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Cisco OnPlus: IT Infrastructure Advisory and Management Services Solution For Small Businesses

–by Sanjeev Aggarwal and Laurie McCabe, SMB Group
Last month, Cisco introduced a new IT Infrastructure advisory and management service solution designed for VARs to provide to small businesses with less than 100 employees. Delivered via Cisco’s value-added reseller (VAR) channel, Cisco OnPlus enables VARs to offload the mundane, time-consuming tasks of managing a network environment [...]

Why Do People Create these Crazy Spam Replies to Blog Posts?!

Ok, just wondering…why???!!!

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Submitted on 2011/12/06 at 8:11 am
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Highlights from the 2011 SMB Group Collaboration Study
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Okay post, but not the best Ive seen exactly. You should step it [...]

Dell Boomi: A Microcosm of Dell’s New Virtual Era

After attending Dell World, Dell’s first ever user conference a couple of weeks ago, it’s apparent that Dell’s progression towards becoming a pivotal vendor in what it terms the “virtual era” is well underway. And, last week’s announcement of Dell Boomi’s Fall 2011 release provides a prime example of how Dell is crossing the chasm [...]

Seven Daily Inspirations from Dell’s Women Entrepreneur Network Event

Entrepreneurs are a rare breed. Although start-up activity has been on the upswing, just 0.34 of the adults in the U.S. for example (or 340 out of 100,000) started a new business each month in 2009, according to the Kaufman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity. Women entrepreneurs are even more exceptional, accounting for just 29% of [...]

What is Systems Management, and Why Should You Care?

(Originally published March 23, 2011 in Small Business Computing)
What is Systems Management?
Systems management is an umbrella term that refers to the centralized management of a company’s information technology assets, and it’s one that encompasses many different tasks required to monitor and manage IT systems and resolve IT problems. Systems management solutions can help [...]

What Are Integrated Payment Solutions and Why Should You Care?

(Originally published January 30, 2011 in Small Business Computing)
What are Integrated Payments Solutions?
Integrated payment solutions are tools that your business can use to integrate accounting, customer relationship management (CRM) and other business applications with payments processing. By integrating payments processing with business applications, you can save time and money, reduce errors and get a better [...]

What is a Virtual Desktop, and Why Should You Care?

(Originally published November 30, 2010 in Small Business Computing)
What is a Virtual Desktop?
A virtual desktop means that a user’s desktop environment (the icons, wallpaper, windows, folders, toolbars, widgets, etc.) is stored remotely on a server, rather than on a local PC or other client computing device. Desktop virtualization software separates the desktop operating systems, applications [...]

What is Mobile Commerce, and Why Should You Care?

(Originally published September 13, 2010 in Small Business Computing)
What is Mobile Commerce?
Mobile commerce (also known as mobile ecommerce, m-commerce and other variations) consists of two primary components. The first is the ability to use a wireless phone or other mobile device to conduct financial transactions and exchange payments over the Internet. The [...]

What is Business Intelligence, and Why Should You Care?

(Originally published on July 30, 2010 in Small Business Computing)
What is Business Intelligence?
Business intelligence (BI) is an umbrella term used to encompass the processes, methods, measurements and systems businesses use to more easily view, analyze and understand information relevant to the history, current performance or future projections for a business.  Other terms that people often [...]

What is an Online Collaboration Suite, and Why Should You Care?

July 7, 2010 — lauriemccabe

(Originally published on June 30, 2010 in Small Business Computing)
What is an Online Collaboration Suite?
An online collaboration suite provides businesses with an integrated set of tools that span a range of collaboration needs. While not every collaboration suite includes the same capabilities, they often feature tools such as business [...]