Nathan Eddy

Five Super Servers for SMBs by Nathan Eddy Dell PowerEdge R300 ($999) The PowerEdge R300, a rack server, is designed to consume less power and include system management tools to better manage IT tasks. The server runs on quad-core Xeon processors with redundancy features. The servers come with hot-pluggable hard drives, which allow hard drives […]

On-demand CRM vendor Salesforce.com announced a partnership with Google to allow its Force.com platform as a service to the Google App Engine application, Google’s own cloud-based application development platform. The partnership gives Salesforce developers native access to Google’s distributed storage system, Bigtable and allows Google App Engine developers access to the Salesforce platform. The partnership […]

Despite the souring U.S. economy, a report from SurePayroll shows small and midsize businesses are still hiring. Although gains were modest (0.26 percent growth in November), it extended the run of monthly hiring increases to 24 months. Year-to-date, small business hiring rose 3.3 percent nationwide.In the survey, which interviewed 214 small-business owners in the final […]

The faltering economy is putting a damper on small and medium-size business IT spending, says a report from research company IDC. The downturn in spending is likely to last well into 2009. This means SMBs need to get more from their existing IT infrastructure and look to new, cost-saving measures in order to meet reduced […]

Five Killer Smartphones for SMBs by Nathan Eddy Apple iPhone 3G ($199/8GB, $299/16GB, AT&T)Whether you like it or not, Apple created a near-ultimate solution. Yes, a universal corporate email system (the iPhone handles BlackBerry email by channeling it through a Windows Mobile server), longer battery life and more stable Wi-Fi connection are some of the […]

Market slowdowns, a drop in consumer confidence levels and the global credit freeze have resulted in many small and midsize businesses feeling pinched this holiday season. But that doesn’t mean they are not looking for some way to celebrate.According to a survey conducted this month by Glenview, Ill.-based online payroll service SurePayroll, most small-business owners […]

Software-as-a-service company Zoho announced Dec. 2 it is releasing CloudSQL, a Structured Query Language middleware-based service that allows cloud applications to access Zoho Reports, its online reporting and business intelligence service. Although the service is linked to Zoho Reports, the software maker said it plans to expand CloudSQL to other Zoho services in the future, […]

An independent study commissioned by Cupertino, Calif.-based software security firm Symantec found that small and medium-size businesses are susceptible to data loss and are aware of the importance of backup practices. However, the survey also found SMBs are not employing adequate strategies to prevent data loss. “The story that came out of this study was […]

There has been no lack of news lately about the expansion of social networking sites such as Facebook and Power.com, but there isn’t enough room in the social media market for every would-be connector. Microblogging site Pownce, a Twitter competitor founded last year, announced its technology has been acquired by blogging company Six Apart and […]

Sometimes, the list of ever-growing social networking sites seems confusing and disjointed. For the average small to medium-size business (SMB) owner looking to social networking to boost their business, picking the right social media outlet can be a daunting and unfamiliar task. One Brazilian-based company is looking to simplify the process by linking social networking […]