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Small businesses 'risk missing opportunities of broadband'
News One of the leading players in the UK's business sector has warned that small businesses are in grave danger of wasting the opportunity given to them by the rapid growth in broadband availability in the UK.
[November 21, 2005, 14:45]
Small businesses oppose software patents
News Three organisations representing about two million small and medium-sized European businesses have condemned proposed legislation on computer-related patents, saying its adoption would lead to the loss of thousands of jobs and a serious decline in...
[September 19, 2003, 13:50]
Small businesses hit by Microsoft flaw
News A new glitch in one of Microsoft's server software packages is causing headaches for some small businesses. Most large businesses that use SharePoint do so in conjunction with SQL Server, and those installations are not affected, Microsoft said.
[December 3, 2003, 9:25]
Small businesses missing the blogging boat
News Small businesses need to make more use of blogs to drive traffic to their Web site, according to a study by Web hosting company Fasthosts. Fasthosts chief executive officer Andrew Michael suggested on Thursday that blogs were "a fantastic way for...
[September 28, 2006, 11:45]
Small Brazilian Businesses Get Big Help With Affordable Software + Services Solution
White Papers SupplySystems recognized a need to serve the millions of individual entrepreneurs and small businesses that could not afford access to a national database that identifies high-risk customers. SupplySystems built Consulta Movel, an affordable...
[November 8, 2008, 0:01]
Small and Medium Businesses: The Threat Landscape and the Plan of Action
White Papers Threats faced by Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) are many and multi-dimensional. As aspiring firms trying to make it big in the cut-throat competition out there, it's imperative that mid-sized businesses recognize the importance of safeguarding...
[March 12, 2008, 0:01]
Businesses targeted by small botnets
News Based upon Damballa's observations of some 600 different botnets encountered and examined within global enterprise businesses over three months, we found that botnets [with fewer than 100 bots] account for 57 percent of all botnets," Ollmann said.
[September 30, 2009, 17:27]
Small businesses a safer haven for IT jobs
Blog A significantly higher percentage of large businesses said they planned to let go of staff, compared with SMEs. But it looks like techies might be better off at a small or medium-sized business than a large enterprise, going by recent research by...
[August 20, 2009, 14:37]
Small businesses get cheaper Wi-Fi kit
News BTopenworld announced on Monday that it was slashing the cost of the Wi-Fi that it sells to small and medium-sized businesses. The Internet Service Provider has reduced the prices of its wireless networking equipment, which is based on the 802.11b...
[July 30, 2002, 15:46]
Information Security for Small Businesses
White Papers New technology allows small businesses to use many of the same information systems employed by large enterprises. In doing so small businesses open themselves up to many threats that were traditionally associated with large corporations.
[April 17, 2006, 1:01]
Storage maker targets small businesses
News The processor, systems and software vendor LSI Logic has launched a storage sub-system aimed at small businesses. The launch of the Engenio 1333 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) system is aimed primarily at SMBs which, like many manufacturers, LSI sees...
[December 6, 2006, 15:48]
EU taskforce 'not representing' small businesses
News The Confédération Européene des Associations de Petites et Moyenne Entreprises (CEA-PME), an umbrella organisation the represents small firms, said that the inclusion in the Task-Force of the UEAPME, another SME association, was merely a sop to...
[July 5, 2006, 15:00]
Can small businesses rely on VoIP?
News Indeed, many experts agree that it's risky for small businesses to rely too heavily on services that use VoIP technology that leverages the public internet. Small businesses, however, should find it a very useful tool that complements their...
[August 24, 2007, 9:40]
BT offers SDSL broadband direct to small businesses
News BT has launched a symmetrical broadband service aimed at small businesses who need upload speeds as fast as their download speeds -- a feature usually associated with expensive leased-line connections.
[January 19, 2004, 12:25]
IBM and HP target small businesses
News IBM is to target small businesses with per-user pricing on its iSeries solutions. While most small-business users who are new to IBM will be looking at the pSeries of Unix and Linux servers, the iSeries is IBM's workhorse system for small and...
[April 12, 2007, 13:18]
Microsoft accounts for small businesses
News Microsoft released on Monday free business-management software aimed at either the smallest of small businesses or at painfully late adopters. Microsoft recommends that small businesses "with more-complex needs, such as inventory management...
[October 31, 2006, 16:12]
Integrated Communication Solutions for Small Businesses
White Papers Perceiva integrates communications infrastructures for small businesses. Like most small businesses, they have minimal IT infrastructure and were storing all of their data on their workstations and sharing files through email.
[January 21, 2009, 0:00]
SAP takes aim at small businesses
News A new customer services unit, dubbed Global Custom Development Services, will help businesses get in touch with SAP developers and partners for specific projects. Hewlett-Packard will distribute SAP's business software to small and medium-sized...
[September 4, 2002, 14:44]
VISA helps Facebook to woo small businesses
Blog Interesting news this week that VISA has signed a deal with Facebook to offer services to small businesses on the latter's social network. A quick search amongst UK members shows that only about 28,000 of the 8 million on Facebook mention "business...
[June 25, 2008, 13:02]
Podcast: 10 Things Small Businesses Must do to Protect & Secure Data
White Papers Small business owners and IT personnel agree that securing and backup up their data is critical - yet why are so many businesses falling short? Donna Childs, author and small business consultant provides guidelines so small businesses can take the...
[July 1, 2009, 11:53]
