Small Business Computing Staff

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Watchfire, a provider of Website Management software and services, announced the release of version 2.0 of Watchfire WebQA. WebQA, first commercially introduced in July 2002, is a website quality testing tool designed for small to medium sized websites or departmental sites that require a content testing solution for individual […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Intuit introduced its new line-up of QuickBooks products for 2003. New financial solutions for small businesses include the release of QuickBooks, specialized versions of QuickBooks for contractors and accountants, as well as an updated version of QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Business Management software for larger and more complex businesses. The […]

By Beth Cohen “We are not only downsizing but we are also stupefying when we lay off the senior network engineers.” So said an anonymous executive at a Fortune 100 company. Unfortunately, that means that you are now expected to handle sophisticated network analysis issues in addition to the daily grind of keeping the network […]

By Robyn Greenspan Consumers will continue to fill shopping carts online in 2002 as GartnerG2, a research service of Gartner, Inc., indicates that almost all (98 percent) of those who bought holiday gifts online in 2001 plan to do so again this year, and findings from Nielsen//NetRatings suggest that virtual department stores will get the […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com LaGarde, a provider of e-Business solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced the immediate availability of the StoreFront 6.0 e-Business software. Built on the Microsoft .NET platform, StoreFront 6.0 is designed to offer a secure, sophisticated solution for SMBs to extend their business online with a full-featured, “Amazon.com-like” […]

By Andy Goodman Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2000 (SBS) is an integrated bundle of related servers modified to work together on one box for a maximum number of 50 users. For a substantially reduced price, an organization receives Windows 2000 Server, Exchange 2000 Server, SQL Server 2000, ISA 2000, Outlook XP, a fax server, Active […]

By Jack Aaronson A lot of time is spent talking about how to effectively design an email marketing campaign. Unfortunately, most people spend too much time thinking about the actual email and not enough about the user experience surrounding email marketing. I want to discuss two specific parts of the email experience: the sign-up page […]

By Michael Singer Ever wish you could boot servers directly from your IP network instead of having to call someone to do it manually? Cisco Systems answered that call with the release of “Network Boot” – a new feature for its Cisco SN 5400 Storage Router portfolio it says continues the recent trend using iSCSI […]

By Eric Grevstad The first Tablet PCs are a double instead of a home run: If each weighed about two pounds instead of four, with batteries that lasted eight hours instead of four, and cost around $1,000 instead of around $2,000, they might indeed be the breakthroughs, paradigm-shift bestsellers, or PC-industry-kick-starters that Microsoft and its […]

By Sharon Gaudin Beware of the next electronic greeting card you receive. It may not be quite so friendly. An e-card scam is circulating, conning people into clicking onto a phony Web site where they can download a virus or enable an attacker to snatch up their address book to spam their co-workers and friends. […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com ViewSonic Corporation announced the launch of its Tablet PC V1100. According to the company, its Tablet PC V1100 combines all the features of a mobile PC with pen-activated screen and digital inking to enhance wireless computing, making it possible for information workers to bring the power of their business […]

By Declan Dunn I long ago embraced the concept of demand marketing. It’s the practice of activating the customer’s expressed demand for specific products and services. Not random clicks surfing the Net, but targeted clicks that generate sales activity. Adware companies do great (albeit |ber-aggressive) demand marketing by profiling customers based on their actions and […]