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Two new support options for SMBs

By CrossTech Media on 9/30/2008

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 to be a golden time for small businesses that need IT support, because the line of vendors ready to help keeps getting longer.

Edgy Database Technologies to Look Into

By CrossTech Media on 9/30/2008

I found this article from Don MacAskill, the CEO of SmugMug, where he ends up pointing out all kinds of really interesting newer database and server technologies. It reads as an interesting set of alternatives for newer companies or budget-minded startups to think about.

A Different Type of Security Key

By CrossTech Media on 9/30/2008

Yubikey is an interesting premise: mix a smart card security dongle with OpenID and solve your web security access problems (at least for sites that support OpenID). It looks like Yubikey also supports RADIUS and PAM support. It's open source, so technically, you can pair pretty much any security protocol with it.

VirtualBox 2.0 Gives You Options

By CrossTech Media on 9/30/2008

Want to take a walk on the virtual side? Sun's made it even easier to dip your toe in. With the announcement of VirtualBox 2.0, you can run one OS inside another with ease.

Is the Fringe Our New Front Line for 2009?

By CrossTech Media on 9/30/2008

In planning for 2009, I'm looking at where we've been so far in 2008. Most of the trends I thought would happen in bigger ways in 2008 have gone pretty much according to the industry's plans. There's more virtualization. People are taking cloud computing and web applications out of the labs and into the office. We're seeing more mobile computing and projects like co-working spaces, and the like.

QuickBooks Enterprise adds Web hooks

By CrossTech Media on 9/30/2008

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? You know, the ones you have to mash down hard when you write so all three copies will be completed? Outside of UPS or FedEx, I never have. But users of QuickBooks Enterprise can zoom their techs from the 1950s to 2009 with one of the add-on modules demonstrated at the QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions User conference last week.

Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Cloud

By CrossTech Media on 9/30/2008

In this article by the founder of GNU, Richard Stallman, he warns us that trusting our data to Google and the other cloud software companies is folly, and that we're setting ourselves up for a horrible fall. He sites privacy and lock-in as two main points to consider.

Optimize Print Workflow with XML

By TJ O'Connor on 9/30/2008

There are hundreds (if not thousands) of companies still creating print documents from scratch: copy/pasting text from the original source, and laying out each page manually. Recent updates to the major print applications (InDesign and Quark) allow content to be imported via XML, opening up a world of possibilities.

Slim Down Your Gear Bag

By CrossTech Media on 9/16/2008

Tech types travel with lots of gear. We might be guilty of having a laptop, a pda, a phone, a digital camera, and no doubt several peripherals to go with them. In this article by Chanpory Rith, we are taken task for it. The advice is simple, but worth checking out, especially with the fall conference season coming into full effect and several ITEC events mixed in there, too.

Can your business run completely online?

By CrossTech Media on 9/16/2008

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 10 years ago, and it is making big noise about invigorated Apps and some Googlers called to tell me about the improvements.

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