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How prepared are SMBs for disaster?

By Mark Wojtasiak, posted May 15, 2012

  That’s the question Symantec aimed to find the answer for in their latest global 2012 Disaster Preparedness Survey. Symantec looked at probably the three biggest mega trends in IT today – Virtualization, Cloud, and Mobility – and how Small to Medium Sized Businesses (SMB)…

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Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty?

By Barbara Imbert, posted September 22, 2010

Stats are misleading. For IT vendors trying to enable the SMB space, the opportunity looks amazing. In 2010, SMBs represent 75% of all US businesses and $55B in addressable technology opportunity. However, some stats can be pretty discouraging: In 2009, only 40% of SMBs were online, and 30% have dedicated IT Staff…  So, one way [...]

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Archiving: A necessary evil?

By Barbara Imbert, posted August 18, 2010

We’ve all heard about HIPAA, SOX, SEC regulations and the need to comply with e-discovery rules.  In other words, we’ve all heard about why companies have to archive their electronic content.    A recent  white paper  from Osterman Research, sponsored by Mimecast – Convincing the decision Makers of the Critical Needs of Archiving – does [...]

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