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7 SMB Technology Predictions For 2013
What's in store for small and midsize business technology in the New Year?
Google Escapes Antitrust Shackles
FTC's antitrust case against Google appears to be winding down without Google being slapped with any penalties or restrictions. Be glad.
8 Modest Proposals For Reducing Email
Want to trim corporate email inboxes? Consider these unorthodox ideas.
4 Smartphone Upgrade Pitfalls For SMBs
It's smartphone upgrade time, and my Android is falling apart right on cue. Here are some mistakes I'm hoping to avoid when choosing my next device.
SMBs Spending on IT, Not New IT Hires
Small and midsize business IT budgets continue to grow but hiring remains stagnant. Here's why IT folk should embrace the trend.
Why These SMBs Say No To SEO
Is search engine optimization a holy grail or fool's gold? These small businesses say it's the latter, and explain why they no longer bother with it.
SEO For SMBs: 7 Timely Tips
Strong organic search rankings, especially on Google, are the lifeblood of many online SMBs. An expert discusses current best practices for...
DR-As-A-Service Moves Closer To Reality
New cloud-aware disaster recovery automation software like that from VirtualSharp could free IT from complex runbooks and expensive recoverability...
IaaS A Bad Deal? Not So Fast
The calculation as to whether infrastructure services make sense involves more than just sunk data center costs.
Google Drive: Hands-On Winner
Google's new online storage service represents the natural evolution of Google Docs, and another transformation for the world of collaborative...
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Top Stories
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How Office 365 Pays Off For Two SMBs
June 19, 2013Microsoft Office faces more competitors than ever, but Office 365 gives it a leg up with small and midsize businesses seeking to cut costs and...
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7 IT Skills Help You Get Hired
May 14, 2013Big data, mobile management and security smarts matter. See what other IT specialties will help you get ahead now.
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British Startup Targets 'White Van Man'
April 25, 2013Powered Now offers tablet-based administration solutions to U.K.'s small service businesses.
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Skykick Tackles Microsoft Office 365 Migration Headaches
April 23, 2013Startup promises to reduce the pain for IT providers that help SMBs move from on-premises Exchange environments to Office 365.
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Twitter Kills Ribbon Payment Button In Tweets
April 11, 2013Twitter blocks a startup's scheme to offer 'buy' buttons in tweets.
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Microsoft Dangles Windows 8, Office 2013 SMB Bundle
April 08, 2013One year from the end of Windows XP support, Microsoft offers SMBs 15% off if they upgrade to current versions of Windows and Office simultaneously.
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Google Reader Flap Shows 5 Problems With Free
April 03, 2013Google Reader's shutdown reminds us that free technology tools can come with high costs.
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Pharmacy Company's Rx For Chaos: More Cloud
March 13, 2013Pharmacy benefits manager AWPRx succeeds with a small team in the complicated world of workers' compensation insurance. CEO Jay Roy explains how...
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U.K. Government, Nonprofit Agencies Tiptoe Into Cloud
March 06, 2013IT firm Eduserv finds public and nonprofit organizations ready to roll out SaaS, but reluctant to deploy other cloud services.
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U.K. Pushes Govt. IT To Use SMB Suppliers
March 01, 2013Coalition government aims to save money and spread its wealth by awarding 25% of its contract funds to small and midsize businesses by 2015.
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Growing companies lay out their real-world successes in transitioning to cloud computing, to help you create strategies for a smooth transition. - Best Practices for SMBs To Build a Robust Mobile Infrastructure
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Research & Reports
SMEs and the Cloud: How Much Is Too Much?
This exclusive downloadable research report examines how outsourcing certain IT functions to a service provider can pay off for small and midsize businesses, even more than for large enterprises. But go too far into the cloud, and you may suffer in terms of maintaining agility and responsiveness to market forces.
Secure Design on a Dime: Our Top 5 Best Practices for SMEs
This exclusive downloadable research report details the security tools that small shops need, at a minimum, to prepare for the increasingly complex security and compliance environment that exists today and the top 5 ways growing businesses can stretch their IT budgets.
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Current SMB Issue
- Storage Virtualization Gets Real: Our four business scenarios show how to improve disaster recovery, boost disk utilization and speed performance.
- Wrong Side Of Moore's Law: While Intel remains the biggest manufacturer of chips in the world, the next few years will prove vexing for the company.
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SMB Whitepapers
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- Telehealth ROI: 5 Ways to Profit with Telepresence
- Top 5 Considerations for Cost-Effective Computer Lifecycle Management
- Departmental Private Cloud Reference Architecture
- Web Conferencing for SMBs: 3 Key Considerations for IT Teams at Small to Midsized Firms
- The Cloud Checklist for SMBs: 7 Tips for Safer Cloud Computing
- 4 Basic And Effective Defensive Measures Against Cybercrime
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- A smarter approach to CRM: An IBM perspective
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