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Paul Mah

September 2009

September 30, 2009

How to Enhance Your SMB's Disaster Preparedness

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

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 >

September 22, 2009

SMBs Are Using Speech Recognition for Productivity Gains

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 >

September 17, 2009

Moving Your SMB to Windows 7

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 >

September 16, 2009

The Simple SMB Guide to SEO

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 >

September 13, 2009

Leveraging the Cloud for Your SMB Site

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 >

September 10, 2009

Use Google Alerts to Keep Abreast of Security Updates

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 >

Leading the Way to a Greener IT

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 >

September 9, 2009

A Look at Some of the Features in Windows 7 Enterprise

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 >

September 7, 2009

Free Trial of Windows 7 Enterprise RTM Now Available

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 >

September 4, 2009

VMware Go Service Simplifies Uptake of Virtualization by SMBs

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 >

September 3, 2009

SMBs Are Turning to Cloud Computing

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 >

September 2, 2009

Forrester Research: IT Spending for SMBs to Go Down

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 >

September 1, 2009

Symantec Backup Exec Support Comes to NETGEAR ReadyNAS

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 >

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