How to Deploy Synology NAS for Your Small Business
It's easy to write off on-premises IT deployments in a heavily BYOD and cloud-centric world as nothing more than dated technology on its last legs. Indeed, it's entirely possible to set up a new...
View ArticleRuckus Hopes to Raise a Rumpus in the Small-Business Wi-Fi Market
Very small businesses—on the order of 1 to 10 employees—don’t have IT departments to manage their network infrastructure. Responsibility for tech support typically rests with that one employee who has...
View ArticleHP's BYOD Service Protects Mobile Devices and PCs
(Update: Due to a reporting error, the story, "HP's BYOD service protects mobile devices and PCs," posted on Monday, incorrectly stated the name of Lorri Jefferson, senior director of software product...
View ArticleGoogle Launches Fiber Internet for Kansas City’s Small Businesses
Small businesses in selected neighborhoods in Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri now have the opportunity to get in on Google’s fiber Internet service, the company announced today. The...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Hello World 3.0: Staffing Technology
According to the recently released Educause Top 10 IT Issues for 2015, hiring, retaining and keeping skills fresh for IT staff tops the list. We all clearly see the emojis on the wall emulating a...
View ArticleWhy Last-Minute Holiday Shoppers Are Worth Less to You
Retailers and digital marketers love the holiday season. It's a time when new customers open up their wallets and spend money on frivolous things that they really can't afford. From Black Friday to...
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UTM Shootout: Security Appliances for SMBs are Smaller, More Powerful and...
UTM shootoutIn 2013, we looked at nine UTMs. This time around we reviewed six products: the Calyptix AccessEnforcer AE800, Check Point Software’s 620, Dell/Sonicwall’s NSA 220 Wireless-N, Fortinet’s...
View ArticleWhy Criminals Pick on Small Business
Does the size of your enterprise really matter to cybercriminals? Well, yes and no. Most experts would agree with Jody Westby, CEO of Global Cyber Risk, when she says, “it is the data that makes a...
View ArticleHow to Deploy Small-Business Wi-Fi With Xclaim Access Points
With the BYOD phenomenon now several years old, CIOs and IT managers have become intimately familiar with the necessity and challenge of setting up and maintaining Wi-Fi wireless networks. And as...
View ArticleLack of Security in Small Companies Means Big Risk for the Enterprise
“I’ve been in the security business for 25-years. The industry spent the first 20 of those developing perimeter security products. Then five years ago, we simply let everybody in, building an...
View Article5 Affordable Hardware Upgrades for a More Efficient New Year
It’s the start of a new year, and what better way to kick it off than to upgrade your business PC to work faster and more efficiently?Granted, in the era of BYOD, workstations are not as popular as...
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New Gigabit Wi-Fi access points target SMBs
Gigabit Wi-Fi access pointsLast year, we reviewed five of the first Gigabit Wi-Fi access points to hit the market. This time around, we’re testing three new entrants: the Cisco WAP371, D-Link’s...
View ArticleSprint launches turnkey wired, wireless service
Sprint today announced a turnkey wired and wireless communications service for small- and medium-sized companies that will cost $200 a month per worker. Sprint will allow companies that sign up for...
View ArticleIDG Contributor Network: Why choose you over your competition?
This is a question for everyone. If you’re a project manager looking for a new job, why choose you? If you’re a consultant looking for your next consulting gig, why should your potential client choose...
View ArticleZoho bolsters cloud tools with expense report features
Few things in the workforce present as many challenges for corporations as expense reports. Filing them is a task few enjoy and most avoid for as long as their bank accounts can bear the burden. Zoho...
View Article5 costly consequences of SMB cybercrime
Criminals looking to steal data or disrupt commerce don’t only hone in on large corporations. Small and midsize businesses (SMBs), in fact, are just as attractive a target.In 2013, there were about 28...
View ArticleHow to set up Amazon Web Services for your small business
Cloud computing technology has matured significantly over the years, and now offers a compelling list of advantages over on-site deployments, especially for small businesses and start-ups that may not...
View Article5 ways to handle comment trolls on social media
Social media has become a new way to find new customers, provide support, market products, share news and even develop customer relationships. Because of the free-form nature of services like Twitter...
View ArticleBrandPost: Cloud: The Great Equalizer for Small and Midsize Businesses
Fifteen years ago I joined an Internet startup that had raised $8 million in investment capital and needed every penny for the infrastructure investments it had to make. There were two big servers to...
View ArticleIntuit puts venerable Quicken up on the block
Intuit yesterday announced that it would sell its Quicken unit, the group that creates the personal finance software that made the company famous. The news -- and Intuit management's explanation for...
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