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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

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Report Card: 2012 Top 10 SMB Technology Market Predictions

November 27th, 2012

–by Laurie McCabe and Sanjeev Aggarwal, SMB Group Before developing our 2013 predictions, we wanted to assess how we did on our 2012 Top 10 SMB Technology Predictions. Here’s our take–please let us know what grades you would have given … Continue reading

SAP TechEd 2012: Implications for SMEs and the Partner Ecosystem

October 31st, 2012

Sanjeev Aggarwal, Partner, SMB Group During the week of October 15, I attended SAP TechEd 2012 in Las Vegas, along with about 6,500 SAP technology specialists and partners, and a small group of influencers. Although SAP is more widely renowned … Continue reading

Pathways to a Successful Mobile Business Strategy

September 4th, 2012

The phenomenal rise of mobile applications development and adoption creates both new opportunities and challenges for businesses. Is your business ready to reap the benefits of mobile solutions, or are you in danger of falling behind? Now, more than ever, … Continue reading

Today’s SMB Social Media Market Creates Opportunities for Tomorrow

August 6th, 2012

SMB businesses are increasing their adoption of social media solutions year over year–rising from 44% to 53% in small business (1-99 employees) and 52% to 63% in medium business (100-999 employees). But what business functions are SMBs using social media … Continue reading

NetSuite SuiteCommerce: Transforming Commerce Solutions and User Experience

June 10th, 2012

 Last week I had the opportunity to attend NetSuite SuiteWorld 2102 in San Francisco. One of the most notable announcements was the launch of NetSuite’s new SuiteCommerce Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform for B2B and B2C businesses. The SuiteCommerce offering is designed for e-tailers, … Continue reading