Small Business Computing Staff

PCMag@Work (Small Business): Manage Tasks More Efficiently With Producteev 2 Producteev turns emails into action-based tasks that can be customized later with notes, file attachments, hotlinks, and tracking. The service is free for individuals. Premium packages are available for larger work groups. “If you’re looking an easy way to manage task and keep all team […]

InformationWeek SMB: Security Monitoring – Does Your SMB Need It? Recent surveys show more and more small and medium enterprises are using advanced security information and event management (SIEM) software, in part to satisfy compliance requirements in regulated industries. “Are security threats against small and midsize organizations increasing, are these organizations getting savvier about their […]

PCWorld: New SMB Network & Storage Products From HP This round of product announcements focused mostly on networking and storage, where investment is expected to rise steeply with spending on LAN hubs and switches growing by 29% per year and network-attached storage by 30% between now and 2014. “Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday introduced a variety of […]

CNet: Trillian For BlackBerry – One IM App To Rule Them All Cerulean will soon launch a public beta of Trillian that works on BlackBerry phones running OS 5.x, but CNet tried out it first. It is attractive and works but the feature set is limited so far – typical with beta products, reviewer Jessica […]

ITBusinessEdge: Eliminating Paper In Your Small Business Going paperless makes better sense than ever not only because it helps the environment but because it’s also more feasible than ever thanks to low cost data storage and better solutions for converting atoms to bits. “Stop what you’re doing right now and take a look around your […]

SMB News from Network World: Zoom Launches Itty-bitty Audio Recorder First-look hands-on review of new Zoom H1 Handy Recorder, which its maker claims is the smallest digital recorder ever. It takes SD flash memory cards from 2G to 32GB. “Hardware maker Zoom has announced the introduction of the latest addition to its line of portable […]

Small Business Trends: Video For Small Business – All The Latest News Also includes stories on what the NFL can teach you about video marketing and how to decide what your video should be about. The rest of the items in this SBT roundup are about non-video topics, including networking and outsourcing. “Online video is […]

InformationWeek SMB: Why Cloud Computing Makes Sense For SMBs A disaster recovery software vendor suggests six benefits small businesses can wring from cloud computing, including lower costs, increased flexibility and better security. “Cloud computing is still a relatively new technology for many businesses. However, the benefits that it provides to small and midsize businesses (SMBs) […]

ZDNet: As The Tablet Turns – Android Model For $100? The Via tablets will use ARM processors and the Android operating system, touted as the front-running rival for Apple’s iPad tablet technology. But it will feature a resistive touchscreen (needing a stylus) rather than the iPad’s (and others’) capacitive multitouch technology. “Via Technologies thinks it’s […]

PCWorld: Gartner’s Top 10 Mobile/Wireless Technologies To Watch The top ten include new versions of Bluetooth, the short-range wireless technology, the mobile Web, mobile app stores, and machine-to-machine communications. “Gartner is highlighting 10 mobile and wireless networking technologies — including new versions of Bluetooth and location-awareness — it says will play a big role in […]

Symantec: Top Web Threats And How SMBs Can Beat Them This top ten list of perceived threats, based on a survey of IT managers, includes, as expected, things like protecting against malware and spyware and keeping security systems up to date, but the top three all have to do with ensuring employees don’t use the […]

CBR Virtualisation: SMBs Can Cut IT Costs In Half With Thin Computing The study, conducted by Lancaster University and Thinspace, a British vendor of thin computing solutions, shows that thin computing can reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) in any company with over six employees by well over 50%. “SMBs can half the cost of […]