Pedro Hernandez

Indications are that small business owners are in for a tough and competitive holiday season. According to a study from Pitney Bowes and ORC International, 84 percent of consumers plan to spend the same or less than they did during 2011. Worse, big box stores and national retailers are doing a more effective job of marketing to consumers […]

Are small business owners facing the prospect of unhappy holidays this year? Pitney Bowes revealed the results of a survey conducted by ORC International, to gauge customer spending this holiday season. And the news isn’t good for small business owners hoping for a big boost in year-end purchasing over last year’s levels. According to the […]

Skype flipped the switch on a new online community aimed not only at helping small business owners to massively expand their professional networks, but also to help them establish strong, business-boosting connections with potential customers, suppliers and partners using the power of video and voice. Dubbed Skype in the Workspace (SITW), the free online service’s name alone […]

HP unveiled new products this week aimed at small and midsized businesses (SMBs) struggling with runaway data growth. The company’s newly announced new StoreEasy and StoreVirtual systems represent an expansion of its enterprise-grade Converged Infrastructure portfolio into the small business IT market, says HP. According to Lisa Wolfe, worldwide small midmarket business leader for HP’s […]

HP shakes up its small business multifunction printer (MFP) portfolio with the introduction of new models launching this fall that employ the company’s latest inkjet innovations and LaserJet models that offer integrated, cloud-enabled document management. For small and midsized businesses (SMBs) that want the quality of color laser but at a lower cost, the company […]

Just ask anyone who has catapulted an Angry Bird or two; mobile devices such as Apple’s iPhone or Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone are spectacularly effective timewasters. Yet for a staggering majority of people, they’re also gateways to improved efficiency at work. According to the findings in CDW’s 2012 Small Business Mobility Report (registration required), 94 percent of mobile […]

Emails, instant messages, phone calls, Skype sessions… There is no shortage of ways to for small business owners stay in touch with clients and colleagues. But, when it comes time to seal the deal, nothing beats an in-person, look-you-in-the-eye meeting. Here are some tips to score a great deal on your business travel for those […]

Original post: 10/25/2012. Updated on 10/26/2012 Windows 8 officially launches tomorrow, but today, some small businesses are already making Microsoft’s new touch-optimized operating system an integral part of their workflows. In the days leading up to the official release of Windows 8, Microsoft executives descended on Manhattan to kick off the megabucks debut of the […]

Let technology managers fret about mobile devices, the consumerization of IT and how the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) phenomenon is rewriting the rules of IT management. Small business owners should welcome runaway smartphone and tablet adoption with open arms. Earlier this year, Web.com and Lab42 surveyed 500 U.S.-based small businesses about their mobile marketing experiences, and the […]

Making your first few hires is a big step in growing your small business. And with this milestone comes some equally big decisions about how to go about filling those positions. It can be a daunting process, one fraught with uncertainty and second guessing. Where do I start? How do I find the right candidates? Can […]

Small business network attached storage (NAS) has evolved past simple file repositories, according to Marc Tanguay, general manager of network storage for Iomega. As proof, the company launched new StorCenter px2-300d and ix4-300d desktop NAS systems. The new StorCenter devices, says Tanguay, are “full-featured and positioned for a small office to a small-to-midsized business.” Both systems […]

DreamHost, a provider of Web hosting services, has launched a new offering to help small businesses leverage the latest innovations in open source cloud technologies to grow their businesses. The company today unveiled DreamCompute, an OpenStack-powered infrastructure-as-a-service platform targeted at entrepreneurs and budding cloud developers. According to DreamHost, the new service was built to help small […]