Clint Boulton

If you’re thinking of finally upgrading your company’s PCs to Windows XP, you might want to hold off a bit longer. Microsoft just announced that it’s preparing six versions of its Windows Vista operating system for mass consumption in the second half of this year. The forthcoming load of operating systems include two for businesses, […]

Today’s business landscape is more competitive than ever, and small businesses can use every edge they can find. Speed helps, and IBM announced that it has made its i5 server line for small- and medium-sized businesses faster, adding its 2.2 gigahertz Power5+ dual-core chip in the machines to boost performance by a third. IBM also […]

Following on the heels of Sprint’s announcement of its PPC 6700, the first Windows Mobile 5.0-based Pocket PC Phone, Cingular has unveiled the first Smartphone to run on WM5. Click here for a larger image. Equipped with Bluetooth wireless support, quad-band international roaming and support for the EDGE wireless data network, the Cingular 2125 Smartphone […]

Looking to make a name for something more than carting companies’ data tapes around the country, Iron Mountain will pay $42 million to acquire backup specialist LiveVault. LiveVault offers disk-based online server backup and recovery software as a service to shore up the data housed on PCs and servers in small and medium-sized companies. The […]

Symantec has blended its Windows security application with the popular backup software it inherited by acquiring Veritas to offer customers a continuous data protection (CDP) package. Officials for the security and data management software maker said the new Backup Exec 10d and Symantec LiveState Recovery applications ensure secure disk-based backup and recovery from any point […]

Making good on its promise to flesh out its Intel-based server line, IBM introduced the first member of what will be a family of low-priced servers for small- and medium-sized business. The IBM xSeries 100 server is a one-way, dual-core machine that sports some enterprise-grade capabilities, such as being able to manage and protect inventory […]

Microsoft is reaching out to medium-sized businesses with a new Windows Server System promotion for small IT staffs that require a self-contained software system. The new bundle includes the Windows Server 2003 operating system, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 application server and Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Workgroup Edition to manage the system. The offering includes […]

Up until now, EMC had only dipped its enterprise-sized toe into the turbulent waters of the SMB market, but now, the company’s taken the plunge. EMC recently introduced Making Storage Simple, a strategy that harnesses new solutions, channels and partnerships for small- and medium-sized businesses. The idea for the program came after extensive research conducted […]

Updating its desktop and laptop computing lines, Dell promises better performance, security, hardy designs and services. The computer market-share leader, looking to capitalize on IBM’s recent plan to exit computer manufacturing, unveiled the Latitude D410, D610 and D810 notebooks for people who travel or work from remote locations. SMB owners and employees, this means you. […]

Looking to extend its back-up software leadership in the small- to medium-sized business market, Veritas Software launched two software packages geared to preserve data on laptops, desktops and networks. Veritas, which security software giant Symantec acquired for $13.5 billion, launched Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers and Veritas Backup Exec 10.0 Suite. Officials at a […]

NEW YORK — HP ratcheted up its small and mid-sized business (SMB) effort Tuesday, introducing a raft of new hardware at TechXNY 2004 as part of its Smart Office plan. Meanwhile, rival IBM, also appealed to SMBs, unveiling new Unix servers. Kevin Gilroy, senior vice president and general manager of SMB at HP, led other […]

In a classic example of how SMBs have captured the attention of top technology companies, IBM Friday announced an entry-level SMB storage server as part of a TotalStorage line. What’s more, the company under cut its competition by pricing the server at about a third less than the street cost of EMC and HP’s comparable […]