Archive: September 2006

September 29, 2006

Technical Support Round Up

Beyond your local, independent computer consultant there are MANY companies providing a wide range of support services for smaller businesses....

September 28, 2006

Dell's FREE Recycling Program. Don't Throw Computers in the Garbage

Maybe you bought 12 computers 6 years ago and recently bought 8 more to replace some of them. This...

September 28, 2006

Online Retailer CDW 's Recent Consulting Expansion and What Is Means to You

CDW is one of (if not the) the largest leaders of selling computer products (hardware, software, networking) via telephone,...

September 28, 2006

Choosing the Right Domain Name

In "10 Web Site Musts" one of the points I make is the VITAL importance of web site domain...

September 27, 2006

CA - $6,500 Anti-virus Guarantee

Buying and installing an anti-virus program is easy. However, today CA (Computer Associates) announces that it's providing a $6,500...

September 27, 2006

How Hackers (and others) can Hack Your Site with Google

From David Strom - Allow me to show you how to hack into your own Web site. You don't need...

September 27, 2006

Dell: Do It Yourself Server Management and Installation.No consultant needed

Buying a server is not that hard - on one hand. You analyze the basic specs (hard disk (type...

September 27, 2006

PodCast: What You are Missing Out On: FEEDING your (and your customer's) brains!

Until last week, I had always though that a podcast was synonymous with an Ipod or some other portable...

September 26, 2006

Sucky Web Site Design? Sucky Web Site Traffic.

Really, I'm sorry to write such a seemingly boring topic, but if you have a badly designed web site you...

September 26, 2006

How to Get Attention for your Business

Getting attention for your small business in the major media is NOT easy, but it's not rocket science and it's...

September 26, 2006

2 Way TXT Messaging From the Web - Mobile Communication on a Budget

The nice thing about text messaging as opposed to a direct cell phone call is that you can send information...

September 25, 2006

Quickbooks 2007: It's all about better ease of use and extended features

Today Intuit launches the latest version of its popular small business financial and business management product, QuickBooks 2007. Sometimes...

September 25, 2006

Cell Phone Camera? Scan Business Cards with It

I've owned a CardScan business card scanner for many years. It works quite well and when you finish a...

September 25, 2006

Using AOL's free 5GB of Storage for your Small Business

eWeek reports that AOL is going to offer 5GB of free storage via its Xdrive service. Although this service...

September 25, 2006

Online Advertising is Great. FRAUD is bad.

Online advertising is wonderful. You can select more precisely what audience you want to reach (more than radio or TV)....

September 24, 2006

Xerox 4150 WorkCentre - As your business grows its grows with you

The copying, printing, scanning and faxing aspects of your business, satellite office or workgroup within a larger business are...

September 22, 2006

Cash Registers - What You Need and What You Don't in a Point of Sale System

Did you know that there are millions of businesses who use a cash register? Did you know that many of...

September 22, 2006

All About Broadband Wireless

I've been using Verizon Wireless broadband PC Card for some months now and it has dramatically enhanced my productivity. I...

September 21, 2006

Cabinet Manufacturer Goes with Digital Cabinets

I recently posted about HP's new scanning solution and how appropriate that Cabinet NG has announced that one of their...

September 21, 2006

Duplex Color Scanning and More from HP

Although we'd like to think that email has removed the scanner from the office it hasn't. Maybe YOUR company...

September 21, 2006

Trend Micro Internet Security Suite - Packed Full of Features

When you are looking for a software product to secure your computer from viruses and other malicious human and...

September 21, 2006

Collaboration from EMC Insignia's eRoom

One of the most important things you can do to ensure your business fails, is not efficient, wastes time...

September 21, 2006

Can the Smart Phone Replace the Laptop?

I wrote about this very topic for Small Business Resources and my answer is that YES it can happen...

September 21, 2006

Looking for a Better Online Database? Check out Caspio

Online database company Caspio has been around since 2000, so compared to many online companies it's a mature company....

September 21, 2006

Comparing Office Live and Google Apps for Domain

Microsoft's Office Live and Google's Apps for Domains offer a variety of hosted solutions designed for smaller businesses and...

September 20, 2006

Starving for more data storage? Starve No More with HP's All-in-One Storage System

You have probably heard a lot about backup and storage - many times in one breath. However, these issues,...

September 20, 2006

Windows Vista - Continuing the Drive of 3rd Party Applications

One (of many) reasons to get Windows Vista - either on a new computer you buy or as an upgrade...

September 20, 2006

10 Technology Strategy That Make a Difference in Business

There's a lot of technology you can use in your business, but what's most interesting is to see what technologies...

September 20, 2006

Microsoft's Mouse - 4 in One

If you do a lot of presentations you might find yourself using a mouse, digital slide "clicker" and digital...

September 18, 2006

Adobe Makes PDF Viewing Better

I use Adobe PDF reader several times a day to read PDF documents. I personally don't see a problem...

September 18, 2006

Google and Intuit: What It Means for YOUR Business. What it means for the industry.

+ Wow...there are many simple business development deals that happen in the world of technology. Google of late is...

September 18, 2006

SingleFin - More Hosted Apps for Smaller Businesses

I wrote about Singlefine's email hosting here and also posted an interview with their CEO here. Today I'm letting you...

September 17, 2006

HP: New Computers, Suite of Products, Management Platform for small businesses

Similar to car manufacturers, PC vendors refresh their product lines on a regular basis. These refreshments should NOT be...

September 17, 2006

Track Your Vehicle(s) and Get Satellite Photos

If you are in the business of transportation or in any other business where its important that you know the...

September 17, 2006

Cellular Modem: The Only Solution for True Mobility

For the last several months I've been using a Verizon Wireless broadband card and I love it. It's really...

September 17, 2006

Computer Crashed? How NOT to Panic.

I'm doing quite well with my new Lenovo the "only" problem is that my dial-up connections are not working...

September 17, 2006

Competition Moving In? Use the Post Office

Yeah I know most of what I write is 100% technology focused. But I couldn't go by without telling...

September 17, 2006

Do More With Adobe Applications

If you are building web sites with Adobe (formerly Macromedia) applications you are already on the road of powerful...

September 17, 2006

Service Desktop - Software for IT Service Providers and Freelancers

As an IT person your software needs are the same as other businesses, but since you are a service...

September 17, 2006

Microsoft Office Live Users Get Better Email

Those users who started with Microsoft Office Live will be migrated over to the new Windows Live Mail technology...

September 15, 2006

Fighting Insider Threats: Employees, Contractors, etc

Keeping a watchful eye on your network agains intruders that you don't know is a full time job. What's...

September 14, 2006

Innovation In Queens (NYC) with Donald Trump's apprentice

(Randal Pinkett) Yesterday I moderated the "Innovation in Queens" forum, hosted by Ian Jackson of Inspired Professionals. The event...

September 13, 2006

Photo Editing with Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI

When Corel announces something, I think of two things: Low Price and Feature Rich. Wtih the the launch of...

September 12, 2006

'Net Phone Service from Covad

The AP writes that's today Covad is announcing a new Internet based phone service. There's many choices you have...

September 12, 2006

Meeting Online? Go Beyond the Meeting - Manage, Distribute the Content

Having an online meeting is good - often times necessary. You need to communicate with people who you might...

September 12, 2006

Free Business Tools That MANY of You Just Don't Know About

There is a lot of software that smaller businesses can use but not spend a lot of money buying...

September 12, 2006

"Citizen Journalism" and Your Business

Getting the ear of a reporter in the NY Times is good. Getting an article about your business in...

September 12, 2006

Windows Live: Which Search Engine Will You Use

Why did you start using Google's search engine? Probably like me you heard about it from friends (I used...

September 12, 2006

Small Business Server: 10 Things To Know

Microsoft's Small Business Server is the leading server software for small businesses. It's got a lot of features at a...

September 9, 2006

What If You Paid for IT Like Electricity or Water?

Paying for some parts of your technology service like a utility is not new. There are many companies that provide...

September 9, 2006

Constant Contact's Email Marketing Community: Learn from Others.

Constant Contact, based only on my observations, is one of the biggest email marketing service companies for small businesses. It's...

September 9, 2006

Why Should You Have a Toll Free Number

99.9% of the technology I share with you is 100% related to "computer" related small business technology, however, once...

September 9, 2006

SMB Nations 2006 - Seattle, Washington

SMB Nation is off to a great start. It started on Friday but I was only able to start...

September 7, 2006

HP, $ and Small Businesses

Yesterday, HP announced an array of new financing options to help small businesses purchase the technology they need, while...

September 7, 2006

Credit Learning Center: Be Informed

Although I'm more from the "Dave Ramsey School of No Debt" I thought a new site, the Credit Learning...

September 7, 2006

What's Replacing Microsoft Front Page?

Microsoft Frontpage has been used by millions(?) of small business to build their web sites. I use it for...

September 6, 2006

Are You Afraid of Technology When it Comes to Payroll

I will be the FIRST one to raise my hand and acknowledge that technology is not perfect. I suppose...

September 5, 2006

Going Online Finally? Take it a step at a time. There's plenty of help.

For those of you, like me, who don't swim a lot, first getting into a pool - even on...

September 5, 2006

Microsoft Office Accounting 2007 and eBay

I know that eBay is popular but sometimes it's hard to know how popular something is. Just yesterday evening...

September 3, 2006

Sent an Email In Error: Don't Ignore It

We've all sent email that we didn't mean to send or regret sending. That email yelling at a colleague...

September 3, 2006

What To Do When The 'Net Challenges Your Livelihood

A few years ago the Internet forced many travel agents to go out of business. Why? Thanks to the...

September 1, 2006

Be Careful: No More PC Card (soon) - it's "Express Card" Time.

PC Cards have been with us for years and are the way notebook computer users add devices to their notebooks...

September 1, 2006

GoToWebinar - Unlimited, On Demand Webinars (Updated)

Updated: Citrix has officially launched GoToWebinar this week and the cost is $99/month. This flat-fee pricing allows an organizer to...

September 1, 2006

Smart or Dumb Data Management
When You Back Up Your Data, Do You Think About it?

Backing up data, storing data and moving data, sound like simple things. You just do it. But if you have...

September 1, 2006

To VOIP In House or "Out" of the House - that's the Question

Most of us would agree that VOIP is a good thing. You save money, you have more features, you...