Recent Articles
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Comparative Analysis: VOIP PBX for Small Business
Knowledge of voice over IP has become so ubiquitous that many falsely believe it’s a simple, ubiquitous technology available to business environments of all sizes. The truth is VOIP integrated with PBX and SIP trunking services has a low penetration in small businesses, those with fewer than 25 seats. New technologies are bringing integrated VOIP…
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Xerox’s Phaser 6128MFP: Just What the Workgroup Ordered
Xerox is looking to help build up some drama and excitement with its latest iteration of the small workgroup printer by adding multifunction printer capabilities, as well as color and keeping prices down. For just $599, the Xerox Phaser 6128MFP copies, scans and faxes, and prints up to 12 pages per minute in color and…
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Extending Power Savings Beyond ‘Earth Hour’
On Saturday, March 28 at 8:30 p.m. local time, people around the world will shut off their lights for one hour. The goal is to let world leaders know that the citizens of the world are concerned about global warming and unchecked energy consumption. While silent demonstration may prove to be an effective political statement,…
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Axcient Melds Appliance, Cloud for Data Backup
The impetus behind storage startup Axcient came from an unlikely source – while working for another startup, Axcient’s now-CEO Justin Moore’s laptop crashed. While technology failures usually are more cause for irritation than innovation, the experience of having to send his laptop—and all the business data it contained—to an offsite recovery specialist and wait weeks…
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Microsoft Passes Buck on Internet Explorer Error
Many users (myself included) are complaining of an error that seems to be cropping up more and more with all versions of Internet Explorer: “Internet Explorer Can Not Open the Internet Site – Operation Aborted” This error is a growing nuisance, but I figured it would disappear with an upgrade to IE8 or by installing…
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Google Chrome 2.0, Windows 7 Not a Fast Combo
Google proves it can make a better beta with the latest release of its browser, Chrome 2.0. The new Chrome 2.0 beta leaves the likable interface pretty much alone and focuses on speed and functionality – at least if you are not running Microsoft Windows 7 beta. Testing the product beta with Windows 7 showed…
