Lauren Simonds

The latest buzzword in technology today is “green,” which is basic shorthand for products, services and strategies designed to reduce the harmful impact we humans have on the environment. Incorporating green technology into your business can save you money, and it may even help you feel better about yourself, but what, exactly, does “green” look […]

Windows Vista has certainly taken its lumps since Microsoft released the operating system in January 2007. Criticisms have included complex hardware requirements, slow performance, licensing restrictions and compatibility issues with both software applications and hardware when transitioning from Windows XP to Vista. Concerned about these issues, many small business owners adopted a wait-and-see attitude and […]

If you’re ready to take your company wireless, or if you’re looking to expand the network you already have in place, you might consider looking at the latest offerings from 3Com. The new additions include the major components of a wireless network: access points, routers and adapters that are all based on draft 2.0 of […]

The biggest threat to your company’s network security isn’t some mysterious hacker crafting digital attacks from halfway around the world. Nope. It’s Dan in sales or Michelle in accounts receivable. Employees are by far the most common, if inadvertent, conduits malware takes to breach security defenses and wreak havoc on your network. Chris Winn, strategic […]

Social networking has moved rapidly from teen-centric sites such as MySpace into the realm of business with career-networking sites like LinkedIn. Now the trend is picking up speed in the world of small business with sites like Moli.com. This self-described social media/social commerce site has launched the Moli Small Business Center, which it said is […]

If the age-old adage “time is money” holds any truth for you and your small business, then you might be interested in AT&T’s latest high-speed Internet service, AT&T U-Verse for Business. The new service offers small businesses download speeds of up to 10 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 1.5 Mbps. Burt Winter, AT&T’s […]

Egnyte, a startup based in Mountain View, Calif., has launched a service – the Egnyte On Demand File Server – that the company claims addresses “the three most common technology challenges facing every small business: data storage, information sharing and computer backup.” According to Vineet Jain, Egnyte’s co-founder and CEO, the on-demand file server lets […]

All the talk about lost data, e-mail scams, computer viruses and stolen identities can be overwhelming enough to turn a small business owner into the proverbial ostrich – head planted firmly in sand. But small-budget small businesses are held just as legally accountable as the big-budget enterprises when it comes to customer data loss and […]

OK, so you might not save the entire world simply by outsourcing, but by using Serebra Connect, an online outsourcing platform, you can auction tasks to skilled freelancers in developing nations – and make a huge difference in their lives. What’s in it for you? Substantial savings – which makes a huge difference in your […]

Stepping into the burgeoning ranks of online backup services such as Carbonite, EMC’s Mozy and Dell’s DataSafe, HP has announced Upline, an online data storage service that the company says provides secure backup, file sharing and remote access capabilities from any Internet connection. Like other online data backup, the Upline service stores data in a […]