Oracle Business Brief - Keeping Hold of Your Customers, Especially In Tough Economic Conditions

You know as much as anyone about the challenges faced by midsize organizations. There are always competitors with deeper pockets, customers demanding more for less, and suppliers giving preferential terms to larger organizations. How can you sharpen your competitive edge? Read this white paper to learn how Oracle can help you.



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Security Zen: The Yin and Yang of Protecting Your Information

Small businesses can now put in place a complete arsenal of security tools that are installed as a single, integrated solution.

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The option for FOSS affects business application choice--for more than dollar reasons.



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Windows 7 on Older PCs, Windows 7 on Netbooks

Today I spoke with a Microsoft tech in charge of helping large customers migrate from Windows XP to Windows 7. One of the interesting things he said was that Windows 7 was indeed tweaked and slimmed down to run on lower powered computers than Vista. Let's talk about that, and how Microsoft has a utility to help you load Windows 7 on your netbook.



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AVG Delivers Small Business Security Offerings

AVG Technologies has announced the general availability of its latest small business security products, AVG Internet Security Business Edition 9.0 and AVG Anti-Virus Business Edition 9.0.

| News | Channel | Security | Small business | Software | 10/27/09 at 7:34 pm |


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