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DEFINITION: A Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) is a small business that is at least 51 percent owned by one or more individuals who are both socially and economically disadvantaged. SDB status makes a company eligible for bidding and contracting benefit programs involved with federal procurement. Businesses must be certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to qualify for SDB status. A publicly-owned … Definition continues below.
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Performance Management: What the Mid-Market Can Learn from Large Enterprises sponsored by SAP America, Inc. ANALYST REPORT: This white paper features results from a study by Aberdeen Group on mid-sized (or mid-market) organization on performance management. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Performance Management \| Business Performance Management Software \| Business Processes \| Dashboards \| SAP (Product) \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

PAC White Paper: Building a foundation for growth with SAP Business All-in-One and the fast-start program sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper gives an insight into the challenges faced by small to medium sized enterprises (SME’s), and how SAP Business All-in-One solutions can help organizations to build a solid IT foundation for the future. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| SAP (Product) \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Top Five Obstacles Companies Face and How to Overcome Them sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper addresses five obstacles that small businesses and midsized companies face. Posted: 02 Feb 2012 \| Published: 02 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Process Outsourcing \| SAP (Product) \| Small Businesses

Assessing the Total Cost of Ownership for BI sponsored by LogiXML WHITE PAPER: This report provides mid-market organizations a framework for evaluating the total cost of ownership (TCO) of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Reporting Software \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| TCO

Simplifying Business Multiplication: Use Information to Execute a Growth Strategy sponsored by Sage Software WHITE PAPER: Small and medium size businesses often thrive by being high-value specialists. The dilemma is how to stay specialized in a particular niche yet grow aggressively. In this white paper, learn about multiplication as a growth strategy. Discover the risks and effective methods of mitigating them to ensure a successful implementation. Posted: 05 Jan 2012 \| Published: 05 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

IT in the UK SMB (Small and Medium sized Business) Sector sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com IT BRIEFING: This report from Knowledge Peers and Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC), reveals what leaders of Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (SMBs) think of IT – its strategic value, its potential, and the changing way in which it is being used in their organisations. Posted: 04 Jan 2012 \| Published: 04 Jan 2012 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| CRM \| Management of Change \| Mobile Workers \| ROI \| Small Businesses \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

eGuide: Assessing open source BI and BI technologies for the midmarket sponsored by Jaspersoft EGUIDE: In this e-guide, readers will learn business intelligence (BI) tips for small to mid-sized organizations. Posted: 28 Dec 2011 \| Published: 28 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Small Businesses

Microsoft Office 365 Small Business - Customer Leave-Behind sponsored by Channel Transformation Alliance WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn about Microsoft Office 365 for small businesses -- a set of web-enabled tools that let you access your email, documents, contacts, and calendars from virtually anywhere, on almost any device. Posted: 08 Dec 2011 \| Published: 08 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Communications Software \| Communications Systems \| Microsoft Office \| Small Businesses \| Web 2.0

Rethinking Managed Print Services (MPS) sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com ANALYST REPORT: This paper from Quocirca outlines the need for Managed Print Services (MPS) and why organisations that are operating a heterogeneous print environment should consider an independent MPS provider to proactively manage and transform their print infrastructure. Posted: 08 Nov 2011 \| Published: 08 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Print Management \| Print Management Services \| Print Management Software \| Printers \| Small Businesses

CW+: How to manage expenses in small and mid-sized businesses sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: More than ever, small businesses need to efficiently control costs and optimise cash flow, but how, and what role does automation play in this process? Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Auditing (Finance) \| Financial Services \| Financing \| Small Businesses

Five reasons growing SMEs cannot ignore the cloud sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: When a growing business cannot justify developing its in-house IT department, the cloud can deliver pay-as-you-go, access to skilled staff and flexibility. But can SME business leaders trust the cloud with security and standardisation? Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Enterprise Systems \| Small Businesses

The data sharing paradox. A guide to small business on data sharing and security sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This small business report looks at the degree to which small businesses are sharing data, the ways in which they are doing so and the real and perceived risks. It shows how these risks can be mitigated. Posted: 07 Oct 2011 \| Published: 07 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Mobile Device Management \| Remote Access Hardware \| Remote Access Software \| Small Businesses

Optimizing the security enhancements of active directory and group policy for SMBs sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel VIDEO: Learn about the latest security enhancements of active directory and group policy for SMBs, including traditional Group Policy, Group Policy Preferences, AppLocker, BitLocker and more. Posted: 06 Sep 2011 \| Premiered: 06 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Configuration Management \| Firewall Management \| Group Policy \| Security \| Security Architectures \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

CRM and Small Business: Smaller, Faster, Better sponsored by SugarCRM Inc. WHITE PAPER: The advent of cloud-based CRM applications has eliminated the significant initial budgetary barriers to entry for many businesses, and the proliferation of products geared toward smaller businesses has presented small business with options that allow them to choose based on specific features. Learn more about how CRM can help your small business. Posted: 01 Sep 2011 \| Published: 01 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud CRM \| CRM \| CRM Best Practices \| CRM Services \| CRM Software \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

How SMEs can Tap into Real-Time Business Intelligence sponsored by SAP America, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper explains how small and medium organizations can establish a competitive advantage by tapping into the power of real-time business intelligence. Discover how this strategy provides the capability to identify issues and opportunities as they arise and to confidently act on them. Posted: 26 Aug 2011 \| Published: 26 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Competition \| Data Analytics \| Decision Support Systems \| Small Businesses

Whiteboarding Jam Session – The New Server Room for the SMB sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel VIDEO: Watch this videocast for a virtual whiteboarding session with Zeus Kerravala, VP of Research for the Yankee Group, as he discusses with the things an SMB needs to think about when building a data center, also commonly known as a server room. Learn the 3 primary considerations for SMBs as the build their data centers. Posted: 18 Jul 2011 \| Premiered: 18 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Construction \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Physical Security \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

The Path to Business Intelligence Applications for Midsize Businesses sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: In late 2010, a survey of over 400 senior finance executives in the US on the value of business intelligence (BI) applications was conducted by CFO Research Services (CRS). The results are very informative and can be found in this report. Posted: 29 Mar 2011 \| Published: 29 Mar 2011 TOPICS: Application Integration \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Microsoft and the Cloud: Five Essential Things To Know sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: This white paper addresses Microsoft’s current stake in cloud computing and examines the most recent range of cloud-based product offerings as an indication of where Microsoft may be heading. Posted: 10 Jan 2011 \| Published: 10 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| LAN \| SaaS business intelligence \| Small Businesses \| Virtualization Security \| WAN

ERP In A Recovering Economy: Now is the perfect time to invest! sponsored by IQMS WHITE PAPER: During past economic slowdowns companies didn’t plan ahead to safeguard the ability to grow profitably. While the current economic downturn shows a need to reduce costs, many SMMs are also pursuing growth. They’re responding to market pressures and rising costs by targeting IT solutions like industry-specific ERP to set the stage for future growth. Posted: 06 Jan 2011 \| Published: 06 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Economic Environment \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ROI \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Software Implementation \| Strategic Planning \| Vendor Selection

Considerations for Deploying Deduplication in a Small Business Environment sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: Deduplication has been one of the hottest technologies in the storage industry for almost three years and has grown into a mainstream technology from the large enterprise down to the small business and remote office. Read this white paper to learn the important questions for SMB managers to ask. Posted: 10 Dec 2010 \| Published: 10 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Enterprise \| Hardware \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Storage Industry

In Control: Choosing Dell's First Server Solution sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Small businesses need a mechanism to centralize the management of their most precious asset - their data - through server technology that consolidates administrative functions and streamlines management. For a growing number of SMBs, this solution is a Dell First Server. Read this paper to learn more! Posted: 19 Aug 2010 \| Published: 19 Aug 2010 TOPICS: Data Management \| IT Managers \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Configured for Success: Picking the Right Dell First Server Solution for Your Company sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Your business has reached a crossroads. With employees collaborating on files shared across a number of computers, you realize consolidating access to the information would greatly improve your organization's operational efficiency and its productivity. You are ready for your First Server solution. Read on to find the right system configuration. Posted: 19 Aug 2010 \| Published: 19 Aug 2010 TOPICS: IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| Productivity \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Small Businesses \| Windows Server 2008 R2

The Power of Virtualization: Service Level Automation sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This series examines some of the implications of virtualization for small and medium-sized businesses. In this note, we examine opportunities to leverage virtualization to automate service level management. Posted: 24 May 2010 \| Published: 24 May 2010 TOPICS: Business Continuity Planning \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Managers \| Regulatory Compliance \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| SLA \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| VMware

Ten Signs That You Need a Server sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel JOURNAL ARTICLE: If you'e a small or medium business owner with more than one computer, it's time to consider investing in a server. A server will keep your data secure and organized and will help you run your business more efficiently and professionally. If you've reached one of the 10 thresholds in this article, a server could do your business a world of good. Posted: 12 May 2010 \| Published: 12 May 2010 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Data Management \| IT Spending \| Server Hardware \| Small Businesses \| SMBs

Collaboration: Working Together Means Working Smarter sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel JOURNAL ARTICLE: Think about the ways your business could perform better if your employees were connected to each other and to your data. This article tackles some typical business collaboration challenges and how servers can help conquer them. Posted: 12 May 2010 \| Published: 12 May 2010 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| Microsoft Exchange \| Server Hardware \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| Software Selection

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SMALL BUSINESSES DEFINITION (continued): … business may be considered an SDB if at least 51 percent of its stock is unconditionally owned by one or more such individuals and if the public company's management and daily business is controlled by one or more such individuals.The SBA defines socially disadvantaged groups as those who have been, historically, subjected to "racial or ethnic prejudice or cultural bias" within the larger American culture. Identified groups include: African Americans, Asian Pacific Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and Subcontinent Asian Americans. Members of other groups may qualify …
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