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Six reasons to use cloud services for small business

Posted October 19, 2011 - 12:58 pm

Outsourcing IT functions such as payroll, website hosting, email, or enterprise resource planning (ERP) has long been normal for businesses of all sizes. But outsourcing critical IT functions including database servers, file servers, document storage, or application development, gives many organizations pause.
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Data breach insurance offer shows how high risk has grown for SMBs

Posted September 22, 2011 - 11:59 am

Of the 760 data breaches in 2010, two thirds involved small business. The risk isn't just hackers, though. It's regulations, fines, the cost of upgrades plus investigation, litigation, notification and lots of other costly -ifications if it happens to you.
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Mac sales surging in enterprise

Posted May 23, 2011 - 11:09 am

The overall percentage is still insignificant, but sales of Apple's Mac computers in the enterprise soared in the company's last fiscal quarter.
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Stupid small business tech mistakes, and how to prevent them

Posted February 14, 2011 - 5:02 pm

If you're not particularly tech-savvy, then purchasing, maintaining, and securing technology for your business can be a confusing situation to navigate. You may already know plenty about what you should do, but what about what you should not do?
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Open Source Desktops May Not Happen for Small Biz

Posted November 12, 2010 - 2:21 pm

Small businesses and open source seem like a great fit, but adoption has yet to happen on any serious level. Perhaps it was the desktop model itself that was the problem.
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SMBs to increase IT spending in second half of year, survey reports

Posted September 22, 2010 - 1:54 pm

Small and medium-sized businesses plan to spend 4 percent more on IT in the latter half of 2010 than in the first six months, according to a survey of enterprise professionals by Spiceworks, a maker of IT management software. tweetmeme_source = 'ITworld';
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Federal government hosts Q&A on health insurance reform law

Posted March 31, 2010 - 9:12 am

Hear the official word in a live session with Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills
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Small businesses feeling the pinch

Posted February 25, 2009 - 11:24 am

The biggest corporations that are suffering are getting the attention of both the media and the government. Big bank? Have a bailout. Car company? Here's some money to get you through. Virtually any big manufacturer that's threatening layoffs has a Congressman lobbying for a piece of the stimulus pie.
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Small Business SEO- Can You Really Afford it?

Posted December 16, 2008 - 1:35 pm

Let's face it, when you look at it on paper, SEO is an expensive endeavor. Whether you do it yourself, use the services of a consultant, or hire someone else to do it for you, the cost can be overwhelming.
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Cisco rolls out SMB strategy

Posted November 7, 2008 - 11:21 am

Cisco's getting on the small business bandwagon in a big way.
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SaaS projected to grow in SMB sector

Posted August 4, 2008 - 4:19 pm

It occurred to me at my 30 year high school reunion that nobody likes change, and we don't like to admit it when it's upon us. Even though most of us are now fat, bald and otherwise unrecognizeable, we spent the evening talking about how we all look "just like we did in high school."
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Save money with the 80/20 rule

Posted June 19, 2008 - 6:37 pm

Let me explain one of the rules I apply to every facet of small business technology: the 80/20 rule. Many variations of this rule exist, and I twist it to my benefit whenever necessary. Yet no matter how mutated it gets, it always offer guidance.
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