Archive: August 2006

August 31, 2006

Wiki's: Passing Fad or Business Tool

There's only two things about technology for business: Passing fads or serious business tools. At one point I thought a...

August 31, 2006

Slow Down on 802.11n WiFi

Some WiFi vendors (read my previous story on this) are promoting 802.11n WiFi gear, which is faster than current WiFi...

August 31, 2006

When Using WiFi What You Do Is No Secret

If you use WiFi to access the Internet and your session is not encrypted with two WiFi security protocals WEP...

August 31, 2006

Never Leave Your Office. Always Have it With You. SSL VPN from NetGear

You can't bring liquids on the plane. It's only going to get worse. Soon, they are only going to...

August 30, 2006

Vote in Business Week's "Best Blog" for Smallbiztechnology.com

Here is your chance to VOTE and NOMINATE smallbiztechnology.com as the best blog. Business Week is having their "Best of...

August 30, 2006

Why I bought a Lenovo 3000 notebook

For the past few weeks, I've been on the hunt for a new notebook computer and put together a...

August 30, 2006

When You Throw Away Your Cell Phone are You GIVING Away Precious Data?

I've been through several cell phones and each time I go through the usual routine of key strokes to...

August 30, 2006

Efficient Forms, LLC Improves Efficiency & Enhances Customer Service with Better Faxing

Below is a case study of how Smallbiztechnology.com Supporter RapidFax enabled one of their small business customers to be more...

August 29, 2006

Entellium: What Makes Its CRM Different

There are a LOT of CRM solutions on the market - some software and some hosted. Whichever one you...

August 29, 2006

Are Default Choices the Best Choices: Verizon and Microsoft

When you sign up for your next online service or software product you'll be presented with a number of choices....

August 29, 2006

Staying Ahead Of the Competition with OddCast

Small business owners face many challenges keeping their business up and running. In the online environment, these challenges seem to...

August 29, 2006

Sprint - Faster Wireless Broadband

Today Sprint announced - commercial availability of the country's first EV-DO Revision A-capable device - the Novatel Wireless S720...

August 29, 2006

Logitech's MX 1000 Laser Cordless Mouse

Logitech is one of the patriarchs of mice - especially mice that goes beyond the traditional two-button type mouse that...

August 28, 2006

Google Apps for Domains - Making it Better for All of Us

There's no fancy opening line I can say, but Google continues to advance and develop free applications that smaller...

August 27, 2006

Web 2.0: Bloglines What a Treat

At this post I wrote about how wonderful Google Analytics and Del.icio.us are. Well I'm adding to the "Web...

August 26, 2006

Google Analytics and Del.icio.Us: My Newest Online Tools

I've known for some time (months? year+?) about Google Analytics and Del.icio.us. Google's tool is a web site analysis...

August 26, 2006

Online Communities; Getting Customers to Talk. Better Products & More...

Do you know the feeling of going to a trade show and being able to spend time with a group...

August 26, 2006

Light Scribe - Burn CD/DVD Labels from your burner

When you burn a CD or DVD pop it out of the burner - what do you do next?...

August 26, 2006

50 Year Old Law Firm Gets into Voip with M5

M5 Networks, an outsourced IP phone system provider, announced that Montfort, Healy, McGuire & Salley, a 45-person, Long Island-based...

August 26, 2006

Route 1's MobiKey: Securely Connect to your Remote Computers

You're probably already familiar with how you can remotely access your computer via GoToMyPC.com, LogMeIn, PcAnywhere and other solutions. However,...

August 26, 2006

Sage Gets Into the Doctor's Office

The Sage Group plc (¬?Sage¬?) is to acquire Emdeon Practice Services, Inc. (¬?EPS¬?), based in the US in Tampa,...

August 26, 2006

NetSuite and SalesForce.com Build Google AdWords Into Their Services

It's pleasantly amazing, how only a few years ago so many vendors were into making sure their applications were...

August 26, 2006

Manage the RFP Process: Make it Sweet Not Sweat

One painful part of being a smaller business is that when it comes time to issue a RFP you have...

August 26, 2006

SmartPhone over Notebooks: Will It Happen?

In-Stat writes that in its ultimate incarnation, a SmartPhone should allow a user to leave the office without a...

August 26, 2006

Before Getting Rid of Old Computers: Delete the DATA the Right Way

When you donate or otherwise get rid of old computers YOU MUST make sure that the data on your...

August 25, 2006

Acer. Let's not forget about it.

I did an extensive review of notebooks from Dell, HP, IBM, Lenovo, Gateway, Sony and Toshiba as I'm looking for...

August 25, 2006

Need to Capture that Screen? Check Out CaptureXT Screen Capture

You probably don't need to do this everyday, but sometimes, there's something displayed on your screen that you really...

August 24, 2006

Looking at a PC Screen All Day? Keep Your Eyes Healthy.

A few years ago, I was using a traditional CRT monitor and wondered why my eyes were often strained...

August 24, 2006

When Web Apps Go Down Be Ready

Web Applications are wonderful. I use them all the time. But the painful thing is when they go down....

August 24, 2006

Using Smart Surveys to Get Insight From Your Customers To Increase Revenue

One trait of the most successful businesses is that they know as much about their customers as possible. They...

August 24, 2006

Servers: Slow Growth and Linux

If your business has more than one computer a server is vital to its existence. You must have a...

August 23, 2006

Avaya one-X Quick Edition Gets VOIPed with AGN Networks

Avaya's one-X phone system makes it drop dead easy to install a phone system - with no server. You...

August 22, 2006

PBX Parachute from Virtual PBX

When your PBX phone system goes down all of the sudden, you don't want to be in a situation...

August 22, 2006

MANY Companies are Losing Notebook Computers: Encryption and Vigilance Is the Answer

Maybe you have not lost a notebook computer, but I bet you know someone who has or someone you know...

August 21, 2006

Ultimate Notebook Computer Shopping Experience

I'm shopping for a new notebook computer and decided that instead of doing all this research and hoarding it to...

August 20, 2006

AMD: Making Computers Cheaper. Dell puts AMD inside.

Intel has long held a lock on the market for processors inside your average notebook and desktop computer. However, AMD...

August 19, 2006

GoldenRam - Get Help Upgrading Your Computer

When you want to upgrade your computer, you might need help knowing what to upgrade nd what part to order....

August 18, 2006

David Strom: Online Storage Solutions

David Strom writes - I am a big fan of backups ever since my office building had a fire one...

August 18, 2006

Dell: Known for Using the Cheapest Components

I'm listening to a CNet reporters round table and I'm hearing that Dell is known as buying the dirt cheapest...

August 18, 2006

PayPal - It Offers So Much More Than You Think

PayPal's been used for years as a way for small businesses to conduct online ecommerce and ensure online customers...

August 18, 2006

Dell Does It's Pricing Matter Any More?

For years, Dell has been the legendary leader of the "lowest price", however you can only lower the price of...

August 17, 2006

Before Outsourcing Technology Check out the Tech Service Marketplace via OnForce

When your printer breaks down, server hard disk fails or you need software to install wouldn't it be nice...

August 17, 2006

Your Fax Machine is Just Taking Space with Rapid Fax

If you have not yet considered moving from traditional faxing at a fax machine to PC faxing you really are...

August 17, 2006

New Microsoft Blogging Tool: Windows Live Writer

Microsoft has released it's lastest blogging tool, Windows Live Writer (WLW). This tool is different from other tools like...

August 16, 2006

Danger: Getting Attacked with Brute Force

Alert Logic, an on-demand IT network security company dedicated to small and mid-sized businesses, has detected a dramatic spike in...

August 16, 2006

Motorola: Turn Your Mobile Phone Into A Second Line and More

Motorola's new C51 system phone let's you turn your mobile phone into a second line and you can add...

August 16, 2006

AOLfree: You've Got Problems

David Strom writes - I haven't run AOL software since about the time in the late 1990s when Marshall Rose...

August 16, 2006

Trend Micro: InterScan Gateway Security Appliance

Trend Micro InterScan Gateway Security Appliance is designed for mid-sized organizations looking for an easy to install, easy to maintain...

August 16, 2006

How to Get to the Top Of Search-Engine Results

Startupjournal.com writes - For Baldwin/Welsh & Parker Insurance Agency in Wayland, Mass., the Web has become the firm's best source...

August 16, 2006

Five Ways To Lock Up E-mail

Smallbizpipeline writes - After the browser, your e-mail client is the most-used attack avenue for organized computer crooks, script kiddie...

August 16, 2006

Avanquest's New Small Business Check Writing Software Reduces Check Printing Costs With One-Step Printing From QuickBooks

Avanquest Software, a developer and publisher of business and consumer software announced the release of Checksoft Premier, a new upgrade...

August 16, 2006

GoDaddy.com Simplifies Podcasting

Podcasting allows individuals and businesses to create and distribute original audio programs via the Internet. Often formatted like a...

August 16, 2006

ThinPrint Pushes Email to Mobile Phones

ThinPrint has started Cortado, a direct push mail service based on Microsoft Exchange. Cortado gives users with Windows mobile devices...

August 16, 2006

CA and Radio Shack Reach SOHO Users

When cellular companies sell cell phones (what a tongue twister) via Radio Shack they are doing it as they know...

August 15, 2006

Social Media Press Releases: Should You Make Your Next Press Release One?

If you've issued press releases your was probably like every other press release out there. A one dimensional piece of...

August 15, 2006

Are Your Computers Unpatched: Hackers Will Find Them

If you are not actively ensuring that you are patching your software, especially core Windows software like your operating system...

August 15, 2006

Email Servers: No Windows. Less Money. More Features. More Stability?

I know that many corporations use Microsoft Exchange as their email server platform. However, I also know that it takes...

August 12, 2006

Lucion's FileCenter: File Management Has Never Been So Efficient, Powerful and Fun

My average day is spent doing 3 things on the computer a) using the web (blogging, reading web sites,...

August 12, 2006

From Sage: ACT! and CRM Sales Logix 2007

For Sage's ACT! and SalesLogix customers, Christmas will come on September 6 and 12 2006 respectively. That's when the latest...

August 12, 2006

Why You Shouldn't Crack Down (So Hard) When Employee's "Waste Time" Online. It Could Boost Your Business.

Inc Magazine tech columnist David Freedman, writes in the August 2006 edition of Inc Magazine (which is NOT available online...

August 12, 2006

How You Handle Your Email InBox: Tells About Your Personal Life and How Efficient Your Email Use Will Be

Jeffrey Zaslow writes in the 10 August 2006 issue of the Wall Street Journal, that how you handle your inbox...

August 11, 2006

Happy Birth Day PC!

IBM launched its PC in on August 12, 1981 and from then things have only been great for consumers and...

August 11, 2006

SAP Wants Inside Your Business (Your Small Business)

German software company SAP gets about 30% of it's business from small to medium sized businesses. Business Week reports, and...

August 10, 2006

Sprint's Investment in WiMax - Better Wireless Internet

WiFi is good, but WiMax (ideally speaking) is better. WiMax's signals can go farther (miles instead of feet) and faster...

August 10, 2006

AOL's Custom Email Domains... Maybe Now You Can Use AOL.

For years, I've always advocated that real businesses, those who want to show a professional image, should NOT use...

August 10, 2006

WiFi Info Bunny: Want One On Your Desk?

Sometimes technology is useless, sometimes technology is cute and sometimes technology is cute and "interesting". There's a new toy,...

August 9, 2006

Google Check Out A Winner with Online Merchants

Google recently launched a new online payment tool, Google Checkout, to help its AdWords customers more easily sell the...

August 9, 2006

Buy a PC at Circuit City and Get Free (30 day) Backup

This is more of a "business development" deal, that I normally do not write about. However, in this case I...

August 8, 2006

How You (web site, business card, print outs) LOOK Determines Sales

Over the past few weeks my notebook computer has been shutting off due to overheating. When it's not plugged in...

August 8, 2006

When a Podcast is NOT a Podcast

The Small Business Administration issued a press release that they've started a podcast on their web site. While at first...

August 8, 2006

Live Chat on Retail Web Sites is Growing

When you walk into any decent retail store - a clerk will often ask, "May I help you?" If you...

August 8, 2006

Computer Troubleshooters Moves Away from Homes to Small Businesses

ARNnet writes Computer Troubleshooters will increasingly shift away from servicing home users as the services outfit looks to follow market...

August 8, 2006

Intellext's Watson Gets an Upgrade

I covered Intellext's Watson here, as part of C3 Expo in 2005 and today wanted you to know that...

August 8, 2006

Successful CRM: How to do it right

DestinationCRM writes Failed CRM implementations aren't new; incompatibilities between people, processes, and technologies have always been a concern. But even...

August 8, 2006

Online Database for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Resources

Following the most active hurricane and natural disaster season in years, many businesses and organizations have felt the frustration of...

August 6, 2006

The Motorola Q: Small & Feature Rich

For the past month or so I've been using the Motorola Q from Verizon Wireless. I've also used the...

August 5, 2006

Local Search: I Told You, You Need A web site

If there's ONE reason you MUST have a web site, it's because the race to find LOCAL service providers is...

August 4, 2006

Wi-Fi Cards Expose Laptops to Hackers

I usually shy away from posting the tons and tons of security warnings that I see on a daily...

August 3, 2006

SingleFin - Why FREE hosted applications will work this time

I introduced you to Singlefin's free email protection service in this post. As a follow up, I spoke with...

August 3, 2006

Why Small Businesses Become Victims of Cyber Attacks

e-Based Security, LLC, a Web-based company specializing in computer system security solutions, today announced that it has posted its report...

August 2, 2006

Hosted (Online Applications) BlueTie's Got the Juice

In March 1999, David Koretz, founded BlueTie, which provides outsourced (hosted online) email and collaboration tools - or a...

August 2, 2006

Is Your Email Overloaded? Are Your Mailboxes Bulging? IBM has a solution

Since we've all been using email more and more these past several years are fax machines are getting a bit...

August 2, 2006

Want Contracts from Government and Bigger Businesses? Answer - Business Matchmaking

The reason small businesses are called small business is because they don't have the relaively LARGE resources of big businesses....

August 2, 2006

Mac or PC - which one is best for your business

There is a BIG debate in the world of computing over Mac or PC. Personally for business use, I...

August 2, 2006

Lexmark unveils new color laser family to give workgroups flexible color printing capabilities

No one really pays that much attention to a printer UNTIL something goes wrong. Yet printers are probably one of...

August 1, 2006

Seven Steps to Protect Your Business' Most Important Asset: Information

The National Federation of Independent Business is not what you think of when you think of technology, however, they DO...

August 1, 2006

Inside the Failure and Birth of An ECommerce Web Site

Small Business Computing has a VERY good article on how Laurie Solet who owns a woman's clothing store in Clayton,...

August 1, 2006

Stonesoft - When Your VPN MUST stay up

A virtual private network lets the server(s) in your office provide a secure connection to another computer via the...

August 1, 2006

Western Digital's NetCenter - Little Appliance that Goes a Long Way

Western Digital's NetCenter network drive is more than just a USB connected hard disk. It's a simple appliance that...

August 1, 2006

Web Site Analysis: Turn Clicks into Dollars (Big $)

Your web site has logs that tell you a lot of information about the traffic to your web site....

August 1, 2006

Faces of Small Business....Now You See Them

See the most updated list of "Faces of Small Business Media" here...

August 1, 2006

802.11N - Faster & Longer Range - WiFi from Linksys

Linksys has added to its 802.11N WiFi product line by adding a Wireless-N Access Point (WAP4400N), Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router...