Small Business Computing Staff

AllBusiness: When ‘Net Services Blend Great Things Happen There are all sorts of business developments between companies, joint ventures, co-marketing initiatives and so much more. However, one of the most exciting partnerships that happens is when companies blend two or more services together to make it easier for customers. Microsoft Office is probably the best […]

Small Business Trends: 30 Online Invoicing Apps for Small Businesses Do you struggle with sending out invoices or estimates to your customers each week or month? Make 2010 the year you get your invoices online and done with less hassle by using Web-based technology. Here are 30 small business online invoicing software applications to help […]

PC World: Smartphone Savvy: It’s in the Details IT departments everywhere are dealing with the dilemma: Your users are buying smartphones on their own and using them on your networks. You know this already. But you probably haven’t thought much about how they are choosing those phones, or about how much this matters. Consumers faced […]

AllBusiness: 7 Ways To Bolster Security: Rule One – Minimal Is Best What is the best way to protect the President of the United States for the four (or eight) years he’s in the White House. Have him in a secure room where no one goes in and no on goes out. Protecting your computers […]

Inc. (Business Bytes): Down To Your Last Server Your business just might be and you don’t know it, yet. The tech research giant, Gartner, is predicting that one in five businesses will no longer have ANY IT assets by 2012. Any! As in, not a single server in the building. And that’s in less than […]

Smallbiztechnology: Electronic Document Management: On Premise Or Hosted? 5 Things to Consider Most Electronic Document Management Systems have been server based products, wherein the documents, document management application and database are all stored on a local server in the company premises. Like most software, companies are now offering cloud or software as a service based […]

PCWorld: Smartphone Security Next Big Thing Future smartphones will come preloaded with antivirus software clients to prevent the loss of data and services to malware. And mobile banking and person-to-person payments will be authenticated by fingerprint sensors on “Although malware has been seen in mobile handsets, in the past it has not done much damage,” […]

InformationWeek: 7 Questions Key To Social Networking Success Social networking true believers use words like engagement, responsibility, and transparency that smack of the Internet’s hippie days in the late 1990s, yet social networking has proved to be much more than a passing fancy. The exploding numbers associated with the most popular sites like Facebook and […]

Entrepreneur: In With the Out(sourcing) Ron Vigdor is co-founder of BornFree, a 3-year-old company that makes BPA-free bottles, sippy cups and other baby products sold at retailers such as Whole Foods, Walgreen’s and CVS. Vigdor, however, isn’t taking any baby steps when it comes to outsourcing. BornFree offloads its logistics, accounting, payroll, taxes, and public […]

The Launch Pad: Into the Cloud Part II – The Real Benefits of Hosted Exchange Most small businesses have quite a lot on the plate and team members wear multiple hats. Between meeting the needs of your customers, generating new business, worrying about employee issues and managing the day-to-day finances of your company, do you […]

PCWorld Latest Technology: Windows 7 Security – What You Need to Know, Part One Windows 7 has enjoyed favorable adoption, yet many IT admins are now struggling with the platform’s new security features. I’ve received plenty of e-mails to that effect with readers asking about the security changes (or deltas) between Windows Vista and Windows […]

CIO.com: Office 2010 – The Pros and Cons for Businesses With Office 2010 set to launch in June, businesses of all sizes are considering if it is worth the money and hassle to upgrade, especially for small and midsize companies that never moved from Office 2003 to Office 2007. A report from research firm Forrester […]