• ALL DEALS
    How Nextiva Analytics Helps Small Business Succeed

    Since the late 1990s, virtual phone services have enabled small businesses to obtain robust business phone services for less money by shouldering all the hardware, management and maintenance costs and spreading them across a number of businesses. While enhanced phone system functionality for less is a big win for small businesses, one could argue that […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    ShareFile Is Big Business-Grade File Sync and Share Solution Built for Small Business

    Usefulness Functionality Price Summary ShareFile is an enterprise-grade file sync and share solution that is uniquely designed for specific customer workflow and collaboration environments across multiple verticals. ShareFile, owned by Citrix Systems (NASDAQ:CTXS), is a SaaS product that allows you to choose where to securely store your files and documents, which could either be on […]

  • NEWS
    Business Owners Prefer Sick Employees to Computer Problems [Infographic]

    [Click for full version] A recent survey has found that most small business owners would rather deal with sick employees calling off on Mondays than a laptop or some other device that’s on the blink. Brother International Corp.  just released the results of its annual Small Business Survey and found that 75 percent of small […]

  • ALL DEALS
    What Is Doxxing and Is It a Threat to Your Small Business?

    When it comes to privacy issues, much of the press focuses on companies like Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. Unfortunately, that focus often ends up being a distraction from the real offenders. For the most part, we consider Facebook to be a self-inflicted wound since the content is typically posted by the individual themselves. However, it […]

  • COMPUTERS
    What Microsoft’s New Chatbot, Zo, Means for Your Business

    There’s a new chatbot in town. Zo is the latest in Microsoft’s efforts to evolve AI. The company wants to create conversational AI that not only takes the informational side into account, but also the emotional side. In other words, it wants to create an experience that mimics that of talking to an actual person. […]

  • COMPUTERS
    You Can Use Microsoft Bot Framework to Build Small Business Bots

    You have heard of bots, so by now you probably know they are applications that perform automated tasks. So how can the new Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bot Framework help you build one for your small business? Microsoft wants to help you build a chatbot that the company says will, “Interact with your users naturally wherever they are.” […]

  • COMPUTERS
    What Microsoft’s New Chatbot, Zo, Means for Your Business

    There’s a new chatbot in town. Zo is the latest in Microsoft’s efforts to evolve AI. The company wants to create conversational AI that not only takes the informational side into account, but also the emotional side. In other words, it wants to create an experience that mimics that of talking to an actual person. […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Make Small Business Cyber Security a Priority in 2017

    Many small business owners may think they are protected against computer viruses and hacks, but that may not be the case. In fact, too many small business owners don’t do much to protect themselves. There are so many must-dos that accompany running a business that it’s easy for tasks like protecting your IT infrastructure to […]