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- SAP and SME's: an update
- $1700 is ridiculous.SAP is on its way out. More and more companies will be finding alternatives. SAP is wanting to increase their pricing. This conference was nothing but smoke and mirrors. I can't believe any 50 man company would pay $85,000 a year to SAP.
- Tags: SMB/SME, SAP AG, small and medium enterprise
- Discussion threads 2009-09-13
- SAP and SME's: an update
- I've just returned from spending a day immersed in SAP at a London hotel with European and South African SME customers, channel partners and the Business ByDesign team. It's been fascinating. While the focus was on ByDesign, I met with All-In-One customers. It provided a useful...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Customer, SAP AG, McDermott, Smb/Sme, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh
- Intel urges SMEs: Don't delay PC refresh wow companies want you to buy stuff from them...details at 11I'd be interested in knowing how they arrived at the correlation between......older PCs and malware. I can't see why an older system would be any more likely to get malware than a brand...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Cyberthreats, Intel Corp., small and medium enterprise, PC Refresh, PC
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely great
- Today's Cloud: garbage; Tomorrow's? insanely greatThere's interest from SMEsWe've had a few of our customers (all SME's) asking about this. One customer uses a hosting providing to run their public facing web site, which is mainly static content, but they also upload order tracking data on a daily basis, for...
- Tags: SMB/SME, local storage, small and medium enterprise, storage
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Overcoming the Challenges of WAN Application Delivery
- Today's Small-to-Medium size Enterprises SME rely heavily on their business applications being sent reliably over the Internet, outside of their LAN. These applications can include inventory, customer relationship management, sales, accounting and other critical applications that are the livelihood of a company's operations. Therefore, quick and reliable delivery of these...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, WAN, Ecessa, Smb/Sme, Telecommuting, Networking, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software
- White papers 2009-02-10
- Device Consolidation Benefits WAN Infrastructure
- Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises SMEs are looking for ways to improve the reliability and performance of their WAN infrastructure. Network device consolidation offers cost savings and eases the complexity of managing, maintaining and supporting multiple devices. There are many difficult issues related to WAN infrastructure complexity, cost, and performance. However,...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Consolidation, Ecessa, WANs, Smb/Sme, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2009-02-10
- A Guide to WAN Application Delivery for the SME Market
- Today's Small-to-Medium sized Enterprises SME are undergoing the same IT evolution as their large enterprise counterparts, only on a smaller scale. For SMEs, WAN reliability, flexible scalability, performance and ease of management are as essential to their WAN infrastructure as they are to a large enterprise. SMEs are able to...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Ecessa, Smb/Sme, WANs, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2009-02-10
- Tellumat Partners With SunTec to Provide Innovative Billing Solution for SME Telecom Operators
- The telecom sector of South Africa has been witnessing rapid changes with the government issuing more licenses in the rural areas. In the urban areas too, the excess capacity was being given off to startup players. With the influx of small license operators, Tellumat was looking forward to set up...
- Tags: Billing, Small And Medium Enterprise, SunTec Business Solutions, Smb/Sme
- Case studies 2009-02-10
- ComputerWeekly - Simplified Systems Management for SMEs
- How do people take the complexity out of systems management, to make it easy enough for Ssmall and Medium size Enterprises SMEs to use? There are lower-end products around such as Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold, those that scale through the mid-market such as NTRGlobal and NetIQ, and there are even freeware...
- Tags: Quocirca, Freeware, Small And Medium Enterprise, Systems Management, Smb/Sme, It Services, Network Administration, Networking
- White papers 2009-02-09
- Enticing SMEs- The Online Banking Way
- Five years ago, many banks would have avoided the risk associated with Small and Medium Enterprises SME as a deliberate strategy. Zoom to the present: corporate banking spreads are down and competition is cut-throat. With reducing mortgage rates and slower off-take of consumer loans, retail banking is no different. The...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Online Banking, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Smb/Sme, Banking, Financial Services
- White papers 2009-01-15
- Top 10 Threats to SME Data Security
- When it spotted an issue that could impact SMEs negatively, it alerted subscribers with email broadcasts. Because subscribers are time-constrained, over-worked IT professionals, it alerted only when it knows an attack is not merely feasible, but likely. This emphasis on business context and practicality makes service nearly unique. This approach...
- Tags: Vector, Small And Medium Enterprise, WatchGuard Technologies, Smb/Sme, E-mail, Online Communications
- White papers 2008-11-24
- Cutting Paper: The SME FD's Guide to Document Management
- Spending hours sifting through paperwork to source the relevant information is simply unfeasible in today's SME, particularly when there are tools available to source the relevant piece of information in the appropriate format, at the click of a mouse. Ultimately, by adopting a document management solution designed to address the...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Infor, Document Management, Smb/Sme, Managerial Accounting, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance
- White papers 2008-10-16
- abylon READER 7.3 (Windows)
- The encrypting with the software of abylonsoft is not an one-way. The free READER-Version verify, decrypt and unpack SME files. At this time the following file extensions are supported (Symmetrical Encrypted: CR2 / Asymmetrical Encrypted: CRP, PK7, P7M, VSP7, ASC, TBE / Signed: P7M, VSP7, TBS, SGN / Digital Envelope...
- Tags: RSA Security Inc., Small And Medium Enterprise, Database Access, Microsoft Windows, Decryption, Smb/Sme, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Security
- Software downloads 2008-10-13
- Startups listen up: you've got a pricing problem
- Just about every new product coming to market is being offered as a service rather than packaged software. But pricing remains something of a mystery. A while back, I started a spreadsheet that plots price points for different saas accounting offerings. At the time I concluded that no-one has figured...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Small And Medium Enterprise, Web Application, Pricing Strategy, Phil Wainewright, Pricing, Smb/Sme, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-10-06
- Top 10 Threats to SME Data Security: (and What to Do About Them)
- All of the attack vectors are well-known to security professionals. Mature processes, techniques, and technologies are available to help one defend against them. Although on some days it might feel like the bad guys are winning, through diligence and persistent effort, one can harden network against attacks. Thousands of network...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, WatchGuard Technologies, XTM, Web 2.0, Smb/Sme, Roi/Tco, Security, Internet, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2008-10-01
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
- It’s leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...
- Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting
- GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accountingSimplify"Developing accounting applications is never easy. They are complex but are ripe for overhaul."I'd describe the task as big, not complex.Understanding then simplifying processes is the key to simplifying accounts.
- Tags: SMB/SME, SME accounting, GoBootstrap, small and medium enterprise
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- GoBootstrap: simplifying SME accounting
- I'm keen to see startups in the accounting for small business space. Part of that is because I spent more years than I care to remember in finance roles, part is in the belief that accounting systems that reflect a 600 year old methodology are well...
- Tags: Accounting, Small And Medium Enterprise, Advisor, GoBootstrap, GoBootstrap.com, Tax Estimate, General Usability, Taxes, Free Trade, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Over my dead body
- Over my dead bodyStick to what you know, Murph!Hmm, last week you were saying you had little experience with SMEs and were offering space on your blog to those who do, today you are making stunningly sweeping generalizations about their employees! Where's your data!?My business focus, since 1993, has been...
- Tags: SMB/SME, PRODUCTIVITY, dead body, villain, small and medium enterprise
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- SAP wrap and transparency points
- This week's SAP influencer summit was a roller coaster affair. On the one hand I didn't detect anything fundamentally new on the BusinessObjects side other than a considerable amount of repackaging with a view to gaining additional sales. There's nothing wrong with that but it didn't demonstrate a huge amount...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, SAP AG, Smb/Sme, Retail, Channel Management, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
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