Category: Cloud Computing

Zoho One: Doubling Down on Integration and Innovation

Zoho One: Doubling Down on Integration and Innovation

Over the last two decades, the cloud has made it much easier for SMBs to access and use new applications. However, integrating these solutions can be a lot harder: SMBs cite “integration difficulties” as one of the top three obstacles they face in implementing new solutions.  

How is Your Business Navigating to the Next Normal? Take this New SMB Group Survey

How is Your Business Navigating to the Next Normal? Take this New SMB Group Survey

In the past three months, COVID-19 has disrupted any notion of business as usual. SMB Group felt that it was critical to provide immediate data to understand its impact on small and medium businesses (SMBs), and the steps they took at the outset to weather the storm.

Considerations for UCC Vendors in the SMB Market

Considerations for UCC Vendors in the SMB Market

The market opportunity for UCC vendors in the U.S. SMB segment is around $4.5B for 2016—and growing. According to SMB Group’s recently completed 2016 Small and Medium Business Communication, Collaboration and Mobility Study, although just 12% of small businesses (companies with less than 100 employees) and 28% of medium businesses (companies with 100 to 1,000 employees) currently use UCC soluti...

The Cloud Comes Full Circle: Sage and Salesforce Team Up For Sage Life

The Cloud Comes Full Circle: Sage and Salesforce Team Up For Sage Life

The partnership brings together opposite ends of the software universe. It pairs Salesforce, pioneer and poster child for the cloud, with Sage, which has arguably been one of the slowest software vendors to embrace cloud computing.

Infusionsoft ICON15: Inspiration and Automation for Small Business Marketing

Laurie: Hi, this is Laurie McCabe and I’m here today for SMB’s Spotlight with Greg Head, who is the Chief Marketing Officer at Infusionsoft. We’re at the ICON 2015 event, w...

SMB Spotlight: IBM’s Midmarket GM On New Partner Strategy and Programs for SMB and Midmarket Companies (Part 2)

Sanjeev: Hi, this Sanjeev Aggarwal from the SMB Group, and in today’s SMB Spotlight I’m speaking with John Mason, who is IBM’s General Manager for Midmarket. Hi John. Thanks for joining me in this two-part discussion about new IBM developments and solutions that are relevant for the

Discussing 2015 SMB Tech Trends, Part 1: Cloud is the New IT Infrastructure for SMBs

Discussing 2015 SMB Tech Trends, Part 1: Cloud is the New IT Infrastructure for SMBs

Recently, I had the pleasure of kicking off the new year as a guest on Act Local Marketing for Small Business with host Kalynn Amadio. Each week, Kalynn shares information and actionable tips to help inspire and motivate small and medium businesses (SMBs) reach their business goals.  On this episode,...

Dell’s Strategy to Bring Game-Changing Technologies to SMBs

Dell’s Strategy to Bring Game-Changing Technologies to SMBs

This is the second post in a two-part blog series discussing Dell’s strategy to help SMBs better capitalize on technology. The first, A New Cloud Formation: Dell Cloud Marketplace, provides perspectives from Dell World 2014. This second post, which is excerpted from SMB Group's April 2014 repo...