Small Business Computing Staff

Con Edison Communications (CEC), a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, this week introduced PowerCall Plus, an integrated voice and data service designed for small businesses — specifically for those small businesses with 8 to 20 employees operating in New York City. The new program enables small businesses to merge voice and data services over a single, […]

D-Link recently introduced a compact wireless print server designed to add a convenient way to hookup office PCs to a printer with out running cables. The D-Link Air DP-311P is a one-port wireless print server that plugs directly into a standard parallel printer port. The wireless device gives small offices the ability to share a […]

HP has introduced an affordable, high-quality desktop PC for small- and medium-sized businesses. The HP Compaq Business Desktop d220 Microtower features your choice of an Intel Pentium 4 or Celeron processor and offers three PCI expansion slots, two double data rate (DDR) memory slots and five drive bays — all this in a compact microtower […]

eBay and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) signed a letter of intent to collaborate on ways the two organizations can work together for the benefit of small businesses across the country. This new relationship will focus on providing training, education and information to entrepreneurs, with an emphasis on management issues, financial assistance, government contracting […]

According to the most recent U.S. Census, 98 percent of U.S. companies are small businesses with fewer than 100 employees. In today’s economy, with so many small businesses competing for clients and customers, owners need to be aware of the simple, inexpensive tools that can be utilized to successfully run a small business. Color plays […]

BellSouth digital subscriber line (DSL) subscribers can now tap into three new services — BellSouth FastAccess Wireless HomeNetworking Plus service, Parental Controls Plus and Firewall Monitor. FastAccess Wireless HomeNetworking Plus service enables subscribers to share DSL Internet access with up to four computers over a wireless network using plug-and-play technology. Customers can choose either a […]

HP’s New Wide and Wireless Notebook Full-Function, Petite Color Scanner from Canon Uninterruptible Power Supplies from Liebert HP’s New Wide and Wireless Notebook HP introduced one of the thinnest widescreen notebook PCs on the market this week. The HP Compaq Business Notebook nx7000 features a high-resolution 15.4-inch wide display that enables small businesses to tackle […]

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently relaunched its website, making significant improvements in the way the agency organizes more that 50,000 documents designed to help small business owners and operators. Upon the relaunch of the site, SBA Administrator Hector Barreto said small businesses are the backbone of the American economy, and the agency committed […]

3Com this week unveiled a new family of wireless networking products — access points, gateways and PC cards — for the small or home office and hotspot locations. The company said the gear, unveiled at the CeBIT America trade show in New York, meets 802.11g standards — which are supposed to be five times faster […]

NetBank has launched a new online banking service designed specifically for smaller businesses. Self-employed professionals, service providers and other small business owners with limited cash-based transactions can reach out and touch their own dedicated banking manager. In order to accommodate small business customers, NetBank’s new online banking platform has been revamped to reach small businesses […]

Despite Oracle’s bid to buy out People Soft, who has made its intentions clear about merging with J.D. Edwards, this big-fish-eats-little-fish scenario isn’t impacting business as usual — for the time being. J.D. Edwards and IBM announced this week that they will create a slew of new enterprise resource management offerings designed for small- and […]

More and more big businesses are investing in new ways to reach out to smaller businesses. “Connect with Microsoft” is a program consisting of more that 2,500 free educational seminars produced annually and updated quarterly for small- and mid-sized businesses. Microsoft and its technology partners, IT professionals and developers have hit the road to make […]