…”A lot of small businesses are in the early stages of e-commerce, like sending e-mails back and forth,” said Boston information technology consultant Joseph Villarosa. “But they are not really conducting business on the Internet. IBM is smart to see this coming and try to help early adopters move up the chain to larger products.”

SBSA will provide personal solutions and guidance to small businesses, instead of presenting only a potentially confusing array of options for an uninformed and busy small business person to choose from, “There is certainly no lack of information, products, web sites, or technology available to small businesses,” states former Gartner Group and Yankee Group Analyst, […]

…”The PC used to be a profit-making thing, but now it’s just a commodity,” says Joseph Villarosa, an independent technology analyst. Now “the PC is the enabler of a communication service or set of services.”

Scalability. “Your system should be tailored to your business plan, plus some”, says Joseph Villarosa, director of the small and medium business practice at the Yankee Group. PBX, or private branch exchange, is the heart of the modern business phone system, and usually is expandable, says Voit. Find out from your consultant or your value-added […]

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… “Quite frankly, we were staggered by these results,” says Joseph Villarosa, director of Yankee Group’s Small & Medium Business Communications program. “With the level of strategic value placed on connectivity over the past several years, it is surprising that so many SMBs have yet to adopt the necessary networking technologies needed to better meet […]