Patricia Fusco

Integrating disparate applications is about as difficult as baking a cake from scratch. If you have the base ingredients and can prepare them as directed, it’s pretty easy to make a white cake into chocolate, or orange, or cherry, for that matter. It’s also pretty easy to make cupcakes. When it comes to integration technologies, […]

On Monday IBM announced it will slash the price of DB2 Express in an effort to capitalize on the momentum it claims to have gained in the small- to medium-sized business market. DB2 Express will be available at $3,899 per processor for an unlimited number of users as of Oct. 31. The database, for Windows […]

Founded in 1994, Nemx Software provides content security solutions for Microsoft Exchange servers. The small firm, consisting of only seven full-time staff members, provides anti-spam, anti-virus and content filtering solutions for Fortune 500 companies. Now the Ottawa, Canada-based company has tailored its e-mail monitoring capabilities to meet the needs of small- and medium-sized business. Nemx […]

HP this week announced pricing and support for one of Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2003. As the worldwide small- to medium-sized business server market leader with more than $21 billion in revenue this year, HP intends to continue to dominate the space by providing small businesses with a one-stop-shop for complete server support systems. HP’s […]

Marlborough, Mass.-based LiveVault launched version 4 of its Online Backup and Recovery Service this week. With the debut of the service, LiveVault becomes one of the only online backup and recovery solutions providers to offer an automatic “detect and configure” system for Microsoft Exchange servers. Scott Jarr, LiveVault director of product managers, said this is […]

According to AMI research, there are more than 6.9 million small businesses in the U.S. Of these small businesses, about half operate some type of server-based network, but most have no Internet security system in place. Only 35 percent have a firewall up and running on select personal computers. With this in mind, Check Point […]

Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Netli is a high-tech David among Goliaths. The small business, which consists of about 40 full-time employees, provides a speedy resolution to a big business problem — slow Web application response times. The Internet is a remarkable network, but the further a user is away from a specific server, the […]

Choosing an information technology consultant to help you find and deploy new hardware, upgraded software, or a new networking system is no small task. All too often, the future of your business relies on your ability to make the right decision — not so much about the technology being used, but the technology partner you […]

It never fails. You’re searching for that one document you know is in the system, but you can’t find it when you need it the most, which is right now. Muttering aloud you ask yourself “What is the name of that blessed file? Why does it have such an obscure title? Who wrote it anyway?” […]

Literally speaking, fiducial should be taken as standard of reference. A fiduciary relationship is one founded on faith or trust. Capitalize the “F” and you have Fiducial, an outsourced financial planning service for small businesses. Founded in 1970 in Europe, Fiducial crossed the pond by way of a series of acquisitions, entering the U.S. market […]

Twenty years ago Microsoft brought applications to the desktop that revolutionized the way businesses communicate with each other and their customers. But the company hasn’t rested on the laurels of Word and Excel. Today, Microsoft consists of seven different product segments — Client, Server and Tools, Information Worker, Microsoft Business Solutions, MSN, Mobile and Embedded […]