Lauren Simonds

It’s not your imagination, and you’re certainly not hallucinating. Tech wizards do keep stuffing vast amounts of storage capacity into boxes with an ever-shrinking footprint. Case in point, MicroNet has just-announced RAIDBank IV, a 4T, high-performance, RAID capable storage solution. This capacity behemoth weighs in at 18 pounds but its footprint measures just 6.5 by […]

How much downtime can your business tolerate and still survive? It’s a question far too many small business owners fail to consider. Individual company needs vary depending on a variety of factors, but contingency planning is one of the most important conversations a small business owner can have with his or her technology provider. And […]

Increasing the computing options for SMBs, HP expanded its line of business computers with the HP Compaq dc7900 Business PC Series. At the same time, the company announced its latest POS system, which it designed based on input from small and medium retailers. Available in three footprint sizes – Ultra Slim desktop, Small form factor […]

A unified threat management, or UTM, appliance may not be the sexiest technology going, but in terms of keeping your business network safe from external threats, we’ll take effective over flashy any day. A UTM box plugs into your network and typically provides a range of features such as a firewall, remote access VPN, intrusion […]

If it weren’t for Ben Franklin, his kite and a dark and stormy night, business as we know it would not exist. You know it’s important to protect and backup your data ‑ the very lifeblood of your business. But electricity is your data’s lifeblood, and if the power fails and you don’t have a […]

If you’ve been thinking that CRM software could really boost your company but the cost and complexity has you in a holding pattern, then consider the latest news from Concursive, a company known for developing open source CRM. The company now offers its on-demand ConcourseSuite 5.0 CRM software free of charge for up to 100 […]

Quickly following the July announcement of its B-300 and the B-500DN inkjet printers, Epson continues it drive into small business printing with four new models specifically aimed at micro-businesses ‑ that’s the term Epson (and other industry types) use to define companies with fewer than five employees. The new WorkForce line includes two all-in-one printers […]

Providing a mobile workforce with secure access to company data and applications can be a tricky and expensive proposition. That reality often leaves companies with tight budgets and little or no IT staff sitting on the sidelines. But WorldExtend, a remote data and application software company, believes its IronDoor 3.5 is the key to providing […]

Small business doesn’t take a holiday even in the dog days of summer, and neither, apparently, do the folks at Central Desktop. Instead of daydreaming about a fab tropical getaway, they’ve been hard at work packing more business collaboration features into their new Summer Release. The latest release of this Web-based (SaaS) service includes tools […]

Apparently when you have more than five million conversations a day with your customers, you end up with not only great insight on how they use products, but also how they want to use them. That collaborative feedback, said Jeff Clarke, senior vice president and general manager of Dell’s business product group, was the genesis […]

If you’re feeling the pinch of higher gas prices and the overall economic slowdown, you’re by no means alone. But in the face of adversity, small businesses are doing what they’ve always done: getting creative. RingCentral, a self-described Internet phone service for small business, recently conducted an online survey of its customers to find out […]

The latest buzzword in technology today is “green,” which is basic shorthand for products, services and strategies designed to reduce the harmful impact we humans have on the environment. Incorporating green technology into your business can save you money, and it may even help you feel better about yourself, but what, exactly, does “green” look […]