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  • Google launches smallest Mini yet

    Google has launched its latest hardware search appliance aimed at the business market, and this time the company is targeting small to medium-sized companies with what it claims is its "most affordable Mini ever".

  • EMC gets serious about small-business storage

    Long dominant in the enterprise data industry, EMC now has its sights set at the other end of the storage spectrum and is going after the storage market for small and medium sized organisations.

  • What's in a name?

    Vendors who focus on SMBs could be missing out on a slice of the pie because of poor market definition.

  • PeopleSoft unveils midmarket tools in Asia

    Following similar moves by most of its rivals, enterprise software maker PeopleSoft has launched a set of business applications targeted at small and medium businesses in Asia.

  • SMEs crank out the ICT

    Small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) not directly related to the ICT sector produced around AU$15.5 billion of ICT in 2003-04, according to the Minister for Communications and Information Technology Helen Coonan.

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  • Read the blog post - Brad Howarth

    Time for start-up investment is now

    Eighteen months after the Federal Government severed an important lifeline for innovative Australian start-ups, a new $196 million program has been announced to help fill the Australian funding void. But will it really help?

  • Read the blog post - Juha Saarinen

    Land of the long white cloud computing

    Cloud Computing not for New Zealand?

  • Read the blog post - Phil Dobbie

    Do we need the legislative blackmail?

    Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Stripe is slimming

    Australian online radio publisher and distributor, Stripe, late last week admitted it had slimmed down somewhat as it had finished building its technology platform and populating its online stations.

  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    Australian Govt funds IT start-ups

    This week Australia's Federal Government announced it had allocated $3.6 million in funding to 57 local research projects so that they could be commercialised, with many of them being web or IT-related start-ups.

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  • Microsoft: SMEs' favourite software vendor?

    Who do small businesses consult before purchasing IT solutions? Vendors, consultants or the press? We take a peek inside their decision-making process.

  • Can Google break Microsoft's enterprise chokehold?

    A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory

  • Why companies monitor blogs

    Many businesses find that tracking blogs and online discussion groups yields candid -- and crucial -- information about their products, services and competitors.

  • Networking CIOs

    A compelling force has come to the fore, with its eye set on products and services.

  • Is hosted anti-spam the answer?

    It has taken only four years for spam to become the bane of business but, as SMBs are finding, spam can be killed before it enters inboxes with the use of a hosted provider.

Reviews (167)

  • NEC Versa E6510

    The E6510 looks the part of a serious business laptop, but there's a more fun exterior lurking within at least for as long as the battery holds out.

  • Fujitsu Lifebook S6520

    The Fujitsu Lifebook S6520 is a decent refresh with Centrino 2 parts, but there are cheaper alternatives if portability is of utmost importance.

  • Contact management packages reviewed

    We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.

  • Desktop dream machines

    RMIT Test Lab finally got its hands on some of the most powerful business PCs on the market. So it is with an eagerness bordering on unadulterated glee that Matt Tett puts these racehorses through their paces.

  • Taking it with you: removable storage

    There's a confusing array of portable, removable, and mobile memory products out there -- how do you pick one that suits your business requirements?

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