Lauren Simonds

Lexmark today announced six new wireless, all-in-one printers designed to meet the varied needs of small business owners. The new arrivals will be split evenly between Lexmark’s Professional Series and its Home and Student line of inkjets. The company created these AIO printers based on extensive research into how people actually use printers. The customer […]

As vital as printing is to just about any small business, it remains one of the more costly office expenses. Add a tight economy and shrinking budgets, and it’s no wonder most business owners are on the lookout for ways to print more economically. That’s the pain point Epson hopes to remedy with its latest […]

Here’s a convenient truth that just about any small business owner can get behind: saving the environment can save you money. Reducing waste also reduces your operating costs particularly when it comes to printing, a task that can consume paper, plastic and your budget at an alarming rate. Fortunately, many printer manufacturers have responded with […]

The Planet is a self-managed, dedicated hosting company known for providing access to world-class IT infrastructures to small and medium sized companies. In simpler terms, it physically houses, runs and maintains the servers and networks that its SMB customers use to conduct their businesses. Until recently, the company provided self-managed hosting and worked strictly with […]

Windows Vista has certainly taken its lumps since Microsoft released the operating system in January 2007. Criticisms have included complex hardware requirements, slow performance, licensing restrictions and compatibility issues with both software applications and hardware when transitioning from Windows XP to Vista. Concerned about these issues, many small business owners adopted a wait-and-see attitude and […]

If you’re ready to take your company wireless, or if you’re looking to expand the network you already have in place, you might consider looking at the latest offerings from 3Com. The new additions include the major components of a wireless network: access points, routers and adapters that are all based on draft 2.0 of […]

The biggest threat to your company’s network security isn’t some mysterious hacker crafting digital attacks from halfway around the world. Nope. It’s Dan in sales or Michelle in accounts receivable. Employees are by far the most common, if inadvertent, conduits malware takes to breach security defenses and wreak havoc on your network. Chris Winn, strategic […]

Popularity – the elusive Holy Grail sought by many a geek during the school years. In that social setting, you paid a price for not being popular. The irony is that in today’s technology setting the reverse is true: being popular often paints a target on your back – just ask Microsoft and the thousands […]

Today HP announced its largest business notebook launch ever, introducing ten different models that span from small business to the enterprise. The various models fall into three categories: the professional, business and standard series, which, according to HP, are differentiated by both design and features. The Professional series, for example, features a brushed anodized-aluminum exterior […]

Concentric, a nationwide Internet Service Provider (ISP) known for hosting Web sites and e-mail services has added professional Web site packages to its roster of small-business offerings. The company aims to help small businesses that lack the skill, time or money to host, design, maintain and market their own Web site. Bill Uyeki, a Concentric […]

If Trend Micro were a character out of the comics, it would have to be Alfred E. Newman. The Mad Magazine pitchman’s rakish catchphrase, “What? Me Worry?” exudes the confidence Trend Micro seeks to offer its small business customers with the launch of Worry-Free Business Security 5.0. The company first launched its Worry-Free Business Security […]

Pretty much all small-business owners have one goal in common – they want to get more done and spend less money doing it. Launching a refresh of five monochrome laser printers and multi-function printers (MFPs) – designed for the SMB market — Xerox aims to help make that goal more readily attainable. The idea, according […]