Pedro Hernandez

Microsoft plans to put Windows XP out to pasture on April 8, 2014, but it’s not the only Microsoft product heading for retirement. The company’s killing its Office 2003 software suite along with the venerable operating system. Geoff Anderson, Microsoft’s group product manager for Office 365, explained in stark terms what Microsoft means when it […]

Like all good things, Windows XP is coming to an end. Staples, the office supply and business services provider, is helping small companies come to grips with the potentially disruptive change. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft closes the book on the Windows XP era after more than 12 years on the job. The software giant […]

Linksys, a subsidiary of device maker Belkin, returns to its roots as a provider of small business networking products after a decade as Cisco’s consumer networking division. But first: a little history lesson. Computer networking giant Cisco acquired Linksys back in 2003 for $500 million. The brand, with its iconic blue and black Wi-Fi routers (among other […]

HP is lowering the cost of inkjet printing with new multifunction printers and a service that delivers ink directly to small businesses, well before panic sets in and they rush to the nearest office supply store for more printer ink. Despite an abundance of entry-level laser printers in the market, small businesses still flock to […]

There are countless ways to make mistakes during tax time: flubbing up data entry, missing a deduction or flat-out filing late. Those kinds of mistakes can complicate an already stressful yearly ritual, but small business owners are making a more critical mistake, according to a new study from Zogby Analytics and Xero, the cloud-based accounting software […]

HP has revamped its data storage portfolio, expanding on its options for small- and midsized- businesses (SMBs). The company today unveiled new products for organizations whose storage management needs are just beginning to outgrow what local and external drives can provide. Among them is the MSA 1040 storage system, a stepping stone toward advanced storage […]

Making it as an entrepreneur used to take a solid plan, a healthy dose of business savvy and the support of good talent. These days, small businesses are just as likely to rely on new technology, if not more so. Brother, best known for its printers, label makers and other tech essentials, and SCORE, specialists in […]

VerticalResponse, an email and social media marketing specialist, today launched an entirely new version of its namesake platform. In the 13 years since the company started, the world of email marketing has evolved. Consumers’ online lives no longer center on the PC. Today, they’re glued to their tablets and smartphones. The advent of social media […]

Voxox, a San Diego-based provider of voice over IP (VoIP) phone services for businesses, launched Cloud Phone, a virtual or hosted PBX (private branch exchange) solution for small businesses. Cloud Phone solves a big problem for small business owners and how they handle inbound calls, according to Tristan Barnum, vice president of marketing for Voxox. While […]

During this year’s Mobile World Conference (MWC) in Barcelona, Hewlett-Packard (HP) unveiled new Windows-based business tablets that cater to on-the-move small businesses. The company also showed off a new point-of-sale (POS) solution that can help make lining up at the cashier a thing of the past and let small businesses get up close and personal […]

NComputing aims to bridge the gap between desktop business apps and mobile devices, without compromising on the productivity-boosting potential of either. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based client virtualization specialist has announced OneSpace, a product that delivers a unified desktop comprised of Windows, Linux and software-as-a-service apps like Salesforce, along with cloud and on-premises file storage, to iOS […]

Cirrus Insight aims to make it easier for entrepreneurs to work on building their businesses instead of bouncing between Gmail and Salesforce to get work done. For many small businesses and startups, Gmail and Salesforce are fixtures on their Web browsers. The two applications are unquestionably among the most popular and relied-upon tools to build […]