SMB Spotlight: Content Management for Midmarket Businesses

March 14th, 2013

Laurie McCabe: Hi, this is Laurie McCabe, Co-Founder of SMB Group.  Today in SMB Spotlight, we’re talking with Jeff Cram, co-founder of ISITE Design, which is a digital agency that focuses on web content management.  Jeff and the company also … Continue reading

Dell’s Boston Think Tank: Big Ideas for Small Business

March 7th, 2013

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to participate in Dell’s Boston Think Tank for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses (#smallbizboston) at the Cambridge Innovation Center. Dell billed the session as a chance for business owners, startups and others to come … Continue reading

Sage Streamlining Takes a Major Turn With the Sale of ACT! and SalesLogix

February 19th, 2013

Last week, The Sage Group announced that it is selling its Sage Act! contact manager and SalesLogix CRM to Swiftpage. Swiftpage is a U.S. based digital marketing software vendor and has been a Sage partner supplying Sage E-Marketing as a … Continue reading

Can IBM Make the Social Business Connection with SMBs–and Does it Need To?

February 4th, 2013

After 20 years, IBM has transformed its Lotusphere user conference into IBM Connect. This evolution has been in the making since IBM introduced its vision of “social business” a few years ago. During this time, IBM has added to its … Continue reading

Can IBM Make the Social Business Connection with SMBs–and Does it Need To?

February 4th, 2013

After 20 years, IBM has transformed its Lotusphere user conference into IBM Connect. This evolution has been in the making since IBM introduced its vision of “social business” a few years ago. During this time, IBM has added to its … Continue reading

SAP Shines the Spotlight on Small and Medium Businesses

January 15th, 2013

SAP’s stellar success in building its blue-chip large enterprise business has often overshadowed its considerable but quieter achievements in small and medium business (SMBs) markets. But SAP is not a household name in the SMB community. Even technology insiders are … Continue reading

Dell World 2012: An Update on Dell’s Journey

January 2nd, 2013

Just before the holidays, I had the opportunity to attend Dell’s second annual Dell World user conference. Here’s my take on  Dell’s progress towards becoming an end-to-end solutions company, and its directions in the small and medium business (SMB) market. … Continue reading

BI and Analytics for Mid-Market Businesses: My Podcast with SAP

December 12th, 2012

I recently participated, with Paul Clark from SAP, in a thought leadership podcast on the topic of Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Business Intelligence(BI) and Social Analytics for Midmarket companies. Brief Overview: We discuss the various aspects and uses of Enterprise … Continue reading

IBM Global Financing Antes Up Another $4 Billion to Fuel SMB and Business Partner Growth

December 7th, 2012

IBM Global Financing (IGF) recently announced that it would make an additional $4 billion available to help SMBs finance technology purchases through IBM’s partner channel. While this sounds like a very large amount of money (and it is), consider that … Continue reading

Can HP Turn Infrastructure Solutions Into an SMB Mobility Play?

November 9th, 2012

The mobile explosion is causing a major disruption in businesses—and holds the promise of helping SMBs boost employee productivity and customer engagement. SMBs are rapidly picking up on that promise: SMB Group’s 2012 SMB Mobile Solutions Study shows that 80% of … Continue reading