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"Smaller - Cooler - Faster" Meets "Carry Small, Live Large"

Posted by Fredric Paul 12:01 AM ET | Jul 24, 2008

bMighty.com doesn't usually cover new chips and stuff, mostly because that kind of technology doesn't have an immediate impact on small and midsize companies. But when I heard not one but TWO awesome new marketing phrases in a single press briefing, I was hooked. And besides, Intel promises its new smart System on Chip (SoC) designs will accelerate some important trends that could benefit bMighty readers.

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Open-Source Support: The More You Know, The Better It Looks

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 01:49 PM ET | Jul 18, 2008

Open-source support has a problem: People who assume, for no good reason, that it has a problem.

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Hardware & Software | IT | Linux | Open Source | Services

Justice Breyer's Data Exposure A Reminder Of P2P File Risks

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:24 PM ET | Jul 10, 2008

The news that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's personal information was among thousands of other personal data files compromised as a result of a file-sharing snafu raises a couple of issues, chief among them whether or not peer-to-peer file sharing via public programs is ever appropriate for business info.

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Hacked ICANN Not Master Of Its Own Domain

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:34 PM ET | Jul 8, 2008

You know the security threatscape is getting weirder when the organization in charge of domain names gets some of its own domains hacked.

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Insourcing Is The New Outsourcing For IT

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 11:20 AM ET | Jun 18, 2008

Faced with scarce resources, IT staff have several options: hire more employees, hire contractors, send the work out-of-house or offshore. But IT managers may be overlooking a useful technical resource right under their collective noses: business users.

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Web Conferencing Goes Open Source

Posted by Matthew McKenzie 11:02 AM ET | Jun 11, 2008

A few years ago, I put together a long article reviewing all of the major Web conferencing tools. It did not include any open-source options for a very simple reason: There weren't any. Today, however, it's a very different story.

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More On Disaster Recovery: Mind The Gaps In Your Plans

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:49 PM ET | May 7, 2008

We've talked a lot here about disaster recovery, and almost as much about planning for disaster recovery. In considering these, it's well-worth considering -- and looking for -- any hidden gaps or vulnerabilities that might bring even the best-laid plans to grief.

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Interop: Jumping to SaaS -- Look Before You Leap

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 09:30 PM ET | Apr 30, 2008

Got SaaS yet? If not, you're either a nattering nincompoop or blazingly brilliant. For every drumbeat touting the power and ease of Saas to remake your IT operations, there's competing tympany warning of the dire hazards of leaping into SaaS headlong.

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Vendor Rankings an Imperfect Science

Posted by Benjamin Tomkins 05:24 PM ET | Apr 29, 2008

Transparency's not a new business buzzword, but the drive to peek behind the curtain has more and more industries concerned about the coverage quality of their clothing (emperor's or otherwise). Some IT vendors may be scrambling to duck behind mama's nightshirt.

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Astaro Survey Sez Your Security Spending Seems Recession-Proof. Really?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:58 AM ET | Apr 25, 2008

The results of a recent survey of small and midsize business IT security spending plans are being interpreted/marekted as signs that your security spending is "recession proof." A closer look suggests something quite different.

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McAfee And PlumChoice DoubleTeam For Remote Business Tech Services

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:44 AM ET | Apr 24, 2008

The latest alliance targeting small and midsize business tech-needs is McAfee's just-announced linkup with PlumChoice to provide on-demand tech services to, well, to you.

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E-mail Security System Keeps An Eye Out For You -- But Not On You

Posted by Keith Ferrell 12:32 PM ET | Apr 18, 2008

A new free (for now) mail encryption service uses shared-key question and answer encryption to make sure you and your recipient are the only ones who know what you're corresponding about.

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Symantec Offers SMB Storage And Backup Services

Posted by Keith Ferrell 04:52 PM ET | Feb 19, 2008

As today's bMighty ANTenna points out, security giant Symantec is making a move into small and midsize business services. Its first salvos: hosted backup and online storage.

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Microsoft Office Live Small Business Gets Big Upgrade

Posted by Fredric Paul 09:30 PM ET | Feb 10, 2008

In a bid to get more small busineses doing business online, Microsoft is about to make key components of its suite of online business services free -- and no longer require a credit card to get started.

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Business & E-Business | Company Size: 1-49 | Internet/Web | Services

SMB IT Spending To Grow Faster Than Enterprises'

Posted by Fredric Paul 02:10 PM ET | Feb 8, 2008

Despite fears of recession, small and midsize businesses will continue to boost IT spending in 2008, with special emphasis on software as a service (Saas).

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Click Fraud Continues Climb

Posted by Keith Ferrell 04:16 PM ET | Feb 1, 2008

Are you paying for clicks? Then you should be aware that last year's growth in fake clicks (that advertisers still have to pay for) set a scary 15 percent pace.

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DEMO 08 Showcases Small Business Innovations

Posted by Fredric Paul 01:01 AM ET | Jan 28, 2008

Look for a handful of innovative small-business-oriented product introductions at this week’s Demo08 conference in the California desert. Just don’t count on the products arriving on time or truly changing the way your company does business.

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Is Hardware Dead?

Posted by Fredric Paul 04:22 PM ET | Jan 25, 2008

As the Internet "cloud" lets Amazon, Yahoo! and EMC's Mozy rent computing power at bargain prices, is there a still reason for small and midsize companies to buy their own machines?

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CyberDefender To Offer Free Tech Support And Security Check December 26th

Posted by Keith Ferrell 08:49 AM ET | Dec 21, 2007

Following up on a successful Halloween promotion, security company CyberDefender is offering another day of free tech support, security checks and setup consultation on December 26th.

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Free Security Tech Support: Treat Yourself (And Your Computer) On Halloween

Posted by Keith Ferrell 01:18 PM ET | Oct 30, 2007

Security Company CyberDefender's offering free phone-in technical support for one day only -- and that day's tomorrow, October 31. How's that for a Halloween treat?

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Net Business: No Access Taxation But No Access Regulation Either

Posted by Keith Ferrell 10:58 AM ET | Oct 17, 2007

The government giveth, the government taketh away, as two developments -- one on Net access taxation, one on broadband access regulation -- show.

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Security Costs: Are You Spending Enough? Too Much?

Posted by Keith Ferrell 03:29 PM ET | Oct 9, 2007

The average company spends 20 percent of its technology budget on security. Does that finding match your security outlay?

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Don't Sweat The Silly Stuff

Posted by Fredric Paul 07:06 PM ET | Oct 2, 2007

One of the side effects of running any publication is that PR people love to pitch you stories about things their clients are convinced are important. Sometimes they are, of course, but often they're about nonsense like office clutter and pet sitting.

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Technological Changes Are Hard

Posted by Cora Nucci 12:59 PM ET | Oct 2, 2007

The payroll wreck being endured by tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers serves as a reminder that when software deployment goes wrong, the results can be truly disastrous -- no matter what size business is involved.

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Cybercrooks Outpacing Cybercops: McAfee

Posted by Keith Ferrell 11:51 AM ET | Sep 19, 2007

It's that time of year when the major security vendors release updates, upgrades... and public statements. McAfee's CEO this week pointed out that cybercrime is now bigger than the illegal drug trade -- and continues to grow.

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