Dan Muse

Saying that when it comes to FTP software, one size does not fill all, Lexington, Mass.-based Ipswitch today announced the release of both a new home version and an upgrade of the professional version of its popular FTP client software. With the release of WS_FTP Professional 9.0, Ipswitch said businesses can transfer data and documents […]

If your business involves managing data, there’s probably a 50-50 chance that you use FileMaker Pro. A wholly owned Apple subsidiary, FileMaker Inc. has arguably cornered the market when it comes to simplified database design and management for Windows and Mac owners. About three months after releasing what it described that most significant upgrade ever […]

To say that outsourcing jobs overseas is a hot topic would, of course, be an understatement. Regardless of how you feel about the trend, the motivation for shipping jobs to countries such as India is clear — it saves businesses money. However, if you think outsourcing applies only to large companies, think again. It may […]

E-mail is the communications medium businesses love to hate. According to The Radicati Group, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based research firm, the average corporate e-mail user processes 10 MB of e-mail a day. That is expected to increase to 15.8 MB per user, per day by 2008. So how does a business, especially a small or […]

If your business has a Web site, chances are good that you are relying on online tools more and more to communicate your company’s message, according to a survey conducted by hosting giant Interland. In conjunction with National Small Business Week, Web hosting provider Interland announced the results of its Spring 2004 Business Barometer of […]

Looking to offer small and mid-size businesses sophisticated storage technology, EMC today announced the NetWin 110, the second member to a network-attached storage NAS family tailored to run Microsoft Windows software. Why NAS now? Two reasons: First, your business’s data is at ever-increasing risk from viruses, power outages and acts of nature, and the need […]

Last year, Congress increased the amount small businesses can write off on new equipment purchases from $25,000 to $100,000. The increased allowance, known in tax parlance as the Section 179 deduction and in the popular media as the SUV tax, also applies to information technology purchases. This deduction appears to be having its desired effect […]

Are you planning to increase your spending on new technology this year? Well, if you believe in the validity of market research, there’s a good chance your competition will be. At this week’s National Small Business Administration Conference in Orlando, Fla., technology giant HP unveiled the results of a survey conducted earlier this month by […]

The last few weeks have been busy ones for Big Blue forces charged with capturing the small and mid-size business (SMB) market. In late April, it announced its desktop management services and its network resiliency and manageability services. Last week, IBM unveiled WebSphere Business Integration Server Express. And there’s no letup in sight. Today IBM […]

When it comes to tools to monitor your business’ network, you could pay thousands for products that provide granular details on every packet. However, if you are a 50-person shop, many of those solutions are overkill in terms of expense and complexity. On the other end of the spectrum are a host free or shareware […]

In a move to further its advance on its entry-level server competitors, Gateway today announced a new rack-mountable and a new tower server designed to function as a small business server or as an edge server for larger companies. “We are attacking the entry-level market,” said Scott Weinbrandt, senior vice president at Gateway. Actually, the […]

No business cliche gets more mileage than “time is money.” For good reason. Sometimes by spending a little more of the latter, you can free up some of the former. It’s with that type of thinking that you may want to consider the WorkCentre M20/M20i, speedy multifunction devices that Xerox announced today. You could pay […]