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Paul Mah

June 2009

June 30, 2009

Symantec: SMBs Ignore Basic Security Measures

The findings of the 2009 Global Small and Mid-sized Business Security and Storage survey conducted by IT security firm Symantec has revealed what most of us have quietly known all along - that many... More >

June 26, 2009

Windows 7 Cheat Sheet

Much has been written about Windows 7, especially now that Microsoft has decided to tell all about its new operating system, scheduled to be widely available on October 22 . In fact, Rob Enderle has... More >

June 25, 2009

Tapping WordPress for Internal Communication

I wrote recently about the advantages and disadvantages of the PHP programming language in a couple of blogs. In the former piece, I suggested that the many popular Web-based applications built o... More >

June 24, 2009

Netgear Unveils 24TB NAS System for SMBs

The battle in the SMB storage space got ratcheted up another notch this week with the launch of Netgear's ReadyNAS 3200 System . This comes hot on the heels of the unveiling of Dell's EqualLogic PS... More >

June 23, 2009

Dell Launches New Storage and Server Hardware for SMBs

Dell made an announcement last week about its expanded technology, with a number of new products targeted specifically at the SMBs.   On the storage front, the EqualLogic PS4000 storage array ... More >

June 22, 2009

Virtualization Saves the Day for Online University

Network World has a story about how an online University narrowly avoided the fires around Santa Barbara, Calif. , last month. The disaster was averted as a direct result of a virtualization exerci... More >

June 18, 2009

The Importance of Communication with Management

I was scanning through some press releases yesterday when one of them caught my attention. It was basically an announcement trumpeting the sponsoring organizations' use of text messages. Provided it ... More >

June 17, 2009

Deploying Free or Open Source Software in the SMB

I have over the last few months written on various open source or free solutions for the small and medium-sized business. Rather than rattling off a list of such applications, I have tried to point o... More >

June 15, 2009

Disadvantages of Web Development Using PHP

Last week, I wrote about the advantages of using PHP for Web development . In contrast to purchasing expensive, proprietary solutions, the open source nature of PHP -- as well as the open ecosystem ... More >

June 12, 2009

Advantages of Web Development Using PHP

If you have been dabbling with Web technologies for any length of time, you have heard about the Web page scripting language called PHP, or PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.  An open source development, P... More >

June 11, 2009

Reasons for Using Open Source Databases in Your SMB

Yesterday, I wrote about leveraging open source solutions in networking . I highlighted how open source technologies are being used in routers, and mentioned my experiences with the IPCop firewall. ... More >

June 10, 2009

Leveraging Open Source Solutions for Networking

Regular readers of this SMB blog would have read about my mention of the OpenOffice.org office productivity suite , as well as other popular open source software such as Mozilla Foundation's Firefox... More >

June 5, 2009

Cisco Eyes the SMB Market

At its annual partner summit this week, networking giant Cisco Systems took the opportunity to launch a range of new products and services targeted at small and medium-sized businesses. The 100 new ... More >

Windows 7 Will Be Available for the Holidays

Microsoft has finally given the word and confirmed that Windows 7 will be widely available on Oct. 22. Given the slippages that occurred with Windows Vista, it is understandable that Redmond is kee... More >

June 4, 2009

Trim Your Mailbox to Improve Your Productivity

The last couple days saw me experiencing frustration over a spat of poor performance from my laptop that rebooting alone failed to improve. It was puzzling because the laptop had good specifications ... More >

June 3, 2009

Positioning Your SMB for Growth, Part 2

In a post last week, I wrote about the need for small and medium businesses to plan their IT strategy in such a way to position their organizations for expansion. To help readers understand of the ... More >

June 2, 2009

Why the Cloud is Not for Every SMB

Thanks to IT Business Edge Associate Editor Susan Hall who gave me the heads-up on this interesting piece over at PC World titled "A Small Business's Guide to the Cloud." The article attempts to sh... More >