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'Tis the season for bogus e-mail and phone calls as fraudsters try to steal personal data by posing as the IRS.
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Big Vendors, SAAS Might Not Always Mix for SMBs
The service side of the equation works, but not the price, when it comes to big-ticket enterprise apps—particularly not when competing with low-cost offerings from nimble, small service providers.
HP Intros $499 Mini-Notebook
The full-function, ultra-affordable ultraportable, shipping with Linux or Windows XP, will likely fly off the shelves.
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Get Certified
News: Does it pay to sacrifice the time and money required to get certified in specific technologies or technology business processes?
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Storage Wars
Just about every storage vendor out there today says it has a major focus on the small and midsize business market for 2008. But when you talk to them it becomes pretty clear that for the last few years a lot of them are focused on the small part of the SMB market while others have been more focused on the midmarket.
Microsoft Updates Incentive/Rebate Program
Microsoft has announced the first update to its “Big Easy” program, which offers discounts, through partners, to companies with up to about 500 employees.
Penryn Core Will Speed Notebooks, Stretch Battery Life
Intel's new CPU technology brings performance benefits.
Macs Making Headway in Business, Albeit Slowly
Smaller companies are beginning to adopt Macs, and some analysts recommend switching, but not rushing.
Running Only on Open-Source Software
Open-source software has found increasing acceptance within IT for infrastructure application—but many may still wonder, "Is it possible to run a company almost entirely with open-source offerings?"
Telework Migrates to the Midmarket
With the right management policies and technology, telework can thrive in the midmarket.
Intel Looks Toward Software
The chip maker creates a new Web portal that allows smaller businesses to evaluate and purchase software from ISVs.
Employees: The Weakest Link
When it comes to security, employees are the weakest link.
Migration from Microhoo for Frightened Zimbra Users
MxToolBox offers a Zimbra version of its backup e-mail system. |
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Updated: In an open letter to the Linux and open-source community, Novell repudiates suggestions that its recent collaboration agreement with Microsoft acknowledges that Linux infringes on Microsoft's intellectual prop
The EMEA region is one of the hottest for Red Hat and its JBoss division, the company says.
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AMR Research president and CEO, Tony Friscia, and research director Rob Bois discuss how Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, blogs and social networks are changing the face of customer
Project management software usually is not for the faint of heart, but advancements in technology may allow companies to embrace project management in a more aggressive manner, says Joel Koppelman, co-founder and CEO of Primavera Systems, in this IT
As more security tasks such as patch management migrate to managed services, solution providers have to meet the challenge of staying up to date with new technology, says Matt Mosher, senior vice president of sales for Lumension Security, in this Ch
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Building Software-as-a-Service Applications for Everybody
Vizard: Progress Software is leveraging software as a service as a revenue-sharing program for its midmarket customers.
Big Vendors, SAAS Might Not Always Mix for SMBs
Vizard: The service side of the equation works, but not the price,
when it comes to big-ticket enterprise apps—particularly not when
competing with low-cost offerings from nimble, small service providers.
Vendors Increasingly Swayed by Smaller Customers' Demands
Vizard: Don't be surprised to see better customer service from
vendors when it comes to satisfying the needs of midmarket companies.
There Is No Business Intelligence in the SMB Market
Vizard: Here's a frustrating thing about running an IT shop for an SMB:
Not only does it seem like nobody in the vendor community is listening
to you, it seems like the vendors don't even know what they sold you.
Embrace and Extend Trump Rip and Replace Every Time
Vizard: When it comes to the small-to-medium business customer, what a
lot of vendors don't get is just how much the IT organizations of these
types of companies need to get done with very few people to actually do
the work.
No Real Reason to Be Keen on Green Computing
Vizard: Vendors' green-IT spiels aren't ringing true; they're trying to
push inventory by appealing to a futuristic payoff that does nothing
but bring risk to IT in the short term.
The Three Blind SMB Mice
Vizard: Dell, IBM and HP say their survival depends on SMBs. That's all
well and good, but if they really want to make it with that market,
first they have to get out of their own way.
Backup Is Not the Same as Retention
Jaffe: Don't ask IT to determine what gets kept and for how long; their
job is to make sure data is safe in case disaster strikes.
Playing Service Providers Off Each Other for Fun and Profit
Vizard: A little insight into who's providing what can be all you
need to drive down prices—a particularly appealing prospect for the
SMBs providers are increasingly targeting.
Blended Computing in the Here and Now
Vizard: Everyone thinks that the future of software is a battle
that will be fought between Microsoft and Google, but if you want to
see the future of application software today, go visit Zoho.com.
Reality Check: Is IBM's SMB Virtualization Vision a Pipe Dream?
Vaas: The midmarket may look like the land of promise to virtualization vendors, but, realistically, opportunities are scarce.
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Gov. Schwarzengger appointed a new state CIO in the hopes of cleaning up the state's IT infrastructure.
Georgia's governor feels that his state's IT is inefficient and ineffective, and has decided to outsource it.
Toyota expects to accelerate its cost-cutting efforts next year to save more than $2.7 billion annually, its president said.
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When and How to Lock Down Browsers
Microsoft has beefed up phishing filtering in IE, and Mozilla plans to
make Firefox more resistant to malicious downloads. But don’t be lulled
by those measures.
Top Web Site Vulnerabilities
How dangerous is the Web? WhiteHat Security recently updated its top 10
list of Web site vulnerabilities, finding that nine out of 10 public
sites are vulnerable from one or more of these. Read on for the list.
Top Low-Cost Virtualization Picks
Virtually all the major server vendors are prepping midmarket
virtualization offerings. Read on for a look at some of the leading
virtualization products specifically tuned for the needs of smaller
companies.
The Top SMB-Focused Printing Tech from AIIM
AIIM's recent On Demand conference featured a host of SMB (small and
midsize businesses)- and SOHO (small office/home office)-targeted
digital printing technologies. Here are some highlights.
How to Slash Data Center Energy Costs
By following these simple and practical steps, SMBs (small and midsize
businesses) can save money and make their IT organizations more
environmentally aware.
Spyware Saps User Productivity
Spyware isn't typically seen as a particularly damaging form of
malware, but a recent report from CompTIA that focused on the frequency
and costliness of spyware at small and midsize businesses (firms with
10 to 200 PC users) found that it's plenty pricey and a big drain on
productivity.
The 10 Most Wanted IT Skills
Skills relating to security, firewalls and data privacy are most in
demand, according to a recent survey done by CompTIA. Check out this
slideshow for the complete list of the most wanted IT skills. | |
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