Author: Laurie McCabe

Dell Client Device Announcements: Marrying Innovation With Sustainability

Dell Client Device Announcements: Marrying Innovation With Sustainability

We all want and need new technology to power our businesses, help employees work more productively, and bring more convenience and flexibility to our lives. But more of us are increasingly troubled by the impact our appetite for te...

Xero: Ramping Up for Growth with New Roles and a New Division

Xero: Ramping Up for Growth with New Roles and a New Division

There’s been a lot of news—and a lot of new at Xero. The company just announced that its appointing Chris O’Neill to the newly created role of Chief Growth Officer. Reporting directly to Xero CEO Steve Vamos, O’Neill is tasked with the job of setting and meeting strategic objectives for Xero’s newly-created Applications & Services division, which is part of Xero’s small business platform. ...

GoTo: The Significance of LogMeIn’s Rebranding and New, Streamlined Offerings

GoTo: The Significance of LogMeIn’s Rebranding and New, Streamlined Offerings

–-by Kelly Teal, SMB Group Contributing Analyst, and Laurie McCabe, SMB Group Co-founder & Partner February, longtime software-as-a-service provider LogMeIn made two key moves. First, the company ditched its 20-year-old LogMeIn moniker in favor of its new, “GoTo” brand. But the announcement goes beyond rebranding. It has streamlined its product portfolio into two main offeri...

Six Ways Technology Has Helped Small and Medium Businesses Build Back Better

Six Ways Technology Has Helped Small and Medium Businesses Build Back Better

Technology has played an important role in helping many small and medium businesses successfully navigate through the challenges and uncertainties surrounding the pandemic—and will continue to provide many benefits into the foreseeable future. Technology is increasingly intertwined with business performance. From time savings and efficiency gains to better data and insights for decision-maki...

SMB Directions for the Future of Work: New eBook From SMB Group

SMB Directions for the Future of Work: New eBook From SMB Group

In the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, small and medium businesses (SMBs) have been faced with change, challenges, and opportunities. These shifts have dramatically impacted the SMB  workplace and workforce, where the power dynamic has tipped from employers to employees. SMB Group’s SMB D...

Top Ten 2022 SMB Technology Trends From SMB Group

Top Ten 2022 SMB Technology Trends From SMB Group

Happy New Year! We hope you enjoyed the holidays, and are looking forward to a happy and healthy 2022. Here at SMB Group, we are ringing in the new year by sharing our annual SMB Group Top 10 SMB Technology Trends–required reading both for SMBs (small and medium businesses), and for the ve...