Dan Muse

In the computer world, there’s a pervasive attitude that the Mac is a great computer for graphic design, publishing, video production and education. But when it comes to software to run your business, you may want to think about buying a Windows PC. Whether or not that is a fair representation of the Mac is, […]

Small and mid-sized businesses are hardly immune to the epidemic of digital data — ranging from e-mail to documents to photos to video — overtaking servers and storage devices. To help offer a cure, HP today introduced two direct-attached storage enclosures in its entry-level Modular Smart Array (MSA) product line. The HP StorageWorks MSA60 and […]

Ever feel nervous about unleashing your PDF, Microsoft Word or Excel files into the wilderness? Do you feel powerless thinking that once your proposal or legal document is sent you lose control of who, when and how often it’s viewed? If that’s what bugging you, Adobe says it has an answer for you with its […]

Just as the soft drink world has Coke and Pepsi and fast food is synonymous with both McDonald’s and Burger King, the processor industry is now a two-horse race with AMD and Intel competing on both the desktop and in the server room. The rise of AMD servers is hardly news as Sun, HP, IBM […]

In a move to help retailers more efficiently ring up retail sales, track inventory and market their products online, Intuit today announced the launch of QuickBooks Point of Sale 6.0. The newest version of the point-of-sale retail management software — which Intuit claims has 55,000 customers — is designed to go beyond the cash register and […]

Many small and home-based businesses still handle accounting tasks with a spreadsheet or even pencils, paper and calculators, according to Microsoft. The reason: cost and complexity. The Redmond, Wash.-based company thinks it has an answer to both objections with today’s introduction of Microsoft Office Accounting Express 2007, a free version that is a fully functional, […]

While many small businesses take broadband Internet connections for granted, for some either their location or the mobile nature of their business has been a deterrent to high-speed access. If your business falls into one of those categories, you may be interested in learning more about the SonicWall TZ 190. Announced today, the SonicWall TZ […]

The lack of an official, ratified standard isn’t slowing the stream of 802.11n wireless products. Even though the current draft specification isn’t expected to be voted on by the IEEE until January, vendors continue to ship products to meet what they say is growing demand for greater wireless throughput. Draft 802.11n products promise speeds substantially […]

In recent years, both IBM and SAP — icons of the large enterprise hardware and software markets, respectively — have had their eye on the small and mid-sized business market. While both companies have been aggressively selling to SMBs, today they teamed up to announce the IBM System i 520 Solution Edition for SAP. The […]

Small business networks aren’t as simple as they used to be. You probably have a mixture of wired and wireless devices, and maybe you’re contemplating a move to VoIP (if you haven’t already). Managing it all doesn’t have to be complicated, according to 3Com Corp. Offering what it claims is a first for small and […]

Apptix, a long-time provider of hosted Exchange, today announced that it will partner with Motorola to jointly offer hosted mobile e-mail targeted at small and mid-sized businesses that want a single source for their mobile device, wireless service and on-demand e-mail services. “Most small business owners want to be connected all the time,” said Samir […]

Small business owners, as you well know, do many jobs. You may be the IT guy one day, the bookkeeper the next and the graphics person the day after that. For the days when you’re wearing the graphics department hat — whether you’re working on your Web site, a sales presentation or print marketing materials […]