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January 29, 2012

A Three-step Guide to Help SMBs Migrate to the Cloud

Given the heightened uptime and capital expenditure reductions that SMBs can enjoy by switching to the cloud, it is no wonder that forward-looking SMBs have become early adopters of cloud services. A... More >

January 27, 2012

Cloud Storage and What SMBs Can Learn from Megaupload's Demise

The speed and abruptness behind the U.S. Justice Department's shutting down of Megaupload on the basis of copyright infringement last week caught many by surprise, considering that many of its server... More >

January 23, 2012

Iomega Announces StorCenter ix2 Network Attached Storage for SMBs

Iomega Corporation recently unveiled the business-centric Iomega StorCenter ix2, a two-bay Network Attached Storage (NAS) that sports an impressive array of capabilities. The expected RAID 1 (mirro... More >

Storage Federation - What Is It and Why Does Your Data Center Need It?

This on-demand webinar provides an overview of what storage federation is, the three challenges that the solution addresses, and on which platforms it is available.

8 Reasons You Need Hosted VoIP

Download this guide for eight reasons your business needs to make the switch to hosted VoIP to save on telecommunications costs, increase collaboration and focus on growing your business.

January 20, 2012

Build Your Own Private Cloud with Two NASes

Build your own private cloud, advocates Jonathan Huberman, CEO of Iomega. In an interview with Forbes , Huberman highlighted how the DAS (Direct Attached Storage) market has been "completely commo... More >

January 18, 2012

A Five-step Checklist to Identify a Phishing Message

From the network breach at RSA to theft of intellectual property in Operation Aurora , it is no secret that some of the most visible hacking involves the use of spear phishing. A targeted form of ... More >

January 11, 2012

Three SMB Trends in 2012 and How to Stay Ahead of Them

As we enter into week two of 2012, Andy Monshaw, general manager of IBM Midmarket Business, was kind enough to send along a list of upcoming tech predictions. Though the pointers were more generally ... More >

January 9, 2012

Possible Attack Vectors Using Social Networks

While it would be counterintuitive (and probably an impossible task) to ban social networking within SMBs, it makes sense for SMBs to maintain an awareness of the latest attack vectors that makes use... More >

January 5, 2012

Four Tips for Going Green in the New Year

As we start a new year in 2012, I've put together a number of simple tips on how SMBs may go green by reducing their energy consumption. Do feel free to chip in with tips of your own in the comments ... More >

January 3, 2012

Two Security Threats Facing SMBs in 2012

As part of its annual evaluation of evolving security trends in the year ahead, McAfee Labs have put together a list of 10 threat predictions for enterprise IT in the year ahead. I received a copy of... More >

December 29, 2011

Three System Admin Tasks for SMBs to Kick-start 2012

With the end of the year fast approaching, it may be a good idea to perform some spring cleaning or tweaking to prepare your SMB for 2012. I've listed three tasks below to help small and mid-sized bu... More >

December 27, 2011

Criminals Shifting to Targeted Attacks, Says Symantec

Criminals are shifting away from the mass sending of spam messages towards more targeted attacks. This new development was one of the conclusions drawn by the "2011 State of Security Survey" released... More >

December 22, 2011

Upgrade Your Laptop with a Hybrid Hard Drive

Long-time readers of my blog will know that I use a laptop equipped with a solid-state drive (SSD) and have been doing so for the last couple of years. And because I store my space-guzzling media fil... More >

December 20, 2011

Common Security Mistakes Made by SMBs

I came across a list of top security mistakes committed by small and mid-sized businesses on Dark Reading earlier this month. What caught my attention was a quote from Brian Contos, director of glo... More >

December 19, 2011

Microsoft to Initiate Silent Update of IE6

In a bid to ensure that users have access to the latest version of its Internet browser, Microsoft says it will be pushing out "silent" upgrades to Internet Explorer (IE) users next year. Specificall... More >

December 14, 2011

Top SMB Cloud and Storage Predictions for 2012

As the end of the year approaches, it is time once again to make predictions about the technology we can expect to see in 2012. On the cloud front at least, online storage company Symform thinks th... More >

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