Jeff Goldman

Small business optimism is at its highest level in at least 45 years, according to the National Foundation of Independent Business (NFIB)’s recently-released Small Business Optimism Index. The index reached 108.8 in August 2018, the highest in the survey’s 45-year history, beating the previous record of 108 reached in July 1983. Small business owners’ job […]

Despite an ever-expanding range of small business accounting software and services, a recent Clutch survey of more than 300 small business owners and managers found that 27 percent don’t even maintain separate bank accounts for personal and business funds. It’s no surprise, then, that 23 percent of respondents have experienced problems with mixing business and […]

One third of small businesses have no safeguards in place to stop a cybersecurity breach – even though 60 percent of those that suffer a breach will go out of business within six months. That’s largely because 51 percent of small business leaders and 35 percent of employees just don’t think they’re a target for […]

Mobile devices make it possible for small businesses to work from anywhere at any time, and that’s a boon to productivity and growth. But if your company hasn’t added mobile security to those mobile devices, that’s just asking for trouble. There’s no shortage of mobile security apps for Android devices, as this article from our […]

In the digital age, where a company’s every IM, email, text, chat or voicemail is subject to legal discovery and must be archived and saved for seven years, privacy can seem like an extinct species. VaporStream software seeks to change things up a bit with an application that provides the communication convenience of email with […]

If you run your business from your iPhone, or depend on it for critical information and connection, you need to keep it safe — both the physical device and the data contained within it. That’s where security apps come in. They can help you find your missing iPhone, manage all your passwords and sync them […]

The advantage of VoIP with the power of PBX – that’s what Nuvio says its NuvioFlex virtual PBX offers small business — that and a flexible way to pay. VoIPPlanet.com has the inside scoop. Nuvio Corporation recently introduced the NuvioFlex virtual PBX product, which allows customers to purchase business VoIP service in a manner similar […]

Do your remote workers have the proper security measures installed on their laptops and smartphones to keep your business safe? Even if you don’t have employees who work from home now, you should still have a telecommuting plan — and the security measures to back it up — in the event a natural disaster keeps […]

Wi-Fi Direct looks like a technology that will make it easier for people to transfer information from one device to another. Jeff Goldman at Wi-FiPlanet.com explains the new protocol and talks about its potential applications. The Wi-Fi Alliance recently announced Wi-Fi Direct, a new peer-to-peer protocol that will enable direct connections between Wi-Fi client devices, […]

Jonathan Hollander first created the technology behind PhoneFusion, he says, to solve a problem he faced constantly as a computer consultant in the ’90s. “I couldn’t leave my office and get a phone call while I was out, because people were calling me on multiple phones and at multiple numbers,” he says. “I needed a […]

AT&T recently launched its AT&T Business in a Box service, designed to make IP communications user-friendly for small and mid-size businesses. Included with Business in a Box is AT&T’s hosted IP PBX service called Voice DNA, a managed T-1, and the company’s Business in a Box router (see images, below), which includes Wi-Fi, firewall, Power […]

RingCentral, which recently announced the addition of DigitalLine VoIP to its offering, provides its customers with a suite of call-routing/call-handling services designed to make a very small company look and sound like a very big one—at least in terms of its communications. If the offering has a fault, it’s that it gives you too many […]