More than a Name Change: IBM Rebrands LotusLive as IBM SmartCloud for Social Business

Posted on January 31, 2012 by lauriemccabe

Attending Lotusphere (or any other big vendor event) is kind of like getting soaked with a fire hose. So instead of providing overall highlights (here’s a 60-second video that does this quite well, FYI), I’m dialing the nozzle to focus on LotusLive news at Lotusphere 2012, and my perspective on it relative to the SMB [...]

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Closing the Business Intelligence Gap for Small Businesses

Posted on January 27, 2012 by lauriemccabe

Most small and medium businesses (SMBs) can relate to Albert Einstein’s famous quote that  “Information is not knowledge.”  Many SMBs have plenty of data, but find it challenging to get the insights from it that they need to run their businesses more effectively and efficiently. Businesses have always needed the ability to track and measure [...]

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Slideshow: Highlights SMB Group 2011 Social Business Study

Posted on January 12, 2012 by lauriemccabe

We will be launching a new version of our SMB Social Business Study this spring. In the meantime, we wanted to share some of the highlights from the 2011 study for the small business segment (1-99 employees) to whet your appetite for the 2012 edition! The 2012 Social Business and Collaboration Study will refresh the [...]

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Cisco OnPlus: IT Infrastructure Advisory and Management Services Solution For Small Businesses

Posted on January 10, 2012 by lauriemccabe

–by Sanjeev Aggarwal and Laurie McCabe, SMB Group Last month, Cisco introduced a new IT Infrastructure advisory and management service solution designed for VARs to provide to small businesses with less than 100 employees. Delivered via Cisco’s value-added reseller (VAR) channel, Cisco OnPlus enables VARs to offload the mundane, time-consuming tasks of managing a network [...]

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Slideshow: Top 10 SMB Technology Predictions for 2012

Posted on January 4, 2012 by lauriemccabe

Each year, the SMB Group offers its Top 10 SMB Technology Predictions. In 2011, we created a slideshow version. Due to popular demand, we’ve created a slideshow version of our 2012 predictions, which are summarized below. Economic Anxiety Lowers SMB Revenue Expectations and Tightens Tech Wallets The SMB Progressive Class Gains Ground The SMB Social [...]

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