Kim Mays

Eight Critical Factors for Business Success Recent studies on small businesses both reveal optimism and certainty in the economy and in the state of business in the coming months. The “2015 State of Small Business Report” by Wasp Barcode Technologies had 1,088 respondents among various industries that held between 11 and 499 employees. A second […]

When you think about it, you can probably name hundreds of examples of people working together collectively to achieve a single effort. And at its most basic form, that is what crowdsourcing is: leveraging groups of people online to meet a goal. Most recently, crowds of online workers have begun accessing the cloud to help […]

To small business owners, the buzz words from the Big Data world (i.e., petabytes, zettabytes, feeds, analytics, etc.) seem very foreign indeed. According to research from the SMB Group, only 18 percent of small businesses currently make use of Big Data analytics and business intelligence solutions. On the other hand, midsize businesses have shown greater […]

Five Ways Mobile and Cloud are Helping Build Better Bonds with Customers It seems no business is safe from the influx of mobile devices that have been infiltrating company networks. These small (and not so small) pieces of amazing wireless technology have replaced various equipment around the office, from PCs to laptops to PDAs and […]

It’s a near daily occurrence for most enterprises—a laptop or server becomes obsolete or unusable. But often the most important step is forgotten before a new media is brought in. How do you ensure that the old device is cleansed of all usable traces of important data before it is disposed of? Many organizations have […]

Top Features SMBs Should Look for in Collaboration Tools Though small and midsize businesses (SMBs) are most often lumped into one category (i.e., SMB), the SMB Group’s 2014 Routes to Market Study shows that each group has its own distinct traits that are often overlooked. Two recent SMB Group Charts of the Week graphics show […]

Top Features SMBs Should Look for in Collaboration Tools Of course, the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015 bring all sorts of articles predicting what will be hot in the coming year. For small to midsize businesses (SMBs), quite a few outlets are reporting their lists of technology trends to watch. Entrepreneur gave […]

To ensure that your security and privacy controls are working effectively, it’s important to perform assessments. Such assessments are more than checking off points on a list—especially for federal organizations where information systems often contain extremely confidential national data. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) created a formal documentation of procedures for such […]

The Latest on Online Consumer and E-Commerce Trends As with many businesses, the end of the year is often a hectic time for small companies and startups as well. Loose ends tied up, big sales closed, products being moved—throw in holiday schedules and it’s easy to lose sight of the new year until it’s already […]

Five Ways to Prepare Your Network for the Onslaught of Faster Wi-Fi Devices As previous small to midsize business (SMB) reports have predicted, the 2014 Small and Medium Business Mobile Solutions Study by SMB Group shows that mobile spending by SMBs grew this year. According to Laurie McCabe, SMB Group partner, in her blog post, […]

Whether you’re an IT manager considering gifts for your crew or you’re just looking to buy the right gift for that techie in your life, it’s often difficult to find a gadget that they don’t already own. In the case that you aren’t very technology savvy yourself, you may even be second-guessing your own gift-selection […]

The Best Social Media Management Software Although Facebook has claimed to be on the side of small to midsize businesses (SMBs), it seems to be only on their side if they want to pay to play. Starting in January 2015, the social media giant plans to crack down on small businesses that promote marketing content […]