Decorative Water Gardens & Landscapes is rooted in founder Antonio Aparicio’s desire to help Oklahoma homeowners and businesses enhance the beauty of their properties. Since he founded the company in 1994, Aparicio and his staff have created ...

The need for collaboration isn't new, but software-as-a-service has at last made real collaboration possible within and between businesses with a level of cost and complexity that's accessible to smaller businessesFull Article

Before Software-as-a-Service, the latest and greatest business applications -- ERP, CRM, HR, and financial packages -- were restricted to large enterprises able to pay for and manage them. But SaaS delivers this power to smaller businessesFull ...

All virtualization technologies are NOT the same. Each of the four flavors of virtualization does different things and solves different problemsFull Article

As virtualization becomes increasingly common in small and midsize businesses, VMware must contend with increased competition from both software and hardware companies. That's tough news for the company that developed the virtualization market but ...

Today's applications are sometimes dependent on other networked applications, bringing additional complexity and security vulnerabilities to the enterprise. Mitigating risks and vulnerabilities requires continuous scanning of internal and external ...

Virtual servers save real money on hardware and time on maintenance for stressed IT departments at small and midsize businessesFull Article

CRM: Software as a Customer ServiceBy Karen M. KrollThe availability of customer relationship management packages for the small and mid-size business market is growing, particularly in the on-demand or software-as-a-service models.Every business ...

Mobility, Section III Communicating From Your Home Equipment    Landlines    Cell Phones    Dial-up Vs. Broadband    Wireless No matter how far ...

Wireless Services: Cellular to Paging With over 43 million cellular phones in the United States and nearly 30,000 more signing up daily, there are a lot of choices and options that you should consider. There are two types of ...

Virtualization refers to an experience that retains the characteristics of a physical or logical resource, without being tied to it directly. For example, the "C:" drive on your computer may represent just a portion of the physical disk on which it ...

Virtualization refers to an experience that retains the characteristics of a physical or logical resource, without being tied to it directly. For example, the "C:" drive on your computer may represent just a portion of the physical disk on which it ...

Weighing Connectivity OptionsBy Renee OricchioCost isn't the only consideration when choosing how to connect to the Internet. Here's some advice on what business owners should think about besides price.It's hard to imagine a type of business left ...

Business on the move Communicating while traveling It's no secret that the business world is on the move. Conducting business away from the office, whether at home, at a customer site or in a hotel room, is becoming more and more commonplace. In ...

Technology 2007 Communications forecast Where are small businesses focusing their attention going into the new year? Industry experts point to three areas, among others: 1. Online data backup Around 40% of small ...

New Efficiencies Bloom as Silkies Inc. Adopts Broadband Communications Provided by AT&T Companies SITUATION ANALYSIS Sylvia Ruiz founded Silkies Inc. more than 25 years ago, initially looking to nurture a hobby focused on high-quality replica plants ...

Networks for the Small Business: Why and How Its about leverage, efficiency. By: Walt Kania Large corporations live and breathe on their data networks. Smaller businesses can do the same, to multiply the power of their human and information ...

Part 7: VoIP Security Safeguard your system It's no secret that online risks like viruses and worms threaten email and Web browsing. But have you considered that with VoIP, phone service becomes a similar target? Why? Because VoIP treats calls as ...

Part 5: Getting Ready VoIP building blocks Let's say you decide to adopt VoIP for your business. Unless you'll be the only user, you'll need a foundation consisting of a LAN and adequate bandwidth. 1. What's a LAN? If ...

MARKET BRIEF Hometown Broadband City Hall as Wireless Internet Provider. Why? And Will it Work? The city already provides police and fire protection. It already maintains roads, runs hospitals, operates schools and manages trash collection. Should ...

Small Business, Big Impact Three IT innovations are letting small and midsize businesses leapfrog their big-company competitors. CIOs at all-sized companies, take heed By M.R. Rangaswarmi As Seen in Optimize, July 2006 For perhaps the first ...

Three to Think About Technology goals for 2006 With the 2006 budgeting season upon us, it's time to start thinking about your small business' upcoming technology investments. Take a moment now to assess how new communications products and ...

DSL Internet access Productivity engine By Jim Gewecke, SBC Director-Business Marketing There's no disputing the importance of small businesses in the United States. The country's 25 million small-business owners account for the vast ...

Simplify remote network access Observations from Jeffrey Kipnis, SBC Director of Data Solutions. Mr. Kipnis has more than 29 years of experience in networking, system analysis, and technology management. You're working from your hotel room ...

Software as a Service Shows UpBy Mark HenricksTaking advantage of Software as a Service, or SaaS, applications could help you standardize data, improve communication, reduce IT costs, and possibly give you a leg up on the competition.When Sean ...