Amidst the excessive jargon-slinging by Internet marketers and “gurus” out to make a quick buck off of social media, it is no wonder that small and mid-sized companies are thoroughly confused about h... More >
As in many small and mid-sized businesses, your organization might be lean on staff. SMB employees often have to juggle between multiple roles or work slightly longer hours to keep things running smo... More >
Google has trained its eyes on businesses looking to move away from Microsoft Exchange to alternative e-mail systems with its aptly named Google Apps Migration for Microsoft Exchange tool . It wil... More >
Having recently explored the topic of whether SMBs need to care about unified communications , I found my interest piqued by a white paper from Avaya titled "Top ten reasons why UC implementations f... More >
Writing about Intermedia's new hosted unified communications (UC) offering for SMBs last week got me thinking about the practical benefits that small and mid-sized companies can derive from the use... More >
If there is ever an evergreen discussion theme at conferences or other gatherings of IT managers and executives, it's on ways of reducing costs while upping productivity. Where IT is concerned, it co... More >
Hosted Exchange provider Intermedia launched a hosted Unified Communications (UC) offering targeted specifically at SMBs in late February, as Carl Weinschenk noted on Unified Communications Edge . &... More >
Are you frustrated by how sluggish your workstation have become? The obvious solution would be to perform a reformat to clear away redundant software or drivers clogging up your system. But what if t... More >
At IT Business Edge, we are always cognizant of how important proper training is for small and medium-sized businesses. This is especially true when it comes to inculcating proper security practices ... More >
Tandberg Data recently launched the DPS2000 NAS series of disk-based storage appliance for small to medium-sized businesses. Though named an NAS appliance, the DPS2000 is in fact the first unified ... More >
Business communications provider Avaya earlier this week announced the release of version 6.0 of its Avaya IP Office, which is the company's flagship unified communications suite for SMBs. Avaya say... More >
Windows 7 has been released for a while now, and has remained highly popular among users who have switched to it. Personally, I've been using Windows 7 as my primary operating environment since Windo... More >
Microsoft will discontinue development of the Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) as of June 30. In an e-mail, the Redmond company noted that the decision was made to "streamline their server p... More >
I recently wrote a blog where I examined how implementations of disaster recovery (DR) might differ between SMBs and the enterprise . Before jumping into the DR fray, though, what is the first step... More >
One question that has probably crossed the minds of SMB CEOs and IT managers would be the differences when planning for disasters compared with their enterprise counterparts. Is it necessary to adop... More >
Some of you might recall that I wrote on McAfee's Security Quickstart Service for SMBs a couple of weeks ago. In covering McAfee's new service offerings for SMBs, an anecdote from Darrell Rodenbaug... More >
I came across an interesting security piece on Symantec's Web site titled "antivirus software and the illusion of protection." Ever had users who get infected with malware despite having good anti... More >

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