Cisco pushes unified comms to cloud
Cisco Systems has cloud plans for WebEx unified communications service, intends to support both platform and top layer software-as-a-service delivery.
Intel to SMBs: Don't hold off PC refresh
Security risks and maintenance costs may make older desktops and notebooks more expensive than new machines, chipmaker points out.
Tags: Personal Computers, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control
Netgear to deliver 24TB NAS system
ReadyNAS rack-mounted appliance aimed at small and midsize businesses, will eventually hold up to 24TB as new drives become available.
Tags: Data Management, Data backup, disaster recovery, SMB
Printer vendors push green for cheap
Printer manufacturers zoom in on design, technology and tools to offer environment-friendly machines that can also help businesses reduce costs.
Tags: Peripherals, Green IT, Business
5 cost-effective ways to lower enterprise risk
Experts from KPMG and Ernst & Young share tips on keeping organizational risk under control, without denting a hole in the enterprise pocket.
Tags: Enterprise risk management, IT Governance, Business
Dell boosts enterprise virtualization portfolio
It unveils pre-configured packages for deploying and managing virtualized infrastructures, new storage products and a consulting service called ProConsult.
Tags: Virtualization, Storage, Hardware
Small businesses in S'pore prone to data loss
Singapore's smaller companies put critical information at risk as they lack effective systems and best practices to prevent and recover from data loss, according to survey.
Tags: Data backup, disaster recovery, Data Management, Security Management
Most Asian firms don't have green strategy
Whopping 90 percent of businesses in region still have not implemented green IT strategy, despite being aware of ability to increase ROI, Springboard finds.
Tags: Green IT, Business, information technology company
APAC firms look to 'affordable' security
Businesses continue to commit to security spend but will go for more affordable integrated and managed security options in 2009, says Frost & Sullivan.
Tags: Network security, Security applications/tools, IT budgeting
Software liability law could divide open source
European Commission-proposed software protection law may benefit open source vendors, but push smaller independent developers into a corner.
Tags: Open source, Software engineering/development, Legal
Online tools must serve business purpose
Digital media tools must be tied back to business goals, and are not a means to an end, says external online director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Tags: Web 2.0, Internet advertising, Internet
Govts urged to help SMEs through downturn
APEC SME seminar recommends governments reserve part of their ICT procurement budgets toward enabling smaller businesses to ride out economic crisis.
Tags: Government, Funding, Innovation
R&D push to help firms ride on recovery
Small and midsize businesses can play major part in process of innovation, which is catalyst for economic recovery, says CompTIA official.
Tags: Innovation, Investments, Business
SMBs to spend US$7.6B to build online presence
Small and midsize businesses in developed countries of Asia-Pacific region find it essential to give potential customers positive "first impressions" online, says analyst.
Tags: Internet, IT budgeting, Web sites
Acer launches first business netbook
The PC manufacturer has tailored its Aspire One netbook for the corporate crowd, adding greater storage and XP Professional.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Business, 3G (Third Generation)
HP delivers Istanbul-powered servers
The seven ProLiants built on AMD's new six-core Opteron chip come with heat- and power-management functions designed to drive down energy consumption.
Tags: Servers, Data centers, Processors
Google giving U.S. small businesses local search data
Small merchants wondering how Web searches impact their business are getting additional data from Google related to their local search results.
Tags: Market research, Search, Internet
Dell unfazed by Acer's 'elasticity play'
Hardware maker's Asia-Pacific exec shrugs off threat from Acer as "elasticity play"; says rival's play for cost-conscious buyers by lowering prices may not last.
Tags: Personal Computers, Servers, Sales/revenue
Mozilla executives address Firefox's challenges
While company has managed to get nearly a quarter of browser market, it is a "daunting space to compete" in, say executives. There is, however, still a place for Firefox.
Tags: Web browsers, Internet, Web services
Inexpensive ways to keep e-mail clean
Technology vendors suggest some low-cost ways small and midsize businesses on a budget can keep e-mail threat-free, and what companies should look out for.
Tags: E-mail servers, Spam and phishing, Spam filtering
Asean midsize firms' CRM spending 'nascent'
Spending on customer relationship management by region's midsize businesses is small but will grow 18 percent despite downturn, finds new study by AMI-Partners.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Sales force automation, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
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