Small Business Computing Staff

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com TROY Systems, a division of TROY Group (Nasdaq: TROY) and First National Bank of Omaha, a subsidiary of First National of Nebraska (OTC BB: FINN) announced an agreement that creates a payment solutions partnership. Under the agreement, First National Bank of Omaha will serve as a reseller for TROY […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Experts at Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB) have developed a model called the “service station,” which combines the best features of the new technologies. The service station establishes a model that may let businesses access data through Web services and Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing. “A critical factor is that […]

If you’ve got to take your business on the road, your notebook will be your work machine both in and out of the office. Notebook systems come in a broad array of shapes, sizes, and configurations, and finding the right one will depend on your particular needs. You’ll basically have to consider raw power and […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com If you constantly talk on the phone, you may want to consider a telephone headset system that you can wear and that frees your hands and relieves that strain in your shoulder and neck. And if you often want to walk as you talk, a cordless telephone headset such […]

John P. Mello Jr. After six tries, Dragon NaturallySpeaking may have finally gotten it right. PC speech recognition has been around for awhile. And successive editions were increasingly accurate, but the program always ran so sluggishly that it couldn’t compete with most competent typists. But that’s changed with Version 6, which merges the best of […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com AltaVista Software announced the general availability of its AltaVista Desktop Search. AltaVista Desktop Search is a productivity application that promises to provide fast, relevant search solutions for individual desktop and laptop computers in the enterprise-computing environment. Available immediately, AltaVista Desktop Search may enable companies and employees to use information […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com NETGEAR Inc., a provider of small business and home networking products, announced the availability of its wireless local area networking (LAN) solution based on the IEEE 802.11a standard. According to the company, its latest wireless LAN products offer features that enable homes and businesses, even those without network IT […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com ShopSite, Inc., a provider of Web catalog software, released version 6.0 of ShopSite, the company’s advanced e-commerce shopping cart application. ShopSite is available in three different applications: ShopSite Pro, ShopSite Manager and ShopSite Starter. ShopSite Pro v6.0 Two major features that have been added to ShopSite Pro v6.0 include […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Compaq’s Evo D500 Ultra-Slim Desktop Now Available Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) announced the availability of its next generation in desktop PCs for business — the Evo D500 Ultra-slim Desktop. According to the company, its new Evo D500 Ultra-slim desktop offers the most innovative and affordable combination of features, […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC) announced Symantec Enterprise Firewall 7.0 and Symantec Enterprise VPN 7.0 for the Windows 2000/NT and Solaris platforms. According to the company, Symantec Enterprise Firewall and Symantec Enterprise VPN feature enhancements in speed, centralized management and ease-of-use, and may provide customers with a secure, high-speed firewall and […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com MINOLTA-QMS, Inc. introduced the PagePro 9100 N, a 35 ppm network laser printer. According to the company, its PagePro 9100 N delivers fast, high-resolution printing and extraordinary paper input capacity in a smaller-than-expected size and price. A price of $1,499 (estimated street) includes a 10/100BaseTX Ethernet interface and support […]

Wayne N. Kawamoto Managing Editor, www.smallbusinesscomputing.com Zairmail, Inc. announced that it would power a direct mail service for Office Depot, Inc. The service, called Office Depot Express Direct, will be located on Office Depot’s website and will be powered using mail-on-demand software and Internet infrastructure created by Zairmail. The service will allow businesses to send […]