Small Business Computing Staff

Information Week SMB: SMBs Not Doing Enough On Disaster Recovery Based on survey results, U.S. SMBs don’t do as much as small and medium businesses in other regions to secure data, haven’t established firm policies for what to do in the event disaster and have less confidence in their preparedness. “Small and midsize businesses (SMBs) […]

Laurie McCabe’s Blog: Preview – Zoho Books Online Accounting Software The package was designed with non-accountants in mind and covers most of the accounting basics, McCabe says. It may also help SMBs to reduce PayPal charges – if they use PayPal as a payment method. “I was just briefed yesterday by Raju Vegesna on the […]

AllBusiness: Wireless Surveillance Cameras: Security Protection, Or Leak? Matthew McKenzie comments on a recent article pointing out that poorly secured wireless surveillance cameras could be accessed by anyone over the Internet and even used by thieves to case premises without going near them. “Surveillance cameras are everywhere these days. Retailers use them, property owners use […]

PCWorld: A Tool For Fixing Your Fixer-Upper PC Fix-It Utilities 11 Professional includes tools for cleaning up your Window registry – a frequent cause of slow-downs – as well as hardware diagnostics of various kinds, hard drive scanning, malware protection and memory optimization among others. “Fix-It Utilities 11 Professional ($50, 14-day free trial) is a […]

ITBusinessEdge: SMB Technology Trends For 2011 There are few big surprises in the trends Paul Mah highlights from a recent analyst report: smartphones replacing fixed lines, laptops continuing to be important, social media marketing growing more prevalent. “The number of 2011 ‘trends’ and ‘forecasts’ released in recent weeks meant that I never felt the need […]

Small Business Trends: Why Small Businesses Should Be Using Foursquare Small business marketing expert Lisa Barone says small businesses should consider using Foursquare, especially now that the geolocation site has spiffed up its pages for business owners. “Well, hello there. Foursquare would like to remind small business owner that Yelp is not the only geo-location […]

Small Business Labs: The Year Of The Tablet – But For Small Businesses? The tablet came into its own at CES this year, with Motorola’s Zoom device winning best in show. But tablets are still not practical replacements for laptops, this blogger says. “Thanks to the success of the iPad, there’s a frenzied rush by […]

PCWorld: Review – HP Omni 100 All-In-One PC PC World gives the HP Omni 100 all-in-one PC 2.5 stars out of 5. While it’s inexpensive (under $600) it ranked at the bottom on performance for this class of product. All-in-one models from Acer and Lenovo offer better value, the reviewer says. “HP’s 20-inch Omni 100 […]

Smallbiztechnology.com: Zoho Launching Small Business Online Accounting App The new addition to Zoho’s online applications suite will compete with other online accounting offerings including Quickbooks, Outright.com and Wave Accounting. It will be free for a small number of users. “Zoho is one of the quiet brands for small businesses. It’s got almost 30 applications for […]

Small Business Labs: A Small Business Case Study In Cloud Computing The blogger can use Evernote everywhere he goes on whatever device he’s working on because his data is all stored in the cloud. The best part is that application is free. “Evernote is a great example of how cloud computing is enabling distributed and […]

PCWorld: Tax Filing From Your Smartphone The TurboTax app could previously only be used by California residents. Now it’s available generally. It lets you fill in tax forms on an iOS or Android device and file online – for $14.99. “Want to file your federal and state income taxes from your smartphone? There’s an app […]

ITBusinessEdge: More Ways SMBs Can Use The iPad Paul Mah’s SMB uses for iPads include catching up on business reading, accessing company email and organizing your schedule. “In my last post entitled, “Five business users for your Apple iPad,” I highlighted a number of uses for the tablet that your boss would approve of. While […]