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 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 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 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 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]
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]
The risk that Social CRM will exclude small businesses
Blog The CRM 2.0 train is gaining steam, but most of its first uses are of little relevance to small businesses. I understand these benefits, but I just don't believe many small businesses find conversations being had about their company or products...
[July 15, 2009, 9:33]
IT Consultants: Today's Technology Gatekeepers for Small Businesses
White Papers DDC) provides network consulting, turnkey network solutions and administrative support to Small- and Medium-size Businesses (SMBs) throughout southern Colorado. With limited resources and technology expertise, it's not surprising that the best...
[May 24, 2007, 1:00]
Seagate gives small businesses some Armor
News Seagate has announced the latest in its range of BlackArmor network-attached storage products, which are aimed at small businesses looking for data-backup protection. The new products were unveiled on Tuesday.
[March 25, 2009, 11:31]
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]
Super Micro targets server at small businesses
News The San Jose-based company joins the ranks of hardware makers Dell, IBM and HP, which, in recent years, have made similar moves to broaden their focus to include smaller businesses. Other recent SME-orientated product launches include HP's...
[December 15, 2008, 15:05]
Microsoft and Intuit wrestle for small businesses
News Small Business Manager's target audience -- businesses with less than 25 employees and no more than $5m in revenue -- is the QuickBooks audience. But Great Plains says it doesn't expect to displace QuickBooks among most small businesses -- just to...
[November 19, 2001, 14:13]
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]
Check Point targets small businesses
News Israeli security-software company Check Point Software Technologies will announce on Tuesday an initiative focused on introducing small businesses and home offices to its firewall and virtual-private-networking software, in use at many large...
[January 29, 2002, 15:05]
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]
The risk that Social CRM will exclude small businesses
Blog Comment The REAL main reason that SMEs get ignored is not the revenue opportunity -- there are 4.5 million small businesses in the UK alone, which presents a massive for SME focused solutions -- but the cost of reaching them seriously eroding margins.
[July 15, 2009, 8:32]
Linux sees big potential in small businesses
News Linux is expected to make steady gains over the next few years on the desktop PCs of small businesses, according to a new report. Three percent to 5 percent of small businesses surveyed expect to have the majority of their PCs running Linux within...
[September 21, 2004, 11:05]



