(Part 3 of a 3 part blog series "Are You Ready to Move Beyond Email?" which focuses on Online Collaboration Suites for SMBs. Click here for Part 1, which provides an overview of the online collaboration suite area, and here for
Author: Sanjeev Aggarwal
Are You Ready to Move Beyond Email? Warning Signs and Key Considerations
(Part 2 of a 3 part blog series "Are You Ready to Move Beyond Email?" which focuses on Online Collaboration Suites for SMBs. Click here for Part 1, which provides an overview of the online collaboration suite area.) Effective collaborat...
Are You Ready to Move Beyond Email? Assessing Online Collaboration Suites for SMBs
(Part 1 of a 3 part blog series "Are You Ready to Move Beyond Email?" which focuses on Online Collaboration Suites for SMBs) Collaboration is probably the only activity that everyone in every company engages in every day. Whether a CEO or new hire, an accountant or a construction worker, everyone needs to share and manage information, ideas, resources, and connections to get their job...
What is Mobile Commerce, and Why Should You Care?
(Originally published September 13, 2010 in Small Business Computing) What is Mobile Commerce? Mobile commerce (also known as mobile ecommerce, m-commerce and other variations) consists of two primary components. The first is the ability ...
WITI Summit: Shining the Spotlight on Women in Technology
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to attend my first WITI Women and Technology Summit (#witisummit), held this year in San Jose—and was truly impressed and inspired by this conference. If you’re not familiar with WITI (Women In Technology International), the organization was launched 21 y...
Dimdim–A Bright Light In the Web Conferencing Market
With the recession stubbornly lingering, many small and medium businesses (SMBs) are still pinching pennies and looking to trim expenses. Dimdim, which provides free Web conferencing for up to 20 users, and charges just $25 per month for Dimdim Pro (which supports unlimited meetings for up to 50 users) gives SMBs a way to eliminate or cut Web conferencing cos...
What is Business Intelligence, and Why Should You Care?
(Originally published on July 30, 2010 in Small Business Computing) What is Business Intelligence? Business intelligence (BI) is an umbrella term used to encompass the processes, methods, measureme...
Dell’s Expands its Infrastructure Solutions and Services Portfolio with New Security Solutions for Midsize Companies
Over the past couple of years, Dell has been building a very significant set of IT solutions and services portfolio geared to providing small (which Dell defines as companies with 1 to 100 employees) and midsize companies (defined by Dell as businesses with 100 to 500 employees) , but more appropriately, "S" as companies without dedicated IT staff and "MB" as c...
Technology Solution and Services Purchasing Cycle Decision Markers in Small Businesses
Small companies will tend to have a less formal purchasing process than their larger counterparts Typically only one or two people will have purchasing authority—usually the company officers in small businesses with the guidance of the IT person, if there is one. How a company purchases or acquires technology products and services is affected by company size. The size of an SMB and the type ...
A Clear Message for Vendors In the SMB Technology Market
We recently wrapped up the SMB Group's "2010 Small and Medium Businesses Routes to Market Study”, which uncovered quite a few interesting trends about how SMBs discover, learn about, evaluate and buy technology solutions and services. We are publishing free research briefs on the SMB Group site on some ...