Paul Mah

Does your small business need advanced network storage features – like data deduplication – but you’re concerned about the complexity typically associated with advanced storage? Two new network attached storage product lines from Infortrend might bridge that gap. Our colleagues at ITBE offer more detail on the latest NAS appliances designed for the non-corporate set.

Despite various past predictions, printing, faxing, scanning or photocopying have remained stubbornly ingrained in business, leaving the paperless office something of a pipe dream. Thankfully, a modern small business multifunction printer packs many of the above-mentioned features into a single device, cutting down on costs and eliminating the need to purchase and operate a bunch […]

We all know how fast technology changes, but sometimes it’s important to step back and understand how these rapid trends and advances affect not only the way we work, but how we plan and adapt small business IT strategies as well. Pal Mah takes a look at several ways in which the end-user computing experience […]

You know the old Oscar Wilde quote about making assumptions, right? Well, sometimes assumptions are good and, in fact, necessary. In the case of BYOD (bring your own device) for example, the people responsible for small business IT would do well to operate on the five basic assumptions that Paul Mah outlines in this article […]

While there is no doubt that regularly scheduled data backups are the best defense against data loss, small businesses may encounter situations where it is necessary to recover data from a failed data storage device. Here are a few pointers for SMBs on what to do if they ever find themselves stuck with a dead […]

LinkedIn was hit by a security breach earlier this month, resulting in 5.8 million unique passwords being posted online. If your small business is developing, or plans to develop, its own intranet portal, here are three tips – gleaned from the LinkedIn debacle – to protect user authentication and to improve your small business security. […]

As an advocate of using more than one monitor, I have written blogs in the past on how small and mid-sized businesses can make use of additional monitors to increase their productivity. In fact, workers who have ever connected a projector or a large screen monitor to their laptops have experienced the power of a […]

Nearly half of small business IT professionals aren’t sure how to best manage the flood of smartphones and tablets that are pouring in to the work place. The BYOD – bring your own device – trend poses security threats, and a recent study looks at how small business IT professionals are coping with the issue […]

OfficeTime takes keeping an eye on the time to a whole new level. The company recently released a retina-optimized version of its OfficeTime expense- and time-tracking app for the iPad tablet. According to OfficeTime, the new version makes use of the high-resolution retina display found in the new iPad to give users a crystal clear […]

Small Business Computing and ITBE contributor Paul Mah culls his blogs for the best info on cloud computing and small business. If you want to know the arguments for moving to the cloud, examples of cloud services for small business and the pitfalls to avoid, he’s got you covered.

The slim Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime mobile device measures a mere 0.32 inch thick and weighs in at a feather-light 1.32 pounds. In line with previous tablets marketed under the Transformer series, the Transformer Prime comes with an optional mobile dock that increases its battery life, adds to its onboard storage capacity and increases […]

Numbers don’t lie…no matter how desperately iPad-besotted employees may want them to. Studies have shown that there’s not always a good business reason to deploy tablets, especially if the small business in question hasn’t properly vetted the idea and considered all the costs involved. Paul Mah takes a look, however, at how sales teams may, […]