Lauren Simonds

Social networking has moved rapidly from teen-centric sites such as MySpace into the realm of business with career-networking sites like LinkedIn. Now the trend is picking up speed in the world of small business with sites like Moli.com. This self-described social media/social commerce site has launched the Moli Small Business Center, which it said is […]

If the age-old adage “time is money” holds any truth for you and your small business, then you might be interested in AT&T’s latest high-speed Internet service, AT&T U-Verse for Business. The new service offers small businesses download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps. Burt Winter, AT&T’s […]

Unless you happen to have a crystal ball handy, gleaning insight from your company’s post-sales data, which comes from a variety of sources, can be challenging. Xactly, a sales performance management company, recently released Xactly Analytics, an on-demand application designed to provide analysis, metrics, ad-hoc reports and dashboards based on aggregated post-sales data. Karen Steele, […]

Rising costs in this troubled economy have every small business owner looking for ways to cut expenses, but let’s face it; no one wants to cut business performance. HP says it believes the latest additions to its line of business PCs can help you save money, reduce your impact on the environment and get the […]

Egnyte, a startup based in Mountain View, Calif., has launched a service – the Egnyte On Demand File Server – that the company claims addresses “the three most common technology challenges facing every small business: data storage, information sharing and computer backup.” According to Vineet Jain, Egnyte’s co-founder and CEO, the on-demand file server lets […]

All the talk about lost data, e-mail scams, computer viruses and stolen identities can be overwhelming enough to turn a small business owner into the proverbial ostrich – head planted firmly in sand. But small-budget small businesses are held just as legally accountable as the big-budget enterprises when it comes to customer data loss and […]

Today Intel opened a Web-based storefront designed to provide small businesses with a one-stop shopping and education technology portal. Called the Intel Business Exchange, it offers SMBs hardware and software products plus stand-alone business applications and services – all built on Intel technology by independent software vendors (ISVs) and sold through value-added resellers (VARs). Understandably, […]

The “small” in small business is rapidly becoming moot, thanks to the power and scope of technology. Today, many small businesses reach well beyond their local communities to the world at large, and many more SMBs will soon follow to become global trading partners. That’s the prediction Sean Poulley, vice president of IBM’s online collaboration […]

How would you conduct business if a storm came through and shutdown power to your business for a week, or a pipe burst in your office building, and your computers were under water? All the smarts, money, time and effort you put into building your business means absolutely nothing – if you don’t have a […]

OK, so you might not save the entire world simply by outsourcing, but by using Serebra Connect, an online outsourcing platform, you can auction tasks to skilled freelancers in developing nations – and make a huge difference in their lives. What’s in it for you? Substantial savings – which makes a huge difference in your […]

Stepping into the burgeoning ranks of online backup services such as Carbonite, EMC’s Mozy and Dell’s DataSafe, HP has announced Upline, an online data storage service that the company says provides secure backup, file sharing and remote access capabilities from any Internet connection. Like other online data backup, the Upline service stores data in a […]

Protecting company data and customer information from criminals bent on stealing it is an ever-changing challenge for any business owner. A good defense requires securing access areas, and a critical place to start is with endpoint devices – laptops, desktops, servers and handhelds – that connect to the company network. We spoke recently with John […]