Archive: June 2002

June 29, 2002

FSB: IBM and Microsoft going after small businesses

IBM and Microsoft are going after small businesses - again! Over the past decade, the two two tech titans have...

June 29, 2002

Salesnet grows up

My spin: Sales Force Automation ASP Salesnet offers a huge range of new options... Salesnet announces new best-of-breed application THAT...

June 29, 2002

BizReprot.com - Exec: Wireless Perfect for Newspapers

Newspapers could soon begin reaching readers through wireless technology such as cell phones and personal digital assistants, a newspaper executive...

June 29, 2002

IBM: VoIP, Data Solutions Target Small Businesses

IBM and Mitel Networks have created a converged Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and data solution to help service providers...

June 29, 2002

IBM's "Manage It for Me" Program Launched

From IBM: To address the needs of the growing number of medium-sized companies looking for IT services to help manage...

June 24, 2002

Report: Dell eyeing MS-platform handhelds (ZDNet)

A new report from market researcher ARS speculates that the PC giant is getting ready to place an order with...

June 20, 2002

HP Showcases New IT Solutions for Inc. 500 Honorees

Innovative, Mobile Office Technologies Enhance Efficiency, Productivity for Growing Businesses ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., June 20, 2002 -- Today HP (NYSE:HPQ) is...

June 20, 2002

Software That Fights Blue Computer Screen Blues Gains Major Award

System Mechanic is a full set of 15 cutting edge tools developed to prevent a host of PC problems, including...

June 20, 2002

NetLedger Names New Sales Executive

SAN MATEO, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- NetLedger, Inc. today announced another major step in its aggressive move into channel...

June 20, 2002

Bachmann Software and Clarinet Systems Team Up to Offer Students and Teachers Wireless Network Printing from Palm Powered Handhelds

PrintBoy remains the top choice among educators for Palm OS printing solutions SAN ANTONIO (June 18, 2002)--Today at the National...

June 20, 2002

Proxim Harmony Wireless LANs Receive OPSEC Certification From Check Point

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Proxim Corporation today announced that its Harmony 802.11a and 802.11b products have received OPSEC(TM)...

June 19, 2002

Mac or PC

WSJ's Walt Mossberg lays out a clear analysis of choosing between Mac or PC. (get the full story - subscription...

June 19, 2002

Intel to Close Web Hosting Service

NY Times: SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Chip-making giant Intel Corp. will shut down its Web hosting service and as...

June 19, 2002

Computer Industry Hit by Bad News

NY Times: PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - After countless periods of soft results, earnings warnings and write-offs for bad investments,...

June 19, 2002

Corel Corporation Introduces CorelÆ Professional Services

Company Enhances Support for Enterprise, Government & Academic Customers through Expertise Gained in Recent Acquisitions Ottawa, Canada - June 18,...

June 18, 2002

Linking the Safety Chain

eWeek: At a time when security options are becoming increasingly fragmented with many vendors concentrating their resources on specific, sometimes-arcane...

June 18, 2002

Netlock Technologies Announces SOHO Availability; Affordable Network Security for Small Business

BREA, Calif., June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Netlock Technologies, a worldwide provider of enterprise network security solutions, announced today the availability...

June 18, 2002

Microsoft to Give XML Bigger Role in Office

eWeek: Microsoft Corp., which faces mounting competition and price pressure focused on its Office desktop productivity suite, is set to...

June 18, 2002

The technology of tomorrow is yielding benefits today for an increasing number of companies

Information Week had a very good series of cases on companies using Web services, for real, in their businesses Web...

June 17, 2002

INTUIT RESEARCH SHOWS SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR GROWTH IN 2002

ACCOUNTANTS STILL TRUSTED ADVISORS IN HELPING OVERCOME BARRIERS Nationwide Study by Intuit Professional Accounting Solutions Identifies Top Challenges and Opportunities...

June 17, 2002

Corel Corporation Teams with Dell To Bring WordPerfectÆ Office Tools to Dell Customers

DellÆ SmartStep 150D users will benefit from the power, precision & control provided by Corel's award-winning business productivity software Ottawa,...

June 17, 2002

The little engine that could beat Google

CNet: Upping the stakes in the search engine battles, an alternative search service is claiming that its index is bigger...

June 17, 2002

An Internet Pioneer of the 90's Looks to a Future in Software

NY Times: (just thought this was an interesting story FYI) For some reason, popular waves of computer technology tend to...

June 17, 2002

XO Communications Said to Plan Bankruptcy Filing

NY Times: XO Communications, the telecommunications service provider, is expected to file for bankruptcy protection today and present a reorganization...

June 15, 2002

Download Yahoo mail to pop email clients!

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June 15, 2002

Lockergnome Blasts PC Magazine

Chris Prillilo, Lockergnome (tech ezine for hi-tech nerds) blasted PC Magazine for a lame reviews section: Software roundups are starting...

June 15, 2002

Competition Is Heating Up for Control of.org Domain

NYTimes reports that Verisign, the current registrar for the.org domain name will be giving it up to someone else later...

June 15, 2002

Why Desktops Still Rule

Fortune Small Business: Laptops have sex appeal, but are they practical? (full story) My spin: I think that desktops are...

June 15, 2002

URGENT: Virus infect picture files

I had thought that viruses only infect executable files like (.exe, bat,.com and others) and also of course Microsfot Word...

June 13, 2002

New Alliance Forms to Simplify Wireless Technology

NY Times: CHICAGO (Reuters) - High-technology industry giants from around the world are forming a new alliance to simplify how...

June 13, 2002

PC Sales Expected to Recover, With Double-Digit 2003 Gains

WSJ: The depressed personal-computer market should bounce back slowly this year and return to double-digit gains next year, according to...

June 12, 2002

Business Server Slugfest: IBM vs. Dell NewsFactor: IBM ( NYSE: IBM - news) has proclaimed that it is going after...

June 12, 2002

EARTHLINK TO OFFER WI-FI SERVICE

News Scan: EarthLink is marketing its "EarthLink Wireless High Speed" service to customers eager to take advantage of about 650...

June 12, 2002

'WHITE BOX' PC VENDORS SNAG 58% GLOBAL MARKET SHARE

NewsScan (from Excite): The headlines tout the market dominance of big-name PC makes like Dell or Compaq, but a new...

June 10, 2002

SAP to release new business applications for small and midsize companies.

Information Week: ORLANDO, Fla.--Looking over its shoulder for Microsoft, SAP on Wednesday said it will roll out its suite of...

June 10, 2002

To the Middle: Big ERP vendors haven't done well in the midmarket. Can Microsoft do better?

Information Week: The competitive landscape for business-applications software is changing. To understand how, get out an atlas and look for...

June 10, 2002

NetLedger and Oracle Target SMB

Var Business: What happens when Oracle teams up with a smaller company backed by its chief Larry Ellison that's called...

June 10, 2002

The Invisible Advantage

Optimize Magazine: Measuring and managing your company's intangible assets can lead to a clearer view of corporate value. How much...

June 10, 2002

Empty pockets make software pirates

CNet: Global software piracy rose for the second straight year in 2001 although monetary losses shrank, according to a report...

June 10, 2002

EarthLink Agrees to Buy PeoplePC for $10 Million

ATLANTA -- EarthLink Inc. agreed to acquire PeoplePC Inc., a seller of low-cost computers and Internet access, for about $10...

June 10, 2002

2 Tinkerers Say They've Found a Cheap Way to Broadband

CUPERTINO, Calif., June 7 ó Anyone looking for the next big thing in Silicon Valley should stop here at Layne...

June 10, 2002

Apple Adjusts Its Ads, Retailing To Draw In Windows Converts

WSJ: Apple Computer Inc. is thinking "different" about how to tackle a world dominated by Microsoft Corp.'s Windows software. The...

June 10, 2002

apps4biz Announces Turnkey Version of Its Business Applications for Small Manufacturers With One to Three Users

Integration With Quickbooks or Peachtree Accounting Included for Free Through June ANDOVER, MA. - June 7, 2002 - apps4bizÆ, a...

June 6, 2002

Microsoft gets into retail

Quickbooks recently launched QuickBooks POS as reported on smallbiztechnology.com now Microsoft is entering the field with their acquisition of Sales...

June 6, 2002

PC Glut Prompts Big Price Cuts; Is Now the Time for You to Buy?

Coming off the worst month of sales in nearly four years, personal-computer makers are preparing an unusually aggressive round of...

June 6, 2002

New Plug-in Allows Seamless QuickBooks and FileMaker Pro Integration for the First Time

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY- June. 5, 2002 -- HAPPY Software, Inc. announces the creation of FileBooks Linkô, the only comprehensive FileMakerÆ...

June 6, 2002

Gateway Launches National Broadband PC Offers

Gateway Delivers High-Speed Internet Access Solutions Nationally, Selling 50,000 Subscriptions to Date SAN DIEGO, Jun 5, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/...

June 6, 2002

Intuit to Buy Management Reports (Associated Press)

Personal finance and small business software maker Intuit Inc. continued its expansion into new specialties Tuesday by announcing plans to...

June 5, 2002

Microsoft to charge for e-mail forwarding Hotmail users are told that they must upgrade to MSN Extra Storage, which will...

June 5, 2002

SMEsource.com Simplifies IT Outsourcing for Small to Medium-size Enterprise Market

(June 4, 2002 -- Columbus, OH) KarstWater, LLC has acquired and redeveloped several websites over the past few months that...

June 4, 2002

Telecommuters & Remote Offices Driving Broadband Adoption in Business

Instat: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 4, 2002 ≠ The pressure of a growing remote workforce is driving record numbers of business...

June 4, 2002

ThinkPads lead IBM small-business push

CNet: IBM is aiming to make its PCs more attractive to small businesses. The company's Personal Computing Division on Tuesday...

June 4, 2002

Linux - it won't out-do Windows but not for lack of trying

There's an increasing number of articles about Linux and how it's maturing - but still not nearly as close to...

June 4, 2002

Email IS the killer app

If you have not yet been using email to increase sales - you are MISSING out. Check out this article...

June 4, 2002

Remote Access: Netilla Solution Right Up Web Trainer's Alley

CRN: Computer Reseller Magazine writes how Westlake Internet Training worked with solution provider StarCare Systems to implement a remote access...

June 3, 2002

VeriSign touts broad tech upgrade

CNet: Internet services company VeriSign announced Monday a broad technology upgrade to its systems, in the hopes of stitching together...

June 3, 2002

NetLedger enhances Yahoo! store FUNCTIONALITY with Oracle small business suite

San Mateo, CA., May 29, 2002 - NetLedger, Inc., which powers the Oracle“ Small Business Suite, today announced the enhanced...

June 2, 2002

Net Telephony Poised to Take Off

CNet: Internet phone technology that dumps copper wires, circuit switches and phone jacks for all-digital systems has finally come of...

June 2, 2002

Dell fortifies services unit with acquisition

CNet: Dell Computer announced Friday that it has acquired technology consulting and application-development company Plural. My spin:DELL, DELL, DELL. It's...