There is a lot of debate out there right now about whether or not Windows Vista is really worth the upgrade from Windows XP. We certainly do have some opinions and will soon post a full review of Windows Vista aimed at the small business user. But, in the meantime, I did find […]

This is is a counter-intuitive statement to me… it should say “Six smart ways to generate small business growth with technology” instead. I mean the goal is to grow the business right, not grow technology. So while I find the theory laid out in this article even still a little reactive as opposed to proactive, […]

Everyday I hear and read more about how small businesses should be expanding their websites to include a blog or some kind of social network component or similar. These stories are always in what I would consider “traditional media” outlets… Business Week, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, Fortune, etc.
Lets see if we can clear […]

I went in today to setup a few additional bank accounts for our business. Now, we are a pretty new business… we are very good at what we do and think we will be reasonably profitable as a result of delivering value for our customers. But between credit cards, lines of credit, and similar I […]

So many cool things you can do with the internet… like track the software you use and show it to all your friends. If anyone is interested in seeing the desktop software we use on our systems… you can check us out on Wakoopa at http://www.wakoopa.com/trimtabtech. As you can see in the screenshot below, you […]

Sorry Mac fanboys and fangirls out there… but I just don’t buy the “Macs are virus, spyware, and malware free” talk that comes from both the highly committed Mac “user community” and Apple itself (including in the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” commercials that have become so popular.
There has been an absolute barrage of […]

At the risk of making an early enemy in IBM (but in line with our Trimtab Business Principle of saying exactly what is on our mind), an article I read tonight on the IBM “Lotusphere” worries me a little. They said in this article that they are developing a product called Lotus Foundations aimed at […]

Just as a warning to anyone out there who has not yet upgraded to Internet Explorer 7 (I know many haven’t because of issues with older versions of Quickbooks and similar applications), Microsoft is going to push the upgrade to IE7 through the Microsoft automatic update process. So, if you have automatic updates turned on […]

Maybe it is just me, but there has been so little spam in our Exchange (Outlook Email) system spam folders the last few days that it almost has me a little worried our mail servers fell off the internet. It even tricked me a few times into testing to make sure all email is being […]

Right off today I ran into a perfect explanation of why there are so many SERIOUS technology security problems in small businesses. I was surfing around LinkedIn Answers when I ran into this question. The question comes from a small business IT consultant asking other security gurus on LinkedIn basically how to implement security given […]