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Featured Whitepapers
- Improving SQL Availability and Performance: 6 Key Questions to Consider Before You Scale Up
- Policy Control & SDN: A Perfect Match? - by Heavy Reading
- Storage Infrastructure as a Service The Best of Cloud and On-premises Storage
- Altair Speeds Complex Simulation and Workload Management with the Intel' Xeon Phi Coprocessor
- Taneja Group: Overview of Virtualization and Cloud Market Vendor Landscape for SMBs
Featured Reports
Mobile Football Madness: Best Apps For The Gridiron
September 04, 2010
College football season is in the first quarter and the NFL season about to kickoff. Take your football experience mobile this fall by arming yourself with the best mobile apps for following your team, be it fantasy or real, and staying in the game no matter where you roam. Here's 20 of the best.
InformationWeek SMB Integrates With InformationWeek
July 06, 2010
The technology resource for small and midsize business is now fully integrated with InformationWeek to provide users with even broader technology resources.
SMBs Don't Understand Cloud Computing
June 10, 2010
Almost three quarters of decision makers in small and midsize companies know the same or less about cloud computing than they did a year ago.
Calculate Benefits Of Cloud Computing
June 08, 2010
Understanding the potential of the cloud and spreading that message across your organization is the idea behind Google's cloud calculator.
BP Oil Spill Lessons For SMBs
May 21, 2010
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has put BP in headlines, but not in a way that reflects well on the oil company. Business owners take note: you can learn from BP's mistakes.
10 Tips For Processing Payments
May 20, 2010
Getting paid is crucial to success for any SMB and processing payments efficiently and effectively and offering customers appealing payment options can let any smaller business compete with bigger companies.
SMB Lending Affected By Relationships
May 19, 2010
Good relationships between business owners and financial institutions affect loan approval and in a growing economy they can mean lower rates for small businesses.
Tech CFOs More Optimistic On Economy
May 10, 2010
50% of CFOs in the IT industry believe the U.S. economy will improve in the next six months, a more bullish outlook than their counterparts in other industries according to a national survey.
SaaS Solutions 77% Cheaper Than On-Premises
May 10, 2010
Analyst research comparing midmarket SaaS and on-premises CPM solutions finds significantly lower TCO for on-demand options.
Small Businesses Will Lead Out Of Recession
May 07, 2010
A significant majority of small businesses believe that they will lead the U.S. Out of recession and plan to increase hiring and spending on sales and marketing this year.
56% Of SMB Websites Don't Meet Businesses Needs
May 06, 2010
Every business needs a website, but developing a website that performs for your business takes careful planning and time.
How To Hire Right For Your Business
May 06, 2010
Hiring the right people is as important to your success as your IT infrastructure. Take your team building to the next level with these 10 tips.
ChoiceVendor Introduces Vendor Rating Service
May 03, 2010
Promising to streamline vendor and service provider selection for business owners, ChoiceVendor brings a "wisdom-of-crowds" models to B2B provider ratings.
More Data Suggests Rising SMB Confidence
May 03, 2010
The latest Small Business Scorecard indicates continued increases in hiring and a significant uptick in business owner confidence about the economy.
SMBs Adding Jobs At Fastest Pace In 3 Years
April 30, 2010
According to the latest Small Business Employment Index, the hiring rate for small businesses has reached a three-year high.
Most Software Execs See Rebound This Year
April 29, 2010
According to the findings of a new survey, most software CEOs and CFO see a return to pre-recession levels this year and cloud computing, particularly among SMBs, is the big driver for the rebound.
SMBs Demand Fast ROI On IT Investments
April 28, 2010
According to a CompTIA survey, 80% of SMBs wants technology solutions that "deliver immediate payback in terms of minimum disruption of business continuity and seamless integration with existing solutions" and are most interested in virtualization, unified communications, and mobile.
Female Leaders Steered 50 Businesses To Billions
April 23, 2010
According to a recent ranking of women-led companies, the 50 fastest-growing businesses with women at the helm grossed $2.3 billion in 2009 and all but 4% plan to hire this year.
4 Tips For SMBs To Go Green
April 22, 2010
On Earth Day, environmental responsibility gets top billing, but the businesses can slash power costs with a few simple energy conservation tips and go green at the same time.
Why SMBs Need A Strong Brand
April 22, 2010
Fashion entrepreneur, author, and television star Daymond John discuss the importance of branding and how he's used social media to understand his customers and educate them about his products.
Start A Small Business Vs. Climb Mt. Everest
April 20, 2010
Despite the widely-spouted axiom that small businesses will lead us out of the recession, few Americans actually want to start a small business.
How The Top 10 E-Commerce Sites Close Sales
April 19, 2010
New data and a free eBook about the leading e-commerce sites delves into how the most successful sites keep their conversion rates higher than Amazon.com
Big Company Call Center Functionality For SMBs
April 19, 2010
A new SaaS offering from Ringio seeks to bring enterprise-class call-center technology to small organizations by leveraging Google Contacts.
When Should SMBs Replace Older PCs?
April 19, 2010
HP's director of SMB marketing, Brian Burch, discusses the pent up demand for new technology in many smaller businesses and how some SMBs are moving aggressively to seize new opportunities.
Cisco Introduces New Switches, Wireless VPN Firewall For SMBs
April 14, 2010
The latest Cisco offerings from Cisco focus on delivering cost-effective, accessible networking equipment to SMBs that lack robust IT resources.