Archive: January 2007

January 31, 2007

Simple and Vital nsight from Tim Berry: Americas Business Plan Guru

Sometimes it's the simple things in life that we forget about, but that are most important for our business...

January 31, 2007

Windows Beast-a

Guest Column - Lena West, xynoMedia - I'd love to meet whomever is in charge of product releases over at...

January 30, 2007

Using Social Networks: Leaving the Hype To Build Your Business

Social Networking is simply exploding in media attention and actual use - by some users. The founder of Second Life...

January 30, 2007

Banks and Online Banking: Just as Bad as Many Are In Their Retail Stores

Banks are doing more and more online, but unfortunately they, like so many other companies are not making the experience...

January 30, 2007

Crying Wolf About VOIP Security

I've been reading a lot of reports about VOIP security and wanted to know if it was hype or...

January 30, 2007

Linked In: Does it Work or Not?

Some people swear by LinkedIn, others, like myself, don't think it's all its cracked up to be. John Jantsch...

January 30, 2007

Symantec Buys Altiris

Maybe the news is not big to you, but in the world of PC Management, it's big news. Altiris is...

January 30, 2007

Why blog for your small business?
Guest Column from Feedblitz Founder

Feedblitz is a blogging service that enables bloggers to have their posts emailed to readers. I asked Phil Hollows,...

January 29, 2007

60 Minutes Gets It With Geeks. Is Mac the solution?

I was driving in my car Sunday night, near the Holland Tunnel in NJ and what do I hear? A...

January 26, 2007

Web 2.0 is NOT Hype. It IS for your business.

I was at a meeting yesterday hosted by the New York: Media Information Exchange Group, founded by Bill Sobel,...

January 26, 2007

The World of Skype for Business

Skype started out as a free tool for consumers to use to call friends and family all over the...

January 26, 2007

Your Printer: It's Not Dumb. It's A Potential Security Hole

Stop reading this and have a look at your printer. Go ahead - have a look. When you look at...

January 25, 2007

Half of Small Business Still Don't Have Web Sites

The Kelsey Group has done research which shows that out of 25 million small businesses - 46% do not have...

January 25, 2007

Network of Executive Women - A Brand NEW Day

Posted by Lena L. West, Creator of The Technology Diet Last night, I attended a networking reception hosted by The...

January 25, 2007

Lenovo: Great Support

Last August, after extensive review I purchased a Lenovo 3000 N100 notebook. Great price for the features. Recently two...

January 24, 2007

Does SAP Really Want Smaller Businesses?

SAP has for several years had SAP Business One, which is its solution for the Small Business Market. With...

January 24, 2007

Respecting Technology

Posted by Lena L. West, Creator of The Technology Diet I'm about to go off on a tangent just...

January 24, 2007

Super-Server: The True Worry Free Computing Experience

I recently sat down with Frank Butler, President and CEO of Super-Server who showed me something that was pretty amazing....

January 24, 2007

Homestead.com CEO Will Declare That 'Your Small Business is Dead,' During Keynote Address at Small Business Summit 2007

Homestead.com press release Justin Kitch, founder and CEO of Homestead.com, a company providing website creation software, ecommerce and online...

January 24, 2007

Is Your Perimeter Secure? Get a Free Scan.

Knowing how secure your network is and knowing the vulnerabilities it has and does not have is vital to...

January 24, 2007

Making Your Firewall More Secure

Your firewall is one of the most important security devices (hardware or software) on your computer and computer network. Without...

January 23, 2007

Dell as Your Trusted Advisor: Your Local IT Gal or Dell?

Last week I was speaking with Tom West, Dell's Director of Small Business Marketing and one of the things he...

January 22, 2007

Windows Vista: It's about if you need a computer not Vista

Retailers will be hoping to get a good number of you into their stores on the eve and days following...

January 22, 2007

St. Bernard's LivePrism - Email, Chat and Web Filtering

Today St. Bernard Software launche their LivePrism service, a hosted solution for email protection, instant message content filtering, and web...

January 22, 2007

It's Getting Easier to Run Windows on a Mac

Right now you can install a Windows operating system and Windows software on a Mac computer. The problem is that...

January 21, 2007

IBM: Bringing Social Networking to Corporations

Using a myriad of software your company can benefit from social networking. Much of the software is freely available or...

January 21, 2007

Is Paid Search Still Viable for Smaller Companies?

Business Week wrote an article about how smaller businesses are being priced out of the cost per click market. Since...

January 20, 2007

Using Mash Up Search Engines

I'm sure you're well acquainted with Ask.com, Google, MSN These are web sites that take data from traditional web sites...

January 20, 2007

Is This Picture Really Face to Face

When you look at this picture, it looks pretty good. A conference table with people sitting around it. Of...

January 20, 2007

Cable or DSL: Sit Back and Watch the Fight

Cable providers are fighting for YOUR business. It's great because you will hopefully get lower and lower prices (from them...

January 20, 2007

Making Podcasting Easy with Podomatic

Recording a podcast is hard enough. You've got to get a good micrphone, quiet room (if possible) and the...

January 20, 2007

Is Mobile Productivity Fact or Fiction?

In a study about small business and mobile productivity AMI Partners analyst Avinash Arun says that there is a gap...

January 20, 2007

New Storage Solutions from IBM

Last week IBM introduced their System Storage DS3000 which is a direct-attached storage system giving smaller business increased storage...

January 20, 2007

Business Email Culture: Manage it or Watch Your Profits Slide Away

I'm sure most of you are flooded by email. Some of you have nice and tidy email inboxes but...

January 20, 2007

Being Safe Online with Patch Management

Over the past few days I've been hammered with a lot of information on security announcements from technology vendors. Could...

January 19, 2007

Busines Podcasting Expo 2007

Tonight I'm hosting a "virtual seminar" for the Business Podcasting Expo 2007. The Business Podcasting Expo 2007 is operated by...

January 18, 2007

Locked Down Windows Vista

If you want to be VERY secure in your computing experience, Windows Vista, coming out to consumers at the end...

January 17, 2007

Just When You've Hit Your Stride...

Posted by Lena L. West, Creator of The Technology Diet In selecting my speaking topic for PodcampNYC in April, I...

January 17, 2007

Top Computer Problems (with solutions) from Rescuecom

IT Support company Rescuecom has a bird's eye view of IT problems. It received 5,000 support calls in 2006. Problems...

January 17, 2007

Dell 360 - Tech Content from an IT Expert & Vendor

Yesterday Dell launched Small Business 360, an online resource for small businesses seeking products and services, industry information and...

January 17, 2007

Economic Impact of Windows Vista in NYC and NJ - Good news for IT pros

For IT consultants in NYC and NJ, IDC is reporting that Windows Vista is going to bring economic enrichment to...

January 15, 2007

LinkedIn's Got Answers

Sometimes you have a question and just don't know who to turn to or where to turn. I turn...

January 15, 2007

Circuit City's Growth follows Starbucks

I was in Washington, DC a few weeks ago and like New York, just about every few feet (or...

January 15, 2007

Taking Advantage of FREE (Microsoft Based) Software

There's a growing shift where smaller companies are offering their software for FREE. No, this is not the traditionally...

January 15, 2007

Looking at Wiki's and Collaboration

I'm a firm believer in looking at larger companies as a guide of sorts for smaller businesses - to a...

January 15, 2007

Retailers: What does Microsoft Have for You? (updated)

I bet that just about every day you walk into a retail store and interact with their cashier while...

January 13, 2007

When Your Key Vendor Fails

I've been reading with sadness about the demise of a well known NY based managed service provider (MSP) providing outsourced...

January 13, 2007

Email Problems Solved - Big Problem. Easy Solution.

For several months I've had problems with email in two ways 1) email sent to my email account was not...

January 11, 2007

Verizon Wireless Broadband - Keeps Getting Better

For the past several months I've been using Verizon Wireless mobile broadband and I'm very impressed. It's early in the...

January 11, 2007

Microsoft Outlook Your Hidden CRM-light Gem

Sometimes it surprises me how slow I am to know the hidden gems in technology. However, I'm comforted that I'm...

January 11, 2007

Small Business Summit 2007 Launches!

I'm excited to inform you that Small Business Summit 2007 will launch in NYC on 13 February 2007 at the...

January 10, 2007

Sew What? Technology, That's What!

Posted by Lena L. West, Creator of The Technology Diet Dell & NFIB are accepting applications for their Excellence Awards....

January 10, 2007

Backwards Web Site Design

If you are serious about building a great web site, don't bother starting with a web design program, you've...

January 10, 2007

Getting More from the Tools (like ERP) You Have

The problem of not maximizing technology is not something that small businesses have a lock on. Larger businesses, all...

January 8, 2007

File Maker Integrates with Microsoft Office

File Maker Pro is one of the easiest and most feature rich databases on the market. Unfortunately if you...

January 8, 2007

Seagate Free Agent - Way Beyond Storage (Looks & Features)

Today, hard disk manufacturer Seagate is launching a new line of storage products and services - Free Agent. It's...

January 8, 2007

Wireless Broadband from OQO

Just about every notebook computer you buy, you can opt to have wireless broadband from Sprint, AT&T or Verizon built...

January 5, 2007

"Only...." - Run Away from Those Words in a Sales Pitch

For the 2nd time in a few days I've received a press release touting how a company is offering...

January 5, 2007

Big Storage Solutions for Small Budgets

If your world is just web surfing and a few emails throughout the day, network storage is probably not...

January 5, 2007

The History of Microsoft Word

Although I'd love to see more ink for Corel's Word Perfect or some other brand of word processor, Microsoft Office's...

January 5, 2007

With Virtual Drive, CD's & DVD's Can Live on the Network

If you have a CD and need the content to be used by more than one user, your options of...

January 4, 2007

How Click 2 Call Works for Jenny Craig

Jenny Craig's all about helping people lose weight and look better through Jenny Craig's weight loss program. Marketing Sherpa...

January 3, 2007

How About the Sometimes-On Organization?

Lena West, xynoMedia A recent issue of Microsoft's Momentum newsletter touts the benefits of the 'always-on organization'. You know...wi-fi,...

January 3, 2007

When Web Site "Help" Goes Too Far

The Wall Street Journal writes that sometimes online retailers go too far in trying to help customers shop online....

January 3, 2007

Turning Scattered Email and Faxes into a Database or More - Learning from Google's New Hiring Process

Google recently put together a massive questionnaire to help it better find new employees for its massive growth amongst the...

January 3, 2007

Wal-Mart: Using Technology to Schedule Employees - What can you learn?

Instead of determining employee hours by sales promotions and weekly sales figures Wal-Mart managers will use software that measures...

January 2, 2007

BenQ Mobile - Goes Out of Business

BenQ Mobile will shut down today. The IHT reports that The German mobile phone unit that the Taiwan company...

January 2, 2007

Paying to Turn Your Car into a WiFi Hot Spot. Smart or Dumb Idea?

Autonet Mobile is going to work with Avis to turn your rented car into a WiFi hotspot so you can...

January 2, 2007

Buying A Refurbished Computer - the Pros and Cons

Some people buy a refurbished computer to save money. This is not a bad idea, but with computer prices going...

January 2, 2007

Wall Street Journal's New Design (What you can learn)

I just received the first 2007 issue of the Wall Street Journal and I really like it a lot....