Jamie Bsales

If you’re the type that wouldn’t dream of booking a trip without first checking flight and hotel rates on one of the big online aggregators, Earthtone wants you. The new service, currently in public beta, aims to do for business printing what Expedia, et al, have done for travel: match people who want to buy […]

Access to your business data anytime from anywhere is a great idea, but sometimes your “anywhere” is your familiar office and your “anytime” happens to be a time when your online connection is down. For small businesses interested in boarding the online-storage bandwagon without forgetting about local storage, Egnyte has rolled out a hybrid solution […]

The Palm Pre features a slide-out keyboard and an all-new operating system. Yes, money is tight, but to be successful you still need to move your business forward. One way to accomplish that is to embrace the latest technology offerings that can help you improve productivity for yourself and your employees. We scoured the start-of-year […]

In 2008, sales of laptop PCs outpaced sales of desktops for the first time, according to a report by market intelligence firm iSuppli. At least part of the credit for that growth belongs to a new class of portable that emerged during the year: netbooks. These diminutive machines are notebooks writ small. They pack a […]

Yes, money is tight, but unless you are planning on folding up your tent in the current downturn, you still need to spend money to keep your business humming. The trick is to find places to shop that offer the best value, and that often means an online retailer. So we set out to identify […]

In today’s economy, you need all the help you can get to save money. But for most small business entrepreneurs, taking a task like payroll in-house seems too daunting. With all the state and federal taxes and regulations to track and payroll deductions to calculate, just the thought of getting started is enough to make […]

When it’s time to buy a business notebook, the ThinkPad brand is likely one of the first to come to mind, especially if you’ve spent any time at a large corporation that had standardized on the iconic black boxes. But IBM’s deep discounts for corporate fleet buyers, priced the ThinkPad out of reach for most […]

It’s an inescapable fact of portable electronics: Miniaturization costs. Want a teeny phone, a pocket-sized GPS or a four-pound laptop? Well, be prepared to pay extra for portability. To every rule there is an exception, however, and among notebooks that exception is the HP Compaq 2230s. While other ultraportable notebooks destined to be executive accessories […]

Hewlett-Packard has been in the point-of-sale (POS) system business since 2003. But if you never considered its solutions for your small business, there’s good reason: The company concentrated most of its past efforts on solutions for larger regional and national retailers. But not any more. With the new rp3000 Point of Sale System, HP has […]

Quotes and proposals are crucial for the success of any small business that offers a product or service—which is to say, most businesses. But creating and tracking them has largely remained a manual process, even with the introduction of word processors and spreadsheets. Quosal aims to streamline the process of preparing and managing sales documents, […]

Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new solution to help midsize businesses—which HP defines as between 100 and 999 employees—upgrade or add to their existing IT infrastructure easily and affordably. The HP Adaptive Infrastructure in a Box for Midsize Businesses is a suite of products that combines the hardware, management and IT support components you need to […]

For mobile pros, skimping on a laptop purchase could certainly prove penny wise and pound-foolish. Budget notebook PCs are fine if you only occasionally tote the machine in a padded bag, but they lack the durable construction and security features offered by a higher-end model aimed at road warriors. That could spell disaster if your […]