Lauren Simonds

Women mean business. Small business in particular, where women are starting new businesses at twice the rate of men, according to a 2007 study conducted by the Center for Women’s Business Research. In response to that burgeoning constituency, Microsoft Office Live Small Business is kicking off a five-day, five-city conference series called Vision to Venture. […]

Microsoft kicks off its third annual Small Business Summit, the company’s totally free, online event that helps small business owners learn more about best practices and how to work smarter. The Summit runs from Monday, March 24 through Thurs., March 27. The first Summit in 2006 drew 8,000 participants while last year it grew to […]

Today Dell announced two new members of its PowerEdge server family, the R300 and T300, which are, according to the company, designed to provide high performance at an affordable price. Dell claims the R300 and T300 are “the industry’s highest-performing one-socket quad-core servers.” That claim is based on the servers’ processor, a quad-core Intel Xeon […]

In the good news department, small business owners have more tech choices when it comes to technology than ever before. The bad news – they also have more tech trends to keep up with, and they don’t always have the time or the IT staff to make the best call or provide the requisite support. […]

Ever wish that just once you could take your kids out for dinner and skip the obligatory glass of whine? Or the evil looks from childless restaurant patrons? You’re not alone. Alissa and Noah DeRouchie of Columbus, Ohio feel your pain and hope to build a restaurant that not only serves healthy foods for both […]

Kampfer noted that the new technology prevents the REV 120 from being fully backward compatible with REV 35 and REV 70 disks. The REV 120 drive does not support the 35GB disks. However, the drive can read, but it can’t write to the REV 70 disks. “There’s a significant difference between the technologies, but the […]

Remember that ’70s Reese’s commercial? You got chocolate in my peanut butter…you got peanut butter on my chocolate? Well, Linksys and Trend Micro have joined forces to create an Internet security version of two great tastes that taste great together. Today Linksys announced it’s integrating Trend Micro ProtectLink Gateway – a subscription-based unified threat management […]

Managing your time and taking proper care of your customers – these two must-do tasks form the core of any size business. Customer relationship management (CRM) software can help even the smallest business establish a best-practices foundation on which to build a successful endeavor. One of the latest CRM applications available for SMBs comes from […]

Today Microsoft unveiled details regarding a new family of server products designed for both small- and mid-sized companies. According to the company, both servers are the result of “extensive research” and “in-depth feedback” designed to “meet the unique needs of small and mid-sized customers and partners.” In addition, the server family, which consists of Windows […]

Most small business owners understand that a Web site is a necessary tool to market and grow their business. But figuring out how much bandwidth, hard disk space and e-mail storage you need – or even why you need those things – can distract you from your primary task: running and growing a successful business. […]

Dell didn’t grow from a small business building desktop computers into a Fortune 500 corporation selling technology around the world by avoiding innovation. And the company’s latest news indicates that innovation is still alive and well in Round Rock, Texas. The company has announced ProSupport, a new model of technical support that encompasses the company’s […]

In two programs announced today, Microsoft said it will offer small business owners more new ways to save money when buying software. According to Cindy Bates, Microsoft’s general manager, U.S. small business, the new programs are designed to provide flexibility, accommodate business growth and help small businesses get the most out of their investment in […]