If you have ever been frustrated at how long it takes for Adobe Reader to load at times, rest assured that you are certainly not alone. There are many who consider the de facto viewer of one of the m... More >
One possible strategy that small and medium businesses can employ to stretch their dollars in the current economic slowdown would be to deploy open source software as opposed to pouring more money in... More >
New research published by Connect Support Services reveals that 22 percent of companies are already using remote backup services in some form or other, with a further 28 percent saying that they wi... More >
A couple of weeks back, I wrote about the potential for text messaging . In that blog, I mentioned some scenarios where text can be used to quickly facilitate the dissemination of information to emp... More >
I enjoyed a few chuckles at Jason Perlow's narration on his ZDNet blog of how a simple installation of a wireless router for his mother-in-law went badly awry. To be precise, everything worked fi... More >
I wrote a blog last week about the importance of customers being able to easily reach actual person in a small and medium business . Unlike larger corporations that offer products or services that a... More >
Today, I am going to make a suggestion that could well be tantamount to sacrilege for some - manually assigning IPs to the workstations on your corporate LAN. Before you close your browser or start c... More >
The New York Times had an article yesterday about building a free (or almost free) phone system for your business . While the solution it advocates might or might not be relevant to your small and... More >
The rumor mills are turning, and what they are saying is that Internet Explorer 8 could well be the last iteration of Internet Explorer to be released by Microsoft. Despite the fact that this is hard... More >
Reflecting the savings possible by adopting open source software, France's Gendarmerie Nationale, the national police force, says that it has saved millions of dollars by migrating to various open so... More >
I just came across a blog entry by a company called Inner Fence. Now, I have not used its products before, but it appears to have created software for the Apple iPhone called Infinite SMS. Infinite S... More >
A couple of months back, I posed the question of whether netbooks have a place in the SMB. I pitched netbooks as being adequate for the business needs of some small and medium-sized businesses. Obvio... More >
While I have outlined common design mistakes that companies make when setting up their corporate Web sites, you will quickly find that the list is hardly exhaustive. Indeed, setting up a new site or ... More >
Today I’ve got common design mistakes that companies make when setting up their Web sites. I hope the following pointers will help you get a fully functional site up without your SMB having to pay an... More >

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