SMBs Reports

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to the man tasked with bringing public services into the digital age. The second installment of our Buyer's Guide to business intelligence reviews two low-cost alternatives to the big suppliers; and we go behind the scenes of the IT preparations for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Posted: 12 Sep 2011 | Published: 13 Sep 2011

NEWSLETTER: The introduction of smart phones has blurred the line between the professional and personal uses of IT. To stay in control of your organization's corporate data footprint – from desktops to laptops to mobile devices – organizations need to find a long term sustainable data protection strategy.

Posted: 23 Aug 2011 | Published: 23 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: Did you know the same technology that improves storage utilization can also make disaster recovery and data replication easier? Read this expert E-Guide to learn how and discover the newest developments in a leading deduplication vendor’s product.

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 | Published: 16 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: SMBs want to take advantage of the benefits of virtualization but it can be costly to manage if they do not have the required skills in-house. Dan Kusnetzky takes a deep look at all of the benefits as well as the issues these businesses are facing, including the requirement to use automated systems, reducing complexity and maintaining availability.

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 | Published: 11 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: Download this expert E-Guide to learn how to optimize your tape backup and recovery and criteria for choosing an offsite tape storage service.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011

EGUIDE: To help you build the best backup plan for the new year, read this special report by features writer Carol Sliwa on the hottest backup trends. Learn about what's new in backup software, backup hardware and backup outsourcing. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: IT is a strategic partner in businesses of all types and sizes, but especially in the small to medium-sized business. Take a look at this exclusive resource to learn how virtualization is a relevant and practical method for the growing SMB to streamline processes and reduce operational costs.

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 | Published: 09 Aug 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Companies face numerous complexities when securing endpoints. In this presentation transcript, learn how to evaluate your business needs and come up with a comprehensive strategy to address endpoint security. Experts discuss both challenges with endpoint security as well as solutions available today.

Posted: 29 Jul 2011 | Published: 29 Jul 2011

EBOOK: Business intelligence (BI) tools have long enabled large corporations to uncover insights into business patterns and trends. Despite these benefits, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have yet to use BI, primarily due to concerns about the complexity and cost.  Learn how SMBs can also take advantage of BI and gain a competitive edge.

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 | Published: 05 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Small and medium businesses cannot afford to lose access for their data. Research shows that even brief server failures lead most smaller businesses to shut their doors for good. In light of this, any business should develop a workable backup and disaster recovery plan.

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

EBOOK: This expert resource explains why more and more SMBs are implementing SQL Server-based business intelligence systems. Learn how to cost-effectively improve the performance of these platforms as well as how to overcome common concerns, including systems management.

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

VIDEO: Cloud backup for physical and virtual environments is becoming more and more important for SMBs. Gartner predicts that by 2012, Vendor Lock-in will surpass security as the biggest obstacle to cloud computing. Vendors are trying to lock-in and maintain their customers forever, not allowing them the flexibility and mobility SMBs require.

Posted: 29 Jun 2011 | Premiered: 28 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Today’s business environment requires a more optimized approach to IT sprawl. EMC’s new VNXe series storage system in conjunction with the company’s Unisphere storage management address IT staff’s demand for improved “usability” in storage solutions.

Posted: 23 Jun 2011 | Published: 23 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read on to learn what SMBs should consider before implementing virtualisation as well as the specific benefits of using Dell hardware with Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualisation solution.

Posted: 22 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses key criteria and decision points for determining what server and storage hardware are appropriate for a medium-sized SharePoint Server 2010 farm. It offers guidelines and rules of thumb for determining how much storage space should be allocated, and when separate storage volumes are desirable.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Success increasingly relies on users being able to communicate from anywhere in a cost-effective and secure manner. Organizations seek integrated productivity tools that enable real-time collaboration. This guide shows the process for implementing Microsoft collaboration tools in a medium sized company, one with fewer than 1000 employees.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Success increasingly relies on users being able to communicate from anywhere in a cost-effective and secure manner. Organizations seek integrated productivity tools that enable real-time collaboration. This guide shows the process for implementing Microsoft collaboration tools in a small company, one with fewer than 250 employees.

Posted: 15 Jun 2011 | Published: 15 Jun 2011

SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD: Symantec Endpoint Protection Small Business Edition 12 is built around an idea; that the context of a threat is as important as its content. Powered by Insight, the new Symantec Endpoint Protection uses age, frequency and source of files, along with other security metrics, to expose new and highly targeted threats.

Posted: 26 May 2011 | Premiered: 26 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, learn the opportunities MPLS networks can bring to SMBs and uncover how you can reduce costs while enhancing performance.

Posted: 20 May 2011 | Published: 20 May 2011

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This transcript highlights the latest trends in cloud adoption. The discussion also focuses on how MSPs and SMBs can benefit from using de-duplication and hybrid cloud backup software.

Posted: 13 May 2011 | Published: 13 May 2011

EBOOK: Follow this step by step guide from concept to implementation to ensure your move to the cloud is efficient and leads your organization to success.

Posted: 27 Apr 2011 | Published: 25 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: It’s often difficult for businesses to evaluate competing virtualization platforms. Despite superficial similarities, different providers' platforms are far from identical. This paper compares the VMware vSphere virtualization platform to two alternatives, focusing on features and issues.

Posted: 19 Apr 2011 | Published: 19 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Managing the IT infrastructure for small and mid-sizedcompanies is a thankless job. People just don’tunderstand the expertise, time and patience required.Kaseya presents the top ten IT management pain pointsand our solution for making your life easier.

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Published: 12 Apr 2011

VIDEO: Tower Servers are ideal first servers for small businesses with the right combination of value, reliability, collaboration and data protection features to improve your business continuity and productivity. Learn more in this video which takes a look at a growing restaurant's adoption of a Dell PowerEdge Tower Server.

Posted: 12 Apr 2011 | Premiered: 12 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: Small and midsize businesses that are using software as a service (SaaS) to automate their IT help desk(s) and IT infrastructure are reporting significant savings. Check out this white paper to learn more about the benefits of SaaS.

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 | Published: 05 Apr 2011