When I wrote about SMBs not being ready for disasters in my previous post, I referred to a new study by Symantec that found the disaster preparedness state of most SMBs to be far from ideal, despit... More >
SMBs are not prepared for disaster, according to a new study by Symantec Corp . Symantec quizzed personnel responsible for their organization's network and computers as part of its 2009 SMB Disaste... More >
I had the opportunity to speak with Peter Mahoney, senior vice president and general manager for Dragon NaturallySpeaking at Nuance Communications . For the uninitiated, version 10 of the decade-old... More >
With the October 22 general availability of Windows 7 inching inexorably closer every week, there is no doubt that some IT departments will be scrambling to prepare their SMBs for the big move to Win... More >
Earlier this week, I gave some suggestions on how you can leverage the Cloud for your SMB's site . Moving on, the logical progression would be to ensure that there are actually people visiting your ... More >
I wrote earlier this year on how to succeed in won't hesitate to go the WTO route , where I elaborated on a number of practical steps that a small or medium-sized business can take to ensure the cre... More >
We are always exploring more cost-effective ways to get things done here at SMB blog. The reason is due to the comparatively few IT staffers that small and medium businesses have. It does not mean th... More >
I just came back from Frost & Sullivan's TechStrategies Singapore 2009 conference, which was designed to assist CIOs, CTOs and IT directors make sense of emerging technologies and formulate str... More >
Last week, I wrote about the availability of a free trial of Windows 7 Enterprise RTM from Microsoft. While Windows 7 Enterprise is certainly geared toward the enterprise in terms of pricing and fe... More >
If you have been hoping to get your hands on the RTM of Windows 7 prior to its general availability on October 22, you are in luck. Microsoft has released a special 90-day trial edition download of W... More >
In a bid to get more small and medium businesses to adopt virtualization, VMware is launching a free beta service to help SMBs deploy it . Known as VMware Go, the Web-based service essentially autom... More >
A new survey of IT professionals serving small and medium businesses worldwide has turned up some interesting facts about SMB spending and trends. The survey was conducted by Spiceworks, Inc., in the... More >
SMBs are expected to cut their IT operating budget by 4 percent and capital budgets by 2 percent to 3 percent, says analysts from Forrester Research in a report dated August 7. Based on a survey of I... More >
Computer equipment maker NETGEAR has announced the availability of a new software agent for its ReadyNAS line of storage appliances. Installed directly onto ReadyNAS hardware, the agent adds support ... More >

Applications that mid-sized businesses can use to improve operational efficiency, accelerate growth, and maintain profitability.

Applications, management tools and industry advice on how to optimize your data for better business decisions.

Learn more about this middleware layer that pools and dynamically provisions infrastruction application delivery resources to lower costs and improve efficiency.

Comprehensive storage solutions for better data access and retrieval, leading to better-informed business decisions.