Would you like to swap out your wired backbone connections for wireless ones? Well, the time has come when such choices are possible.

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What Are Your Employees Doing on the Road?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 08:56 AM ET | Apr 17, 2008

Trust can be a trait that takes long time to develop but can be quickly broken. If your company trusts its employees to use the Internet judiciously on the road, then it may be time to rethink that position.

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Latest Winners Live the Small Business Contest Dream

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 10:05 AM ET | Apr 15, 2008

In our latest check on the never-ending small business awards season, two start-ups walk away with cash for their ideas and another business' lofty aspirations net a haul of tools and supplies.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Sales/Marketing

Remote Workers Take their Office Communications on the Road

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:24 AM ET | Apr 15, 2008

Chances are that more of your workers are mobile than those of your larger competitors. Consequently, it is important that your employees are able to access company resources in a seamless, easy-to-use manner as they travel.

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New Storage Reporting Features Focus on The Bottom Line

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:44 AM ET | Apr 10, 2008

How much money did this new product save the company? That question arises in just about every management meeting, so it would be helpful if you had an answer to it.

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Locking Down Stolen Laptops About to Become Simpler

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:47 AM ET | Apr 8, 2008

Mobility offers small and medium businesses a way to improve productivity. One downside is the difficulty in protecting sensitive information if a laptop computer is stolen or --more likely-- left behind as executives scurry from place to place.

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Security Market Gets Physical

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:53 AM ET | Apr 3, 2008

Historically, enterprise security consisted of putting a deadbolt lock on the front door. Hackers’ hijinks shifted companies’ attention to computer system breaches, but recently a sense of déjà vu has arisen as corporations are again focusing on physical security.

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April 1 Lifts the Lid on Workplace Humor

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:15 PM ET | Apr 1, 2008

Who doesn't like a good joke? Yes, there's are the humorless among us, but for the most part we'd prefer a few more grins and belly laughs in our lives. And today is the day for it. Amid concerns about political correctness, codes of conduct, and professional decorum, April Fool's Day is a welcome and sanctioned opportunity for a bit of fun.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Internet/Web

GroundWork Enhances Enterprise Management Tool

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:03 AM ET | Apr 1, 2008

GroundWork became the latest open source supplier to deliver a more powerful system. The GroundWork Monitor manages thousands of devices and is designed to help network operations center staff, systems administrators, and network engineers.

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John Jantsch Snowballs To Small Business Success

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:45 AM ET | Mar 28, 2008

Sometimes when you notice a name or concept that's new to you, it starts popping up everywhere. The last two weeks, the clustering I couldn't avoid was contests for smaller businesses. This week, it's John Jantsch, the Duct Tape Marketing maven himself.

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Company Size: 1-49 | Sales/Marketing

802.11n Price Points Drop, Features Rise

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 05:14 AM ET | Mar 27, 2008

The inexorable push to higher speed wireless LANs recently took a significant step forward. Wireless access points that support PoE (Power over Ethernet) and cost less than $1,000 are now in the product delivery pipeline.

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Small Business Winner Takes Home $100k In IT

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 01:33 PM ET | Mar 25, 2008

With all my rambling about the outbreak of contests for smaller businesses (and I'm not the only one), I can't not mention the winner announced at this week's Small Business Summit. The contest, sponsored by Microsoft and Dell, was decided by an online vote and that's why a Microsoft rep was standing outside the Parkwoods Shopping Center in Stockton, CA holding a gynormous check for $100,000 made out to...

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Tool Emerges to Automate Companies' Battle Against Identity Theft

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 11:26 AM ET | Mar 25, 2008

The problems associated with identity theft have become so great that the federal government is forcing corporations to put checks in place to prevent it. Now, help has arrived for businesses that have to comply with these new regulations.

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Smaller Business as Spectator Sport

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 12:45 PM ET | Mar 20, 2008

Paraphrasing Warhol, "Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes," but what's the value of fleeting moments in the spotlight for smaller businesses? A bevy of business contests promise prizes, publicity, and cash. Such contests may sap valuable resources from smaller businesses with little to spare yet they may also be the catalyst for some much-needed fine tuning of business plans.

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Compliance Tools Filter Down to Small and Medium Sized Businesses

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 09:48 AM ET | Mar 18, 2008

As companies have automated more business processes, the government as well as industry market leaders have mandated that checks be put in place to ensure that those items are processed safely. Consequently, compliance tools have become a hot IT topic.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Security

Whither Iomega?

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 07:36 AM ET | Mar 13, 2008

One problem with carving out a successful market niche is that sometimes you attract unwanted suitors. Iomega, which manufactures portable data storage solutions, now finds itself in such a position, so its future is unclear.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Storage

Trend Micro Enters Email Archiving Market

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 10:09 AM ET | Mar 11, 2008

How many email messages were in your In Box this morning? 10? 20? 50? 100? 150? As the number continues to grow, enterprises are finding it more and more difficult to manage them effectively.

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Company Size: 1,100-1,500 | Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 250-999 | Company Size: 50-249 | Messaging

Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:52 PM ET | Mar 5, 2008

Frost & Sullivan calls recession talk a "self-fulfilling prophecy" but CDW IT Monitor says small businesses expect to cut spending even more than do their larger competitors. So, what's really happening out there?

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Company Size: 1-49 | Company Size: 50-249 | IT | Strategy/Analysis/Biz Dev

Time to Reap What IP Telephony has Sown

Posted by Paul Korzeniowski 06:20 AM ET | Mar 4, 2008

IP telephony made its way into the small and medium business mainstream a few years ago, yet only during the past 12 months have companies started to use this communications foundation to improve productivity.

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