Small Business Computing Staff

PCmag@Work (Small Business): MindTouch Cloud Storage Supported by Fujitsu Doc Scanner For SMBs that still need to scan paper docs: MindTouch gives subscribers the Fujitsu scanner for free and it’s set up to automatically upload scans to your searchable and shareable online MindTouch repository. “We gave the Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 scanner four stars last year […]

RedwoodsMedia: Web Sites Without Video Content are like Newspapers Without Pictures A Silicon Valley consulting firm makes the case for adding video advertising to your Web mix. “Web sites have always been a fluid medium, ever changing and constantly evolving. Everything encompassing the internet is always on the move and everyone wants to know, what […]

Bloor Research: The realities of web security A five-page primer from one of Europe’s leading IT research and consulting firms on why the Web is a dangerous place to do business and how you can protect yourself. “Today we live in an information age—an era that followed the industrial age—that is characterised by the use […]

PCWorld: Protect Your Business from Kneber-Style Botnets The facts: it’s not new or, relatively speaking, big – yet. But you do need to protect yourself. “A report from security research firm NetWitness about a malicious botnet dubbed Kneber has been the focus of a fair amount of media attention, but mostly sensationalism that misses the […]

PCWorld: Comcast Offers Online Backup, Sharing Through Mozy Comcast’s SOHO customers now get Mozy’s free 2GB online backup, storage and sharing service bundled with the cable TV company’s broadband Internet service. Big deal, we say. “Comcast will bundle online storage capacity from EMC’s Mozy division with its broadband service and let residential subscribers share the […]

ITBusinessEdge: Symantec: How SMBs Can Protect Their Mobile Devices Internet-connected smartphones are becoming essential business gear. How can you protect them against hackers? Encryption, security software, strong policies. “As smartphones gain capabilities, mobile workers increasingly use them to manipulate or view data from within the firewall, bringing about greater work productivity. As a result, SMBs […]

PCWorld: Windows Live SkyDrive and Windows Explorer: Together at Last With SDExplorer Once you log in to SkyDrive using SDExplorer, SkyDrive looks like any other storage device on your Windows computer, and is accessible in My Computer. “SDExplorer (née SkyDrive Explorer) isn’t complex, but it’s free and it’s handy–greatly simplifying access to the storage on […]

Small Business Trends: How To Get More From Google Alerts Six ways to use Google Alerts that you might not have thought of, including tracking key words, tracking yourself and tracking competitors. As a small business owner, I prefer simple tools. I like having one tool that I can push to the limits over a […]

PCWorld: Outlook Harnesses Social Networking The author provides background on social media aggregation alternatives and explains why Outlook with ‘social connectors’ is a good solution. “Microsoft is transforming Outlook from an e-mail client, or messaging platform, to a social networking hub with the addition of social connectors. The integration of social networking is a huge […]

Laurie McCabe’s Blog: A Closer Look–Dell Managed Services for SMBs The study looked at why SMBs are turning to managed services and how they’re benefiting. The webinar runs February 25. “Last April, I participated in Dell’s Managed Services launch for SMBs. At the event, Dell had a couple of customers on hand who were both […]

PCWorld: How the IPad Fits Into IT Macworld.com’s John C. Welch tackles important iPad-in-IT topics, including MS Exchange support, network impact and IT support issues. “A lot of bits have given their life in the last few weeks so that writers can fill your computer screen with lots of words about the iPad’s role in […]

PCWorld: Meebo Instant Messaging App Comes to IPhone Rather than working inside the iPhone browser, this is a separate app that lets you keep in touch with colleagues on different popular IM services from one interface. You can even search past chats. “For those of us who want the convenience of instant messaging from any […]