Lauren Simonds

The ability to access your business data no matter where you are — at home, while traveling on business or even from an Internet cafe at the mall — is a growing trend, and one that small businesses can use to gain a competitive advantage. IP Dynamics, a San Jose, Calif.-based software company today announced […]

SMBs hosting their own e-mail servers may find reason to cheer now that 3Com has announced — in conjunction with Toronto, Canada-based, BorderWare — a new e-mail firewall designed to provide enterprise-level security to SMBs. The 3Com E-mail Firewall “powered by BorderWare” promises ease of use and affordability while protecting your business from a host […]

Calling all SMBs — it’s time to let the rest of the world know how you’re using technology to improve your business. Dell and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) are teaming up for the second straight year to recognize small businesses that use technology creatively. The Dell/NFIB Small Business Excellence Award — first […]

Calling 2005 the year for mobility, Ted Clark, HP‘s senior vice-president and general manager of mobile computing recently announced a series of products, services and partnerships designed to put mobile technology into the hands of SMBs across the country. What’s so special about 2005? According to Richard Stone, HP’s wireless and mobility solutions manager, the […]

External storage drives make it easy for SMBs to store crucial data. One drawback, however, is that you typically need to buy one drive per PC, which means that only one person at a time can access it. Recognizing an inefficient setup when it sees one, Maxtor came up with a product it says makes […]

Payroll; for some SMB owners it’s just another business process awaiting their attention. For others, the very mention of the word can bring on a migraine headache (you know who you are). Fortunately, plenty of options exist for both groups, and knowing what they are — and how to pick the one that’s right for […]

The experts agree: It’s only a matter of time until cell phones, handhelds, smart phones and PDAs become inundated by viruses, Trojan worms and spam — prime targets for any hacker with a grudge and too much time on his hands. The good news is that there’s time for small business owners to understand — […]

One of the most productive tools that just about any small business can have is remote access — the capability to login to your office computer or network from an off-site location. Whether you simply need to check e-mail from home at night, or you spend your working hours on the road and want to […]

Servers form the nexus of any business network, and keeping them up, running and available is crucial to any successful company. But for small businesses, many of which don’t have in-house IT support, it’s not always easy to keep your finger on the pulse of your technology. The folks at LANDesk, a South Jordan, Utah-based […]

Trying to get a leg up on the competition is tough going for any small business, but when your business sells worldwide, it takes every angle you’ve got to successfully compete against larger, international companies. Milestone Architectural Ornamentation, Inc., an Amarillo, Texas-based company with 25 employees, specializes in manufacturing lightweight, cast limestone architectural elements, reproductions […]

If you welcomed in the New Year vowing to stop smoking or lose weight, you might want to reconsider and choose a resolution that won’t fall by the wayside three weeks into January. We suggest adding a data backup and recovery system to keep your business (if not your body) healthy all year ’round. A […]

No matter how much technology you pump into a company, it seems that you just can’t escape the basic hands-on tasks of everyday business, like signing off on purchase orders and invoice approvals or tracking time sheets and activating customer accounts. Although many people believe that it’s simply too complicated or too expensive to computerize […]