Nathan Eddy

A December survey by online payroll service SurePayroll, based in Glenview, Ill., suggests small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are managing to stay alive, despite crumbling financial markets and a government bailout aimed not at midmarket companies but large corporations. The survey found that nearly four out of 10 small business owners have not seen their […]

Virtualization has been widely touted as a major cost-saving technology that reduces infrastructure costs and streamlines IT management. But in this economic climate, are small and midsize businesses willing to spend their IT budgets on emerging technology? Some vendors are betting on it.Software company DataCore is the latest vendor to offer virtualization products aimed at […]

When considering New Year’s Eve celebrations, you probably think of parties, Times Square, Dick Clark and one whopper of a hangover the following morning. These days, chances are you’ll participate in one more New Year’s tradition: texting your friends, family and old flames with greetings for the upcoming year. Sprint wants you to know your […]

For those of you who have been waiting for someone to cram a quad-core processor into a notebook, your time has come. Intel announced over the weekend of Dec. 27 the launch of a new mobile quad-core chip, the Q9000, which PC maker Acer is selling in its Aspire 8930G-7665 notebook. Designed for multimedia and […]

At this point, you may be ready to go out and uproot a tree with your bare hands after hearing the incessant promotion surrounding “green IT.” It seems as though every second manufacturer and service provider has the best solution for reducing your carbon footprint or your energy costs or to improve some aspect of […]

Those James Bond films from the 1970s are looking sillier and sillier, and not only because the plot of “Moonraker” makes less sense with every passing day. Gone are the days when a watch containing a radio or even a television screen was the height of technology. LG Electronics says it plans to debut a […]

For the second time in as many months, a survey of small to medium-size business owners suggests that, despite woeful economic conditions, midmarket companies are still looking to take on new staff in the new year.Entrex, a Chicago firm that markets information on privately held companies, released the results of its annual Private Company Index […]

Technology giant Hewlett-Packard is looking to take a bigger bite out of Apple’s ever-expanding market share by offering Mac users home server compatibility. With the launch of MediaSmart Windows, HP announced, home servers will now be able to automatically back up Macs running the Leopard operating system using Apple Time Machine software.While HP’s MediaSmart servers […]

Although technologies like Web conferencing can reduce your business travel needs, for many midmarket business owners a fleet of company cars is necessary. Your company’s road warriors often still do the best business shaking hands in the flesh, and sharply lower fuel prices have reduced the extreme pressure the $3.50 gallon of gas put on […]

It has been a tough year for small-business owners. While small to midsize businesses are hanging tough in a rough economic climate, owners are scaling back on everything from hiring to holiday bonuses. Even if the business is having a successful year, you may not have thought of getting something for yourself as a reward. […]