Picture this–you’re a VAR who faces a common dilemma in that many of your small and midsize business (SMB) clients need to establish a Web presence and quickly become Net connected, though you lack a reasonably priced, yet robust solution package. Furthermore, your customers can’t afford a high-end thin server solution, nor do they want […]
Read MoreNortel Networks and Safeco Corp. recently invested $35 million in workplace eCommerce solutions provider Concur Technologies Inc., which together with some technical help from the folks in Redmond, Wash., will leverage the power of Internet procurement for small and midsize businesses (SMBs).
Read MoreDuring the past few months I’ve received a number of e-mails from readers, colleagues and associates asking me how I manage to keep up with the daily barrage of techie news. Well, here’s my secret. In the near distant past, I was forced to read a few dozen techie journals and several business magazines each […]
Read MoreThere’s a new kid on the block and you’d be well advised to watch this one closely because they aren’t your typical telco. 2nd Century Communications represents an exciting new breed of CLEC meets ASP, meets outsourced IT provider, called an “e.LEC.” So “what’s an e.LEC” you ask? 2nd Century is the nations first e.LEC […]
Read MoreThis post is a compendium of many of my articles in VARBusiness Magazine, where I ran a column on tech business trends.
Read More…”Fifty-three percent of small businesses are neutral to negative about IT affecting their business goals and 32 percent of midsize businesses are neutral to negative about IT affecting their business goals,” says Villarosa.
Read MoreNoted technology Analyst, Joseph Villarosa states: “the Freei.Net business model is unique for several reasons: They are the first company to release a truly free Mac offer, utilize regional banner advertising and approach the critical mass of customers needed for profitability. They have strong financial support from Sequoia Capital and a very strong technology partner […]
Read MoreHowever, Joseph Villarosa, a strategic consultant for the small business market, notes that while enterprises typically have strong security in place, many small companies don’t even have a firewall. Villarosa says they’re just waiting for something to happen before they buy something, but warns his clients they may not be hit by a full-out assault. […]
Read More…Joseph Villarosa, a small-business strategic analyst and former epidemiologist, says, “Things were quiet at first, but now the phone is ringing off the hook. Companies have realized that they still need to do business, sell product, regroup, find new ways of selling stuff, restrategize – but all under a new set of conditions.”
Read More…”SMBs account for 98 percent of all US businesses, represent about 50 percent of the Gross National Product, and spend approximately $445 billion annually on information technology products and services,” said Joseph Villarosa, director of the Yankee Group’s Small & Medium Business Communications program. “There is no question that service providers, as well as equipment […]
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