September 09, 2010
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HP Updates Small Business Networking

Tech giant HP continues its integration and expansion of former 3Com technologies with new Wi-Fi, unified communications and phone handsets for small and midsized companies.

5 Tools to Turn an iPad into a Notebook PC Alternative

Add these five essential mobile tools to an iPad, and you'll have a viable, lightweight alternative to traveling with a notebook computer.

The Value of Linux for Small Business

What's the value proposition for a small business when it comes to making the switch to Linux? That depends on the priorities of each business. But the key to a successful migration is a skilled leader.

Small Business Ecommerce Trends: Shop by Smartphone

3DCart's affordable shopping cart technology lets you add mobile ecommerce capability to your small business website.

Salesforce.com CRM Gains Cloud-based Contacts Service

CRM customers can keep your business contacts up-to-date in real time thanks to Salesfoce.com's latest integration efforts.

Palisade Bows Compliance in the Cloud for SMBs

How do you ensure your business complies with industry regulations when it's not big enough to have an IT person? Palisade Systems says it can solve that problem for many SMBs.

Mobile Videoconferencing Arrives

Get ready to add videoconferencing to your bag of mobile computing tricks thanks to the latest smartphones and tablet PCs. We look at what's here now and what's coming soon to a smartphone near you.

Small Business Technology: 10 Tips to Green IT

Reducing the amount of energy your company consumes is a smart way to conserve both business and natural resources. Our 10 tips will show how you can save money while serving the greater good.

Hosted PBX Services: Managed Voice for SMBs

Looking for business communications services? Cbeyond's got them, including hosted managed voice services, exclusively for small business.

Google's Gmail Gets a Priority Inbox

The new Priority Inbox feature for Gmail is designed to let you always see your most important messages at the top of the page. How smart is it?

Small Business SEO: 10 Ways to Optimize an Online Newsroom

We've got 10 marketing strategies to help you turn your small business newsroom into a dynamic portal for your industry. And yes, that's a good thing.

Survey: SMBs Aren't Doing Enough to Protect Data

Latest review by security software vendor Panda Security finds that 36 percent of small businesses use free and often outdated security apps and 13 percent use nothing at all.

Cut your Mobile Phone Bill: Use Prepaid Phones

It may seem a little counterintuitive, but prepaying for mobile phones can save serious money, one small business advisor suggests.

IT Management 101 for Small Business

IT management isn't just for the Fortune 500 crowd. SMBs need to manage their technology just as much, if not more. But how can small companies tame the IT beast?

Crowdsourcing as a Small Business Marketing Strategy

Crowdsourcing, or using your customers to help with product development and/or marketing, is becoming increasingly popular with small businesses. But is it the right strategy for your business?

Intacct Rolls Out Project Accounting in the Cloud

The cloud-based small business accounting software vendor brings a new module for service delivery firms and project-based businesses, and announces a partnership to integrate Intacct's software with a leading project management system.

Microsoft Previews Small and Home Business Servers

Coming soon from Microsoft: the 'Aurora' Windows Small Business Server and an updated 'Vail' Windows Home Server beta.

Spiceworks 5.0 Beta Adds New Help Desk Features

Spiceworks already provides free IT management software, an idea that has proven popular, and now it's upgrading its support for help desk and other network management features.

Central Desktop Aims to Undercut SharePoint

Central Desktop already stores users' documents in its own hosted cloud. Now, it's providing a toolbar that gives users access to those cloud documents from inside their favorite Office applications.

Google to Challenge 6 FaceBook Weaknesses

In a battle over online advertising, Google sets it sites on beating Facebook, and pundits name six areas where the social networking giant shows vulnerability.

Small Business IT Survey: Optimistic But Overloaded

The results of a recent survey indicate that small and medium businesses see the economy strengthening, but still ponder how they can best leverage their technology dollar.

Mobile Business Intelligence: Insight on the Road

Need to be an informed decision maker even when you're away from the office? There's an app for that. MicroStrategy Mobile offers a BI app for the iPhone and the iPad.

Search Advertising Services for Small Business

American Express and Clickable partner to provide small businesses with a search advertising platform built especially for them.

Should Small Business IT Techs Support Linux?

Our resident Linux expert, not known for holding back, says if your IT support team doesn't have Linux skills, they're perpetrating IT malpractice.

Data Security: A 5-Step Risk Assessment Plan

Protecting your business means protecting your data. If that task feels daunting, here's a 5-step plan to help you to rate and prioritize your data security needs.

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