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Managed Services Provide Affordable Small Business Security Selling small business security is a challenging field, but Secure Designs (SDI) — a managed service security provider focused purely on SMBs — this month introduced a new concept that it hopes will take the pain out of small business IT by helping SMBs meet their data security needs. […]

U.S. and UK firms are getting serious about small business security and data protection as a result of social networking, according to findings recently released by cloud-based small business network security provider, Webroot. “Social networking and social media clearly has created a serious awareness in the SMB space around Internet use,” said Gerhard Eschelbeck, CTO […]

Online Study Reveals Strategies That Lead SMBs to Government Contracts The U.S. Government spends $500 billion or more each year on goods and services, and SMBs that use two strategies — teaming and subcontracting — to procure federal contracts are far more likely to win those dollars, according to a new study by American Express OPEN, the […]

What mobile apps do you need on your Android smartphone to connect, collaborate and produce when you’re away from the office? Or maybe your Android smartphone is your office. Either way, you’re bound to find a few handy mobile apps from this list of 35 productivity apps. Peruse and pick from both free and paid […]

Kim Brand, inventor of Server Partner’s FileSafe small business server, thinks the new sales model for the company’s SMB server may be a more important innovation than the product he invented. “By doing some scrambling and thinking about what customers really wanted, we came up with what we call the cell phone model,” Brand told […]

The Acer Aspire One 532H-2223 netbook. (Click for larger image). As an entrepreneur, choosing the tools with which your small or midsize business (SMB) will operate is among the most important capital expenditure decisions you will make. The computers you and your staff will use are no exception. First, you should consider what specifications will […]

Promising to help small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) accept all forms of payments, Sage North America, maker of ACT and Peachtree small business software, unleashed the cloud-based Sage Exchange this month. The small business solution integrates payments with business management software systems, improving cash flow management and forecasting, according to Greg Hammermaster, president of Sage […]

Automated Clearing House (ACH) fraud is on the rise among criminal networks, and the increasing use of ACH data for electronic transactions means that companies collecting that data and expose it and them to increased risk. Enter ProPay, a credit card processing and electronic payment services company, which this month added encryption and tokenization of […]

Google and the US Small Business Administration (SBA) today announced a partnership aimed at providing entrepreneurs and small businesses with resources, training and tools to help them leverage the Internet to grow their businesses. At a press conference and Webinar today, the two entities unveiled Tools for Online Success, a Google Web site featuring an […]

For many small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), data is the most important asset. And that makes many SMBs vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters because few small business owners have been able to tackle the cost and complexity of data backup and disaster recovery processes. Zmanda, an open source, cloud–based data backup company, aims to […]

Andrew Lock is a firm believer that entrepreneurs need to think unconventionally and stand out from the crowd, and he’s put his money where his mouth is with his new venture, GotBiz.tv. GotBiz.tv, which launched on April 1, is a WebTV network focused on business training and education for entrepreneurs. “Most business training is just […]

In a small- or mid-sized business (SMB), ensuring seamless business communications with its customers can sometimes be a big headache. No one wants to see an important client lost in voicemail, misrouted or mishandled. Ringio, a communications software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, aims to ease that pain. Ringio, which launched today at the Emerging Communications Conference & Awards […]