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Next Generation Multiservice Business Gateway Solutions

Rio Pesino — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:00:47 +0000

A candid discussion of Nortel’s BSG product; a next-gen multi-service business gateway, designed from-the-ground-up to provide the functionality, performance, programmability and centralized management required to address the lucrative hosted SMB market for Carriers.

Tags: BSG, LSI Logic, Nortel, SMB

HP iPAQs, Notebooks Help Small and Medium Businesses with Mobility

Catherine Girardeau — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:00:28 +0000

In this video podcast, find out how HP’s line of handheld PCs and business notebooks bring mobility and connectivity to SMBs, and how HP Total Care helps business users get the experience they need from their mobile devices.

HP’s notebook portfolio has expanded, with offerings designed for small business users with a fresh look. These new standard-series business notebooks round out HP’s comprehensive portfolio of mobile offerings. Their sleek, silver-finished style underscore the company’s focus on delivering design-savvy products. The 2710p offers the functionality of an ultra-light notebook plus the flexibility of an ultra-slim tablet. Featuring widescreen displays, the latest processor technology and multiple wireless technologies, the HP Compaq 6720s and 6820s Notebook PCs offer a balance of mobility and value. They come with the latest Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors, WiFi certified WLAN, integrated Bluetooth, ExpressCard 54 (vs. PC Card), 3 USB ports (vs. 2), and security, reliability and ease of use features. For security, HP offers Device Access Manager for HP ProtectTools, HP ProtectTools Security Manager, and HP Disk Sanitizer. For reliability, HP Drive Guard protects from shock and data corruption. And for ease of use, the notebooks feature an integrated Secure Digital (SD) Card reader to easily transfer files to other digital devices and the optional DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL LightScribe Drive to burn custom high-quality labels and artwork on to your disc.

HP Total Care is a broad portfolio of support, services and solutions to help small and medium businesses get the most out of their technology choices and focus on what they do best – run their business.

The iPAQ 100 and 300-series bring reliable handheld productivity and connectivity tools to SMB customers. The HP iPAQ 110 Classic Handheld is a stylish personal organizer to keep your emails, calendar, contacts and tasks up-to-date. The HP iPAQ 310 Travel Companion is a sleek personal navigation system that provides a unique 3D travel experience. The high resolution 4.3-inch touch screen display and high-performance GPS technology make it as beautiful as it is helpful.

Tags: HP, HP Total Care, HP Notebook, 6720s, 2710p, iPAQ, HP Protect Tools Security Manager, HP Disk Sanitizer, HP Drive Guard

Cemaphore Keeps Email Running and Accessible

Brad Baldwin — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:00:48 +0000

When it comes to email continuity and message availability in times of a network outage or as part of a disaster recovery plan, the small and medium business needs what large organizations spec–but they need it at an affordable price point. Cemaphore Systems has created an email continuity and content management solution for SMBs base on Microsoft Exchange that keeps email flowing and stored messages available in a crisis.

Tyrone Pike, President and CEO of Cemaphore, talks with Brad Baldwin about defining the right mix of enterprise-class features for small and medium businesses. Pike also talks about challenges and best practices for email continuity and the hole he sees in the market to provide the same service to companies with just a few mailboxes.

SMBs can leverage Cemaphore MailShadow for as few as 25 up to as many as 50,000 mailboxes. Mail can fail over to Cemaphore within minutes of an outage to keep email up and running. Cemaphore also supports mobile devices that we’ve all come to rely on when traveling. When organizations migrate or upgrade to a new version of Exchange, MailShadow helps out. Cemaphore has built a deep expertise in Microsoft Exchange transaction technology, including being Microsoft’s first Reference Licensee of the Outlook-Exchange Transport Protocol specification (formerly MAPI).

Tags: Cemaphore, Content Management, disaster recovery, email, Email Continuity, Microsoft Exchange, SMB

HP Introduces Total Care for SMB

Michael Johnson — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:37:40 +0000

At their recent launch in New York City, HP Total Care took the spotlight, announcing a program designed to ease IT challenges for the full lifecycle of an HP purchase. HP Total Care’s aim is to provide before, during and after- purchase support, making it easier for companies to focus on their products and clients, and less on the technology that they rely on to get things done.

Featuring expert advice, helpful services, easy-to-use tools and resources for do-it-yourself fixes, and “real live” expert support, HP Total Care is designed to give SMB the best technology experience. The offerings include HP ProtectTools, Accidental Damage Protection with Computrace, HP Backup and Recovery Manager, Smart Desktop Management services, free online classes, white papers, and “How-to-IT guides” that help explain IT security options.

In this video podcast highlight, we speak with Worldwide HP Total Care Manager Greg Nika, and Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of TerraCycle, Bill Seidle, program manager, PSG Americas at HP, and John Dayan, VP for marketing and business development, PSG Americas at HP.

TerraCycle founder Szaky welcomes the freedom that Total Care gives him to focus on, well, garbage (TerraCycle repurposes garbage, packages its product in garbage, and has been distributed in the U.S. and Canada by leading retailers such as Home Depot, Wal*Mart, Whole Foods and hardware stores.

Also on hand for the announcement were the celebrity “achievers” who have made their “faceless” statements in television advertisements spotlighting the adaptability and versatility of HP’s personal computing technology, including Olympic Gold Medalist Snowboarder Shaun White, Tennis Pro and fashion designer Serena Williams, supermodel Petra Nemcova and The Orange County Choppers. Other mobility products and services were announced at the “Your Life is the Show” launch event.

Tags: HP Total Care, real live, SMB, ProtectTools, Accidental Damage Protection, Computrace, Backup and Recovery Manager, Smart Desktop Management, How-to-IT, Greg Nika, Tom Szaky, TerraCycle, Bill Seidle, John Dayan, Your Life is the Show

Is the Internet Dead?

Paul Lancour — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:52:41 +0000

Is the Internet dead? Listen in as LSI networking experts Jas Tremblay, director of Enterprise and SMB Solutions, and Mark Wilson, director of Network and Systems Applications, discuss bandwidth, traffic management, and networking technologies designed to breathe life back into the internet. The conversation focuses on bandwidth restriction issues, increasing content development and requirements from service providers, and current and future networking solutions.

Tags: LSI, networking, Jas Tremblay, SMB Solutions, Mark Wilson, bandwidth, traffic management

Blade Video Series: Why Shorty doesn’t Short - Overview of the new BladeSystem c3000

editor — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:30:39 +0000

Straight Talk about HP BladeSystem, presented by Steve Gillaspy. How BladeSystem c3000 packs the big features found in larger systems into a new solution built from the ground up for small sites, SMB and midsize customers.

Learn more about HP storage and server blades.

Tags: Straight Talk, HP BladeSystem, Steve Gillaspy, BladeSystem c3000, HP storage, server blades

Tips on Going Global for SMBs

Catherine Girardeau — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:00:47 +0000

As business becomes increasingly global, entrepreneurs must organize, plan, operate and execute in new ways to stay competitive. For small business owners who are interested in conducting business globally, there are vital principles that apply in order to be successful in a global market.

In this podcast, Success Magazine’s current Creativity and Innovation Guru, Jen Groover, talks with PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau about how technology is opening up opportunities for small businesses who want to take their enterprises global. Groover is CEO of Pennsylvania-based Jen Groover Productions. This podcast was commissioned by Success Magazine.

Tags: Success Magazine, Creativity, Innovation, Jen Groover

Looking Ahead for SMB: Netgear’s John Grady

Michael Johnson — Tue, 29 May 2007 21:37:31 +0000

In a podcast from the floor of Interop 2007 in Las Vegas, John Grady, Netgear’s senior director of product marketing for SMB, outlines Netgear’s upcoming strategy for SMB products, and talks about the ProSafe line of products with a lifetime warranty, and more. This is a Netgear podcast.

Tags: Interop, John Grady, Netgear, SMB, ProSafe

SMB Network Soutions with Netgear at INTEROP 2007

Michael Johnson — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:50:46 +0000

In this podcast, sounds from the floor of INTEROP 2007. At the NETGEAR booth, PodTech’s Michael Johnson talks with a number of conference participants who share their thoughts on SMB challenges, and their experience using NETGEAR in their everyday work lives.
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Tags: INTEROP, NETGEAR, Michael Johnson, SMB

Networking for SMBs

Catherine Girardeau — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:01:23 +0000

As servers become more affordable, small businesses are moving away from traditional desktop environments to networking to become more efficient and competitive. Ramon Ray, editor of Smallbiztechnology.com, and Alden Levy, VP of JKS Events, Inc. join us today to discuss the advantages of networking and share tips on how best to set up your network. This Networking for SMBs podcast was commissioned by Success Magazine.

Tags: networking, Ramon Ray, Smallbiztechnology.com, Alden Levy, JKS Events, SMBs, Success Magazine

Episode 3: SMB Networking Expert Advice Series - Power Over Ethernet

Paul Lancour — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:00:49 +0000

Looking to install a device in a hard-to-reach place? Don’t feel like rewiring the AC power to your home or office to do it? Peter Newton of NETGEAR might just have the answer for you. Watch this podcast as he discusses power over ethernet with PodTech’s Paul Lancour.

Click here for transcript.

Tags: Peter Newton, NETGEAR, ethernet, Paul Lancour

Episode 2: SMB Networking Expert Advice Series - Cost Effective Switching Solutions for SMBs

Paul Lancour — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:00:30 +0000

This is a series of informative podcasts tackling SMB networking challenges. In this episode we focus on how growing networks need to be future-proof and require advanced features to service sophisticated applications such as VOIP. Does this always have to mean huge investment in L2 and L3 switches?

Click here for transcript.

Tags: SMB networking, VOIP, switches

Episode 1: SMB Networking Expert Advise Series - Security For Mobile Work Forces

Paul Lancour — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:00:22 +0000

More and more small and medium size businesses find that their workforce needs to This is a series of informative podcasts tackling SMB networking challenges. In this episode we talk with Vivek Chugh, product line manager, about the challenges of serving an increasingly mobile work force and the new alternative technologies that can help.

Click here for transcript.

Tags: SMB, Vivek Chugh

PodTech News Launches New Series, “Web 2.0 Voices”

Catherine Girardeau — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 01:11:36 +0000

We’re kicking off a new interview series here at PodTech News, Web 2.0 Voices, and we’d love your ideas. Which companies are on your list of the Web 2.0 firms to watch? Who are the people behind the hot new startups? What companies have we not yet heard much about that you think we’ll be hearing a whole lot more from, and why? Here are a few lists to get you started: The Next Net 25, by Erick Schonfeld, Om Malik, and Michael V. Copeland (Business 2.0 Magazine) and Michael Arrington’s list onTechCrunch. Our first interview feature’s Digg.com’s Founder and Chief Architect, Kevin Rose. Take a listen over on the News channel, www.podtech.net/news.

JavaOne: Analyzing IT Infrastructures Made Easy

editor — Thu, 18 May 2006 21:02:20 +0000

At JavaOne 2006 in San Francisco, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Mike Baum, CES (Chief Executive Splunker!) about Splunk, an innovative software solution for IT Infrastructure analysis. Splunk tracks complex IT datastreams in real time and creates event fingerprints and indexes for greater ease of troubleshooting from SMB to enterprise.

Tags: JavaOne, Mike Baum, CES, Splunker!, Splunk, SMB

The SMB sector has more switching options now than ever before- A NETGEAR podcast

editor — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:39:27 +0000

Too big? Too small? Do you find yourself yearning like Goldi Lox for the switching solution that is just right? Then join me for a conversation with Peter Newton Sr. product line manager at NETGEAR as he talks about the growing number of switching solutions now available for the SMB sector, that fit them- you guessed it- Just right.

How does your Switch Stack Up? Read a free White Paper - click here.

VON - Laurie Shook and Mike Yancey of Verizon Business on VOIP for SMB and enterprise level networks

Kevin Edwards — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:39:42 +0000

VON 2006 March 16, 2006 San Jose, California

Podtech’s Michael Johnson talks with Laurie Shook, Verizon Business - Director of Managed IP Telephony and Mike Yancey of Verizon Business - Wholesale Voice Product Management Division about service level agreements and enhancements to Verizon Business’s SIP gateway services.

Links:
http://www.verizonbusiness.com/us

VON - Bernard Gutnick of Sylantro Systems software on VoIP for SMB and enterprise level networks

Kevin Edwards — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 22:39:26 +0000

VON 2006 March 16, 2006 San Jose, California

PodTech’s Michael Johnson talks with Sylantro Systems’s VP of Product Marketing, Bernard Gutnick, about hosted network software for hosted VoIP applications, and Small to Mid-sized Business (SMB) retail solutions. 6:48

Links:
http://www.sylantro.com