http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/50/all xx http://www.itworld.com/open-source/83120/open-source-changes-software-acquisition-process The option for FOSS affects business application choice--for more than dollar reasons. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/83120/open-source-changes-software-acquisition-process#comments Channel Development Open Source Small business Opinion choosing software foss open source Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:03:51 -0500 Esther Schindler 83120 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/83026/windows-7-older-pcs-windows-7-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. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/83026/windows-7-older-pcs-windows-7-netbooks#comments Hardware Operating systems Small business Windows Opinion Linux Netbooks upgrade Vista Windows 7 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:49:49 -0400 James Gaskin 83026 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/82608/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. http://www.itworld.com/software/82608/avg-delivers-small-business-security-offerings#comments Channel Security Small business Software News antivirus AVG Technologies Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:34:17 -0400 ITworld staff 82608 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/82562/cisco-buying-scansafe-183-million Cisco has announced plans to buy privately held ScanSafe, a maker of software-as-a-service (SaaS) Web security services for enterprises and small-to-midsize businesses, for $183 million. http://www.itworld.com/business/82562/cisco-buying-scansafe-183-million#comments Internet SaaS Security Small business News Cisco ScanSafe web security Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:30:42 -0400 ITworld staff 82562 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/82173/google-apps-trump-ibm-lotus-inotes-lame-offering Did you notice Google Apps has a new competitor? Didn't think so. You'd think IBM and Lotus could come up with 1) a better product to compete on Google's turf and 2) figure out a way to make a bigger splash. All we have here are lame offerings created by idiot vice presidents and marketed by other idiot vice presidents. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/82173/google-apps-trump-ibm-lotus-inotes-lame-offering#comments Business Personal tech SaaS Small business Opinion E-mail Google Google Apps IBM Lotus iNotes Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:50:43 -0400 James Gaskin 82173 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/81722/microsoft-hmc-broadsoft-uc-cloud When people think of Microsoft's collaboration applications, SharePoint, some of the Office and Exchange functionality, and experimental tools like Academy Mobile spring to mind. But another product should be added to the list: Microsoft's Hosted Messaging and Collaboration platform. http://www.itworld.com/software/81722/microsoft-hmc-broadsoft-uc-cloud#comments Networking SaaS Small business Software Unified communications Opinion collaboration Microsoft Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:28:48 -0400 ITworld staff 81722 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/81815/hot-rod-netbook-sports-dual-cpus Leave it to that computer innovation center Columbia (the country, not the university) to come up with a way to turbo charge the lowly netbook into near-laptop performance. Haleron in Columbia spent six months engineering a netbook with two Intel Atom processors to rev up the performance. The lower netbook pricing enables income-limited South Americans to use a netbook in place of a more expensive laptop for general computer needs. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/81815/hot-rod-netbook-sports-dual-cpus#comments Hardware Personal tech Small business Opinion Haleron intel atom SSD Swordfish N120 Windows XP Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:04:11 -0400 James Gaskin 81815 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/storage/81814/reducing-storage-costs-and-complexity-emc-clariion-ax4 This white paper explains why shared storage systems are a better alternative to direct-attached storage, and how AX4 lowers total cost of ownership while simplifying storage management. Business Small business Storage clariion ax4 EMC SMB storage Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:40:54 -0400 jmcguirk 81814 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/hardware/81652/gartner-server-virtualization-now-18-server-workload How fast is the shift to server virtualization happening? According to Gartner, 18% of server workloads this year run on virtualized servers; that share will grow to 28% next year and reach almost half by 2012. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/81652/gartner-server-virtualization-now-18-server-workload#comments Server and data center Small business Virtualization News server virtualization Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:10:40 -0400 ITworld staff 81652 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/81623/idc-report-profitability-and-oss-support-return-investment-analysis-ibm- IDC studied 14 mobile and fixed-line service providers that implemented Tivoli® Netcool® and found that IBM Tivoli Netcool can help in big ways. Business Business intelligence Green IT IT management/strategy Networking Server and data center Small business Tech & society IBM IDC Report ROI Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:05:02 -0400 kalbanese 81623 at http://www.itworld.com