Kim Mays

Top Issues Affecting SMB Employees Today Last week, the U.S. House committee on small business was presented testimony on the pros and cons of the online currency Bitcoin. Proponents of the new virtual payment system believe that Bitcoin usage can help small and midsize businesses grow their online businesses both in the U.S. and overseas. […]

Top 10 Mobile Technologies and Capabilities for 2015 and 2016 The Fifth Annual Brother Small Business Survey provided some truly surprising insight into the trends of small companies in the U.S. Of the 500 small businesses surveyed, 72 percent revealed that they felt “new technologies will offer a bigger return on their investment than new […]

Many companies now use smart cards for employee IDs and for accessing buildings and data centers. But how secure is the authentication used in this technology? According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) documentation available in our IT Downloads section, it often depends upon the authentication use cases that are employed, which […]

Top 10 Storage and Networking Trends for 2014 At its Global Partner Conference, HP unveiled a new suite of storage systems at entry-level prices—perfect for small to midsize businesses (SMBs) with tighter IT storage budgets. When money is tight, a smaller business may have to forgo scalability and performance, but HP hopes that its new […]

Top Email Management Pain Points Just as Microsoft ends its support for Windows XP, on April 8, 2014, it will also end its support for Exchange Server 2003. Many small to midsize businesses (SMBs) have yet to create a migration plan for either situation, but one idea to help update Exchange is to move your […]

Five Best Apps for Business Travelers As I discussed in a previous post, an IDC study confirmed that SMBs are driving the rise of BYOD in the workplace. And that sentiment seems to ring true with further research from Dimensional and NComputing. Their global study of 300 small to midsize businesses (SMBs) revealed that 75 […]

According to the Meetings Outlook Winter Edition, a publication of the Meeting Professionals International, the economic recovery is in full swing and business optimism is on the rise. However, an air of uncertainty lingers within many industries that have been affected by cutbacks and layoffs. Employees are finding themselves with far more work to do […]

Five of the World’s Most Innovative Corporate Labs The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to offer grants of up to $100,000 to tech-focused, leading-edge small businesses. The program will run until 11:59 p.m. on April 11, 2014. The grants are open to all states and territories in the U.S., but proposals must be submitted […]

Top Predictions for Big Data in 2014 According to a recent Entrepreneur article, small businesses should find effective ways to analyze data in order to give their customers what they need without pushing too hard to gather more data from those same customers. Sounds simple, yet complex. And when you also consider that data is […]

Twelve Cloud Storage Services for Work and Play As many SMBs rely on Gmail as their email client, it stands to reason that they also use quite a few of the perks and apps that go along with it, such as Google Calendar and Chrome. But many may not realize that other apps are available […]

Although most would think that project management is bound by specific rules and technologies to get the job done, at least one person sees how creativity can bring about innovation and assist in overcoming obstacles that crop up while managing projects. Author Ralph L. Kliem’s book Creative, Efficient, and Effective Project Management reveals the benefits […]

Six Reasons Business Should Pay Attention to Social Marketing In its recent push to become a top player against local radio stations, Pandora announced that it is adding local sales offices to further its sales reach to SMBs. Although Pandora represents 8 percent of the total listening audience in the U.S., it has seen major […]