Thor Olavsrud

Dell believes that managing hardware assets and software license compliance is a significant pain point in small business IT, and on Thursday it launched a new appliance, the Dell Kace M300 Asset Management Appliance, intended to soothe that pain. “What really sets the M300 apart from anything on the market today is its simplicity — […]

Spiceworks, a social business network focused on small business IT professionals, has dished up a new feature that’s intended to make the jobs of its members easier by streamlining the process of purchasing business technology and services. Austin, Texas-based Spiceworks, founded in 2006, boasts 1.5 million members. In addition to online social networking, it also […]

Mobile payments is an idea that has been gaining traction in the payment card industry lately, and financial services specialist ProPay is about to throw its hat into the ring with a new platform — codenamed Zumogo — that brings together social media and secure mobile payments to create something it calls Social M-Payments. The […]

Grasshopper Group, provider of the highly popular Grasshopper Virtual Phone System, is unusual. To date, the company — which in 2007 was named to Inc. Magazine’s list of 500 fastest growing companies in America — has helped tens of thousands of companies with their small business communications, but not a single one of Grasshopper’s 40 […]

Lenovo today unveiled two new small business servers built on the design principles of the company’s popular ThinkPad laptops and featuring the latest Intel Xeon chips and remote management features.   Both offerings are part of the ThinkServer family and are intended as technology that slots easily into small businesses with little or no IT […]

Since 2005, across the country — and the world — entrepreneurs, developers and techies have begun gathering in local, ad-hoc collectives called BarCamps to share their expertise. And now five small businesses with strong entrepreneurial roots have elected to support and deepen the trend by sponsoring these groups with what they call the BarCamp Tour, […]

Business management software specialist Sage raised the curtain on its Sage Peachtree 2012 line of small business accounting software today, promising small businesses instant, customizable access to the critical information that drives them. “Small businesses contend with a host of issues, from increased compliance requirements and rising costs to staying competitive, in many cases with […]

Each month, many small businesses receive cell phone bills with charges far in excess of the budget allocated for mobile devices, according to Dan Rudich, chief executive officer of Anomalous Networks. “We recognize that there’s a big problem out there with this thing called ‘bill shock,’” Rudich said, referring to costly, unexpected mobile phone bills. […]

Aiming to ease the small business IT burden of the PC replacement cycle — not to mention PC maintenance — desktop virtualization specialist NComputing recently introduced its Office in a Box solution. “The proliferation of PCs has become a financial and management constraint for SMBs,” said Jim McHugh, senior vice president of marketing for NComputing. […]

Seeking to increase its mobile print options for small businesses and businesses supporting satellite offices and telecommuters, HP last week unveiled the HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer and the HP Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer. The HP Officejet 100 Mobile Printer, a color inkjet printer priced at $279.99, is intended to help mobile professionals print […]

Fishbowl, which provides small business inventory add-on software for QuickBooks, has launched a new, hosted version of its product in an effort to ease the IT burden associated with managing its server-based solution. The Orem, Utah-based company launched Fishbowl Hosted Services in February. It is a hosted service optimized for its Fishbowl Inventory solution. The […]

Dell today revamped its small business line with a refresh of the Vostro 3000 series laptops. “Whether you are pitching, analyzing, partnering or managing, the new Vostro 3000 series is designed to keep you collaborating with colleagues, partners and clients,” said Sam Burd, vice president of Dell’s consumer and SMB product group. “With the latest […]