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  • Cisco buys Jabber

    by Michael Osterman

    Cisco's latest acquisition is Jabber, a leading developer of enterprise-grade presence-enablement capabilities. Jabber's offerings include its...

  • Teleworking drives Web 2.0 applications

    by Robin Gareiss

    Though early adoption was primarily in the consumer space, Web 2.0 applications - including wikis, blogs, shared workspaces, and social computing -...

  • Dual access for the SOHO/ROBO revisited

    by Steve Taylor and Jim Metzler

    Over the several years that we've been writing this column, a topic that we've revisited from time to time is how best to provide for backup for... 3

  • Organizing content by context

    by Michael Osterman

    As users of e-mail, desktop productivity applications, collaboration tools and other information generation and management capabilities, we create... 1

  • Two new support options for SMBs

    by James E. Gaskin

    When the IT business gets slow at huge companies, vendors "discover" the small business market. Whether that's the reason in full or part, now seems... 1

  • Green's effect on branch collaboration

    by Robin Gareiss

    We are bombarded lately with "green" everything. No longer does green simply describe the mixture of blue and yellow. And the Irish? Sorry, no longer... 1

  • QuickBooks Enterprise adds Web hooks

    by James E. Gaskin

    Have you ever had a service or delivery person come to your home or business carrying a smart phone in place of a clipboard with pre-printed forms?... 1

  • Can your business run completely online?

    by James E. Gaskin

    The world's richest and most powerful 10-year-old says it can handle far more of your technology needs than you think. Google started almost exactly... 5

  • Social networking at the branch, the downside

    by Robin Gareiss

    Though there are benefits to bringing social networking sites, such as Facebook, Linked In, Myspace, and YouTube, to the workplace, there are...

  • Google Reader becomes more discreet when sharing

    by Juan Carlos Perez

    Google has increased the options for sharing feeds in its Reader product, giving users more control over this feature. 1

  • Social networking at the branch

    by Robin Gareiss

    Social networking sites, such as Facebook, Linked In, MySpace, and others, present numerous opportunities and oddities to employees - particularly...

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