Sean Michael Kerner

Until recently, Gigabit networking was a high-speed technology that came with a high price tag to match. However, like most technology advances, prices have come down and Gigabit networking products are now an affordable option for small offices and home offices. What It IsWired networking is something that many of us take for granted. You […]

In an age where computers and contact management software is prevalent, you’d expect most people to manage their contacts electronically. Then again, maybe not. Turns out, you’re probably not the only SMB that hasn’t jumped on the CRM bandwagon. According to survey results released this week by contact management company Plaxo, a significant percent of […]

It should come as no great surprise that small and medium-sized businesses view the Internet and e-commerce as important business elements. But a new study from the ISP Interland shows a much more detailed look at how e-commerce affects SMBs. According to the Interland Spring 2005 Business Barometer, e-mail is critical to 70 percent of […]

Getting an eBay store up and running is fairly easily done directly with eBay.com. However, if you really want to “punch it up a notch,” make it look great and do all kinds of things that you may not have thought possible, you’ll use Macromedia’s Contribute for eBay. Macromedia Contribute 3 is an easy-to-use tool […]

Are you complying with the CAN-SPAM Act in your marketing campaigns? If so, you may be rare among e-mail marketers. One year ago, the Federal CAN-SPAM Act went into effect to help curb the tide against unsolicited commercial e-mail. But, according to e-mail security vendor MX Logic, 97 percent of spam failed to comply with […]

FaceTime recently unveiled RTShield, an IM and P2P -based security package geared to the small-to-medium business market. A small network appliance, RTShield follows on the heels of the RTG500, a previously released product aimed at large enterprises. RTShield uses what FaceTime calls a defense-in-depth methodology that distinguishes between malicious and benign IM/P2P use through both […]

As the IT budgets at many large enterprises remain in lock-down mode, software and hardware vendors have been forced to innovate and search out new markets. And you benefit from that resourcefulness. From CRM to Wi-Fi, vendors that typically develop products for big business are turning to and finding an increasingly receptive customer base in […]

Red Hat’s retail Linux line, Red Hat Linux 9, is at the end of its line. The Raleigh, N.C.-based Linux vendor is ending support on its final version on April 30th. Red Hat made the original announcement at the end of last year. In January, it ended support for its earlier legacy versions, leaving Red […]

Broadband Internet service provider Covad Communications is strengthening its commitment to offering phone calls over the Internet — known as voice over IP — with an acquisition. The San Jose, Calif.-based company Wednesday said its will purchase privately owned GoBeam for $48 million in stock. Pending regulatory approval, the deal should be completed in May […]

It’s difficult to have a week go by when there isn’t another virus alert for some new destructive malware variant and this week has been no different. Despite an increased focus on security this week, Trojans, worms, and viruses continue to mutate into new variants and new attacks against internet users and infrastructure. US-Cert, the […]