Nathan Eddy

Do you ever wonder why the electric bill you receive at home or at your business costs what it does? Most people simply do not pay attention to the amount of electricity they use, but Google (who else?) announced a new tool to make people more aware of their power-sapping ways. On Monday, Ed Lu, […]

As more and more midmarket companies look to virtualization as a cost-effective solution to business IT challenges, an increasing selection of vendors are offering services geared at small and medium-size businesses. Doyenz’s Automated Virtual IT, a managed service for IT consultants that leverages virtualization and cloud services to automate the delivery and management of IT […]

Rumors and conflicting reports continue to spread around Apple’s alleged blocking of the popular social networking site Facebook from its in-store product displays. On Friday the technology news Web site tinyComb posted an article proclaiming Facebook had been “banned for life” from Apple stores.Over the weekend, various news outlets issued conflicting reports about the “ban,” […]

Small-business owners worried over how the credit crisis will affect their financing ability may find solace in a recent announcement from technology giant Hewlett-Packard. The company announced zero percent financing promotions that it hopes will make continued investment in business technology simple and affordable for small and midsize businesses, enabling them to increase efficiency and […]

Digium, the creator of open-source telephony software Asterisk, announced the release of the latest version of Switchvox SMB, an IP PBX designed for small- to mid-sized businesses. Version 4.0 adds numerous UC (unified communication) capabilities, including support for fax, chat and video calling. The company designed Switchvox SMB for businesses that want a full-featured voice […]

Storage and data management company NetApp quietly discontinued StoreVault, its storage appliance aimed at small to medium-size businesses. The product first debuted in 2006, with pricing starting at around $5,000. StoreVault could scale up to 12TB and was capable of direct-attached storage, network-attached storage and an iSCSI storage-area network. The news was announced via a […]

Imagine a world where your mobile phone not only connects you to social networks and recognizes your location but also is able to provide you with suggestions for contextual, location-based commercial interests. While Google’s Latitude application, announced on Wednesday, is just a baby step in that direction, one Forrester Research analyst said that will be […]

Despite a worsening economic outlook and massive layoffs at enterprise-level organizations, small and midsize businesses managed to add new employees in January, based on a survey of 20,000 small businesses conducted by online payroll service SurePayroll.The company’s hiring index rose to 11,306 in January, up from 11,274 at the end of December. This represents a […]

Midmarket software-as-a-service application provider Smart Online and Digital Delivery Networks today announced a marketing-focused distribution agreement whereby DDNi will present Smart Online’s suite of OneBiz applications for small business through its OASIS 2.0 client management platform. The OneBiz suite of Web-based applications is designed to help streamline business processes, reduce operating costs and improve internal […]

How often do you find yourself wondering where your friends are and what they’re up to? That is the question Google wants to ask you, and depending on the severity of your Big Brother complex, perhaps you might respond, “All the time!” Regardless of how badly the average person (or businessperson) might need to know […]