While public clouds offer Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) lower overhead, they introduce risks including poor performance, lost data, and breached security. IT’s responsibility to protect corporate data and support end-user productivity is...

Traditional disaster recovery relies on servers and storage units that duplicate the configurations, applications and data of primary data center servers and storage units. Full data center mirroring is complex, expensive and time-consuming. Virtualization...

We’ve all seen the look. The deer-in-the-headlights “I have no idea what you’ve just said” glazed eyes of a confused co-workers. Some of the terminology riding the airwaves of an IT department aren’t exactly common, or even...

As you may know, Microsoft's latest and greatest server operating system, Windows Server 2012, is in beta, and the word on the street is that IT will never be the same. The features and benefits of WS 2012 allow SMBs to not only virtualize and seamlessly...

Microsoft has simplified Hyper-V making it easy to get a virtual machine (VM) up and running. The downside is the potential for mistakes. In spite of wizards and setup verbiage, users can unintentionally introduce risk into their virtual environments...

As cloud applications catch on, simplify how they work with other systems. If your company is like most, you are considering replacing one or more on-premise applications with software as a service (SaaS) or have already done so. The benefits include...

Tools now available enable small and midsize companies (SMBs) to provide current, actionable, real-time information. These business intelligence capabilities offer competitive advantages once available only to enterprises with extensive – and expensive...

Server virtualization presents interesting implications for disaster recovery (DR), including cost reductions and increased recovery times. How does server virtualization improve recovery times? With traditional tape systems it can take one to two...

Server virtualization can benefit organizations of all sizes. Careful planning and extra analysis can actually deliver greater return on your virtualization investment. Four ways to reap the benefits of virtualization through budgeting In a virtualized...

This week Google rolled out Hangouts On Air to Google+ users worldwide and I'll be holding my first Hangout On Air panel discussion about the use of social media by SMBs. The Hangout will be held on Dell's Google+ company page . Featuring invited...

As you look to upgrade your environment in 2012 you’ll no doubt be investigating your cooling capabilities. How hot can I run my servers? What will the costs be? Facility costs are outpacing overall IT spending growth, and regulations are becoming...

You may well be aware that virtualization can help reduce your infrastructure footprint . And that’s big. (Or small, as it were.) But there are plenty of other great benefits to virtualization. Benefits especially valuable to small and medium size...

Virtualization is supposed to make life easier. And if you’re like most small and medium businesses, you use VMWare Vcenter to manage your virtual IT environment and you use iDRAC to manage your physical environment, including BIOS upgrades. Which...

This week Dell hosted its second tweetchat on the use of social media by small and medium business, with guest moderator Neville Hobson . We discussed five topic areas ranging from engaging content to measurement tools. Check out some of the highlights...

Today’s security challenges Most businesses need protection from top security threats: spam, viruses, phishing, malware and more. Organized cybercriminals are getting smarter and social media, mobile and removable storage devices are a new source...

If you’re looking for tips and advice on what social media can do for your small or medium business, two upcoming online Dell events will interest you. 1. T weetchat Following the success of the first social media tweetchat last month, we’re...

(Registration form at bottom of page) Desktop virtualization technology has been available for many years, but there is now a sense of urgency to find the right solution as remote workforces become more common, especially amongst small and...

With the proliferation of powerful mobile devices, wireless internet access and business data available in the cloud, remote workforces are becoming just as common as the traditional office environment. This trend creates many advantages for companies...

Last week we hosted a tweetchat with guest moderator Neville Hobson , discussing use of social media by small and medium businesses. Thanks to everyone who joined and shared insights - checkout the transcript below. Also introduced was Dell’s...

The only thing between IT and the next major security breach is a thin line of IT expertise. Shoring up your defenses requires new approaches to systems and security management that rely heavily on IT automation to give your organization a fighting chance...

There is no such thing as “perfect security.” With enough time and resources, a hacker can get past most security defenses. But cybercriminals look for easy targets. They typically focus on cracking systems with minimal security versus those...

If you are trying to get to grips with using social media in your small or medium business, or you have specific questions, a social media tweetchat will provide some useful insights for you. To complement the Small and Medium Business Social Media...

View the archived webcast here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/four-keys-to-protecting-your-business-data#utm_campaign=Dell&utm_source=Homepage&utm_medium=HPTO No matter what size a business is, data storage and protection is critical. In...

How do small and medium businesses manage to do more with less while continuing to grow? It’s no easy task, and we recently discussed the strategies employed by successful businesses during a live webcast. Our panelists consisted of three industry...

The phrase, “going to work” has a different meaning nowadays. A SMB Mobility Survey from Tech Aisle reveals that “telecommuting and traveling for work has now become the norm for 72 percent of SMBs reporting that one or more of their...