Small Business Networks
The Small Business Guide to Big Business Email
published by 123Together on Jan 22, 2010
Today's economy is especially hard on small businesses. How does your small business keep revenue coming in when your customers are spending less? How do you attract new customers in a cost efficient manner? How do you protect your businesses' valuable information assets without making a huge technology investment?
The Essentials Series: Solving Network Problems Before They Occur
published by Ipswitch, Inc. on Dec 29, 2009
The goal of this Essentials Series has been to illustrate why effective monitoring and management is necessary for a healthy network. That need is the case irrespective of the size of your network.
Business Value of Virtualization: Realizing the Benefits of Integrated Solutions
published by HP StorageVirtualization on Nov 30, 2009
The use of static x86 server configurations is quickly becoming an outdated concept with the introduction of modern solutions based on blade architectures, which can offer both intelligent configuration and management and the ability to perform physical-to-virtual migration to promote uptime and efficient resource usage.
Confidence in a downturn: Growing revenue fast on an HP BladeSystem and HP LeftHand P4000 SAN
published by HP StorageVirtualization on Nov 25, 2009
Deploying a VMware environment on HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Servers with HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology and HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions, Gradwell maximizes uptime and minimizes costs to bring their customers an advantage in Internet telephony.
Is a Unified Threat Management solution right for you?
published by McAfee Inc on Nov 16, 2009
Today's small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and the remote branch offices of larger organizations face increasing Internet-borne security risks. This paper discusses integrated network security appliances that can help these organizations enhance their security easily and affordably.
True Convergence Demands a Communication Service Provider that Embraces a Customer- Centric Approach
published by Sprint on Oct 16, 2009
Reaching tight alignment with these objectives is not an easy task. Yet, we believe when a communication services provider integrates these customer-centric objectives into the design of its converged solution, its business customers will no longer ask if the solution will meet their objectives. Rather, the question becomes one of execution: how and when to move to a converged communication solution. converged solution. From these attributes, a framework to measure and compare providers' converged solutions emerges. We will conclude with a review of Sprint's approach to offering true convergence to business and government customers.
Checklist: Midmarket ERP Solutions
published by Focus ITWP on Oct 13, 2009
Learn how to control your rising business costs by choosing a midmarket ERP solution. Download your Research Briefing now.
New! HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault Small Business Information Technology Solution
published by HP StorageVirtualization on Oct 08, 2009
The HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault series (HP Data Vault) is designed for small businesses with up to 10 PC clients and Macs that need a simple way to protect valuable business data, share files with co-workers and connect remotely. The HP Data Vault provides a comprehensive storage, data protection and file sharing solution for small businesses with limited IT resources and budgets.
Videoconferencing Adoption by SMBs - The Next Big Thing
published by Polycom, Inc on Aug 25, 2009
As companies look for ways to survive during a tough economy, small and medium sized businesses are discovering the benefits of virtual collaboration through video conferencing.
Data Protection Solutions at Midsize Organizations
published by Trend Micro, Inc. on Aug 21, 2009
In January of 2008, a random sample of online technical newsletter subscribers at midsize companies (100-5,000 employees) received an email invitation to participate in a survey about data protection solutions use at their organizations. The goal of the survey was to identify sources of and/or reasons for information security breaches, and to better understand how businesses are planning to protect themselves against data leaks. The following report presents top line results of the study.
Infoblox Integrated IP Address Management Solution
published by Infoblox on Feb 03, 2009
IP address management (IPAM) provides the ability to effectively manage, control, monitor, and assign the IP address space within a company. An IPAM solution reduces operations costs and improves network uptime by minimizing administrative effort and network downtime.
The Costs and Impacts of DNS and IP Address Management (IPAM) for the Enterprise and SMB
published by Infoblox on Nov 11, 2008
In August 2008, Computerworld invited IT and business leaders to participate in a core network services survey, that included specific questions about their DNS infrastructures and the costs of IP address management. The survey was fielded via targeted broadcasts to Computerworld customers, as well as through an invitation on Computerworld.com. The survey was commissioned by Infoblox, but the data was gathered and tabulated independently by Computerworld Research. The following report represents top-line results of that survey.
Comparing Deduplication Approaches: Technology Considerations for Enterprise Environments
published by SEPATON on Jun 23, 2008
Deduplication is becoming an essential tool to help data center managers control exponential data growth in the backup environment. The methods used to accomplish deduplication vary widely as do the levels of capacity optimization they can provide. Some techniques are well suited to small-to-medium sized backup environments, while others are optimized for larger enterprises. This report describes the various techniques used today to deduplicate data and highlights unique deduplication considerations for enterprise environments.
Why Choose BladeS over HPc3000?
published by IBM on Mar 17, 2008
Clients setting up smaller offices want to invest in the same type of technology as their larger competitors. Larger clients setting up remote branches need compute power not only at their head office, but also at distributed locations where key decisions that impact the local operation are made.This white paper compares the IBM BladeCenter S offering to the HP c3000 offering and articulates why IBM BladeCenter S is the best choice for small blade chassis platforms.
Building a Threat Model for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
published by ESET on Feb 01, 2008
It is important for businesses to have a plan in place that addresses the changing threat landscape. This podcast discusses various items for businesses to consider when developing an IT threat model.
Virtualization: Not Just for Big Business
published by VMware Dell on Jan 31, 2008
A virtualized data center is a more nimble, responsive, and efficient data center. This report discusses the trend towards x86 virtualization and customer benefits, and examines how (in defiance of conventional wisdom) SMB customers have been embracing – and benefiting from – x86 virtualization at about the same rate as larger enterprises.
How an Integrated Software Solution Can Grow Your Business
published by Everest Software on Jan 11, 2008
This white paper examines how small and medium sized business can grow their businesses by streamlining their processes, creating employee empowerment, reducing IT costs, increasing productivity and improving their customers experience by implementing an integrated, real-time software solution.
Personalized Gift Provider Relies on Everest Software to Manage Inventory and Support Growth
published by Everest Software on Jan 11, 2008
After maxing out on Quickbooks, Gunther Gifts needed a software solution that could support their growth and enable complete integration across inventory, accounting, purchasing and sales. Download this paper to read about their results.
Questions to Ask When Choosing a Customer Relationship Management Solution
published by Vendor Guru on Dec 21, 2007
Small and medium businesses (SMBs) continue to fuel demand for customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and more software firms are stepping up to offer appropriate technologies. SMBs, defined as companies with 1,000 or fewer employees, are searching for CRM solutions that will allow them to satisfy customers, control costs, and comply with various government regulations. But when choosing CRM software, it’s important to keep in mind that the needs of small and medium businesses aren’t always the same.
CRM Solutions: What A Small Business Should Look For
published by Vendor Guru on Dec 21, 2007
In a 2006 survey conducted by CRMGuru, 50% of the respondents indicate that they base their satisfaction with a company on the sum of "interactions with a brand's products, services, and people." How does your company measure up? You have an excellent product, your customer service department is highly responsive, and your personnel have received extensive training.
The Fast Track to Service Management Success: Software-as-a-Service
published by WebEx on Dec 14, 2007
With the growing array of hardware, software, and systems necessary to support businesses, today more than ever, software-as-a-service or on-demand solutions offer feature-rich, real-time functionality without the burden associated with deploying, managing and supporting an in-house approach. See if it’s right for you.
SMB Buyer's Guide to VoIP
published by mindSHIFT on Nov 29, 2007
What are the key selection criteria to consider when your small or medium-sized business is evaluating VoIP?
5 Steps for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses to Successfully Leverage Managed IT Services
published by mindSHIFT on Nov 29, 2007
To successfully adopt managed IT services to meet your business objectives, small- and medium-sized organizations (SMBs) should follow five straightforward steps.
The Future Sales Force - A Consultative Approach
published by Microsoft Dynamics on Apr 13, 2007
If your company uses a contact management or customer relationship management (CRM system), you need to ask one additional key question. Does your CRM or contact management system tie your consultative sales, ROI analysis and proposal production process together?
Oracle SOA Suite 11g
published by Oracle Corp. on Feb 26, 2010
Over the years, the tools to implement SOA have become more and more capable, sometimes at the price of complexity. In this new release of SOA Suite (11g), Oracle continues to emphasize on simplification of the development, management and monitoring of service-oriented architectures, while delivering the extreme performance & scalability required for mission-critical environments.
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