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<title><![CDATA[Small Business Data Protection]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper236/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-21 11:04:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The need for protecting data is universal &ndash; whether a small to mid-size business, the largest enterprise data center, or an individual. The recognition of the value of information and the impact of data loss has reached the point where repeating it is no longer required. The issue now has turned to how to protect the data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Find The Best VoIP Provider For the Small Business: How to Tell If It's Right for Your Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper297/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-20 11:16:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this insightful analysis, you&#39;ll discover how the best VoIP provider can help your small business save money, become more agile, and even look larger.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lower Costs with On-Demand CRM & Accounting/ERP Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper463/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 12:01:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This Yankee Group White Paper, compliments of NetSuite, shows how on-demand applications can significantly reduce cost vs. on-premise applications. See how to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of deploying &amp; integrating CRM &amp; accounting/ERP applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Find the Right Hosted CRM Vendor at the Right Price]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper563/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 15:47:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Choosing an on-demand Customer Relationship Management (CRM) vendor can be a daunting task, especially for the price conscious consumer who lacks the budget for intensive research. This white paper will arm SMBs with the right questions to ask when evaluating on-demand or hosted CRM vendors.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Network Faxing with Castelle Network Fax Servers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper678/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:26:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Investing in a fax server is like providing everyone in the office with a virtual fax machine, at a fraction of the cost. Read all about the benefits in this informative paper. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Adding Fax, Adding Value: Lotus Notes Mail and Fax Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper680/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:25:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Castelle&rsquo;s integration provides seamless fax integration with native Notes services like logging and reporting, and lets faxes be managed just like other Notes email, with all of Domino&rsquo;s native security, administration, and customization capabilities. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Data Protection Tips for SMBs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper698/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 12:29:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The amount of data on business computers has grown astronomically over the past few decades.&nbsp; If a company loses this data, business grinds to a halt. The following tips can help you select the hardware and software you need to safeguard the integrity of your data, guarantee accurate restores, and manage backups without placing an undue burden on IT personnel.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Microsoft Exchange Storage and Protection Tips for SMBs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper701/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 12:29:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The following tips can help you keep Exchange running smoothly and let you bounce back quickly from hardware failures that could threaten your Exchange server.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Best Practice in IT Management for SMBs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper726/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 13:14:55</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As businesses grow they carry with them many practices established in their early days.&nbsp; Good practice in IT management allows businesses to make effective use of IT while minimizing costs and reducing business risk.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Fast-Growing Companies Obtain CRM Success]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper758/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 11:59:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper reveals the most vital elements needed to develop a seamless value chain; one that realistically enables an SMB to develop valuable 2-way relationships with their most valuable customer segments.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence for Mid-Size Organizations: It's Not Just for Industry Giants]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper843/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:24:41</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Download this step by step guide to learning how mid-size companies can benefit from Business Intelligence. You&#39;ll learn the benefits of BI and why mid-size companies need it for effective decision-making and improved results.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simplified Data Protection for Small to Medium Businesses]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper927/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Once a business clears the financial hurdle and begins to plan their data protection strategy the choices can appear daunting. Do they select tape or disk? Apply differential or incremental backups? How much will a new system cost and how much time will it take to implement? What data should be included in the backup? This article attempts to address these concerns.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMB Backup: Make a Wise Decision]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper928/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-21 11:00:19</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper covers the need for backup and the unique challenges faced by small and medium sized businesses when addressing storage needs. He then highlights different backup options and selection criteria for choosing the best backup solution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business VoIP Buyer's Guide]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper996/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-26 08:35:02</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Looking for a VoIP Provider? Get the basics on what you should look for when researching a VoIP plan for your small to medium business.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hosted PBX Comparison Guide]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper997/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-26 08:33:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Looking for a VoIP Provider? Download this side-by-side comparison, highlighting the features and pricing offered by the top vendors in the market.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Future Sales Force - A Consultative Approach]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1041/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-14 08:23:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If your company uses a contact management or customer relationship management (CRM system), you need to ask one additional key question. Does your CRM or contact management system tie your consultative sales, ROI analysis and proposal production process together?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT Management for Small Businesses]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1194/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Operating and maintaining a complex IT infrastructure requires the necessary skills and investment but getting the right staff at an affordable price can be a problem. Finding ways around this can give SMBs a competitive edge leaving them free to focus on new business opportunities.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Service-Embedded Network Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1219/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-20 10:07:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper will explore the problems inherent in an overlay management approach and describe a new approach that allows for the management of the wide-area network to be not only offered as a service, but actually embedded in the network itself, resulting in several incremental benefits to the enterprise.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Convergence or Confusion: The Challenge of Telecoms Service Provision]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1250/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-11 14:29:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Companies are faced with increasing pressures on the communications capabilities they offer their employees.&nbsp; More employees are mobile, working from home or in other remote locations with a growing need to talk and share information with their colleagues.&nbsp; This cuts across fixed and mobile communications, but businesses still want the flexibility of mobile, and the costs, predictability, quality and service models of fixed. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing Small Data Centers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1251/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A sound IT infrastructure is fundamental to today&rsquo;s businesses and when that infrastructure fails the consequences can be far reaching. Whether it is business-to-business, business-to-consumer or public sector organizations serving citizens, applications and the services they drive increasingly need to be available all day, every day. Many organizations find it hard to achieve such service levels. This briefing looks at some possible solutions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMB Business Management Software]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1606/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Overcoming the barriers of stand-alone business applications is a major challenge to growth for companies. Learn how a growing organization can better gain control of its business operations and increase productivity through integrating its core business management processes in one seamless solution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMB Buyer's Guide to VoIP]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1617/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-26 14:42:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What are the key selection criteria to consider when your small or medium-sized business is evaluating VoIP?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Steps for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses to Successfully Leverage Managed IT Services]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1621/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-01 14:09:07</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To successfully adopt managed IT services to meet your business objectives, small- and medium-sized organizations (SMBs) should follow five straightforward steps.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comparison Guide: Bandwidth Suppliers for Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1628/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-15 09:00:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This Comparison Guide to Bandwidth Suppliers for Small- to Medium-Sized Business should help take some of that headache away. It looks at nine of the largest providers and covers a wide range of bandwidth types, including mobile broadband. This chart should help you narrow down your search and clarify your available options as you make a decision about what bandwidth provider to select and what level of service you need.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMB Security: The Threat Landscape and the Plan of Action]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1670/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-12 12:50:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Small and Medium Businesses contribute to around 68% of the world economy while making up for 80% of the employment. The security needs, issues and priorities of SMBs are different in many ways from that of large Business Houses.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fast Track to Service Management Success: Software-as-a-Service]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1690/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-23 13:16:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With the growing array of hardware, software, and systems necessary to support businesses, today more than ever, software-as-a-service or on-demand solutions offer feature-rich, real-time functionality without the burden associated with deploying, managing and supporting an in-house approach.&nbsp; See if it&rsquo;s right for you.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Questions to Ask When Choosing a Customer Relationship Management Solution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1709/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-29 15:42:25</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small and medium businesses (SMBs) continue to fuel demand for customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and more software firms are stepping up to offer appropriate technologies. SMBs, defined as companies with 1,000 or fewer employees, are searching for CRM solutions that will allow them to satisfy customers, control costs, and comply with various government regulations. But when choosing CRM software, it&rsquo;s important to keep in mind that the needs of small and medium businesses aren&rsquo;t always the same.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[CRM Solutions: What A Small Business Should Look For]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1713/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-29 15:41:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In a 2006 survey conducted by CRMGuru, 50% of the respondents indicate that they base their satisfaction with a company on the sum of &quot;interactions with a brand&#39;s products, services, and people.&quot; How does your company measure up? You have an excellent product, your customer service department is highly responsive, and your personnel have received extensive training. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Information Security for SMBs: Ensuring End-to-End Care of Data Assets]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1775/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-11 09:14:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can benefit from the expansive use of information technology (IT) just as much as their larger counterparts. Indeed, in many cases they have to, because to trade they need to interact with business partners of all sizes and IT failure affects not just internal users but those of third parties.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How an Integrated Software Solution Can Grow Your Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1781/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-18 15:13:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper examines how small and medium sized business can grow their businesses by streamlining their processes, creating employee empowerment, reducing IT costs, increasing productivity and improving their customers experience by implementing an integrated, real-time software solution.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Personalized Gift Provider Relies on Everest Software to Manage Inventory and Support Growth]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1782/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-18 15:13:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After maxing out on Quickbooks, Gunther Gifts needed a software solution that could support their growth and enable complete integration across inventory, accounting, purchasing and sales. Download this paper to read about their results. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet-Based Phone Service for Small to Mid-Size Companies]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1791/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-29 15:42:07</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small businesses are faced with a difficult task when it comes to selecting or upgrading their telecommunications system. Very often, companies will conduct research based on their current size and where they project they will be in a year.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Virtualization: Not Just for Big Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1874/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-31 12:26:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A virtualized data center is a more nimble, responsive, and efficient data center. This report discusses the trend towards x86 virtualization and customer benefits, and examines how (in defiance of conventional wisdom) SMB customers have been embracing &ndash; and benefiting from &ndash; x86 virtualization at about the same rate as larger enterprises.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Building a Threat Model for Small and Medium Sized Businesses]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1880/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-06 18:58:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is important for businesses to have a plan in place that addresses the changing threat landscape.&nbsp; This podcast discusses various items for businesses to consider when developing an IT threat model. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Learn the Secrets of Competing with Larger Financial Institutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper1992/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-10 09:04:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s tough for community financial institutions to succeed, especially when faced with fierce competition from large banks with large budgets. See how IBM can help with solutions tailored for community banks. Click now and receive the new 18-page report from TowerGroup on CRM Metrics and how smart banks measure success.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Choose BladeS over HPc3000?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2226/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-17 17:27:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Clients setting up smaller offices want to invest in the same type of technology as their larger competitors. Larger clients setting up remote branches need compute power not only at their head office, but also at distributed locations where key decisions that impact the local operation are made.This white paper compares the IBM BladeCenter S offering to the HP c3000 offering and articulates why IBM BladeCenter S is the best choice for small blade chassis platforms. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BladeCenter S: Sharpening Blade for Small Businesses]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2227/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-11 12:09:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Smaller businesses represent the entrepreneurial engine of the U.S. economy - that&#39;s why IBM has extended the BladeCenter value proposition to smaller businesses and organizations in a compact, affordable package. Read more about how BladeCenter can benefit your business in this report by Pund-IT.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IBM BladeCenter S Offers Big Benefits for the Small Office]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2229/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-19 10:04:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The all-in-one configuration of the IBM BladeCenter S makes it a perfect fit in a small office. It integrates servers, storage, networking and I/O into a single chassis, which uses a standard electrical outlet. Plus, it&#39;s easy to use and manage, with tools that help manage energy use to lower total operating costs. Read all about this flexible, blade-based chassis and see how it streamlines and simplifies small office IT.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[12 Secrets to SMB Security]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2266/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-18 14:14:03</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Larger businesses have more to lose in terms of absolute dollars, but it is the narrow profit margin under which smaller businesses work which makes it important for them to have their information backed up. Learn how to protect your small business in this guide.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Configuration Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with HP EVA4000 and HP Blade Servers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2453/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 09:53:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Configuration best practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 4000 and HP blade servers is a best practices paper that leverages HP servers, storage, and management software by providing the recommended best practices for configuration of an HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) storage subsystem deployed into a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 environment with HP servers. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Soaring Not Surfing: Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses Make the Connection]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2897/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-13 10:54:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, the internet has evolved from a technical environment into a commercial marketplace. The impact on consumers and large enterprises has been significant, but what about the small and medium sized business? With few of the skills and resources of their larger counterparts, these organizations need to get the best value from the internet and the network based services it enables, without risking day-to-day operations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Comparing Deduplication Approaches: Technology Considerations for Enterprise Environments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper2947/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-24 14:48:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Deduplication is becoming an essential tool to help data center managers control exponential data growth in the backup environment. The methods used to accomplish deduplication vary widely as do the levels of capacity optimization they can provide. Some techniques are well suited to small-to-medium sized backup environments, while others are optimized for larger enterprises. This report describes the various techniques used today to deduplicate data and highlights unique deduplication considerations for enterprise environments.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SMB: The Ideal Environment for a Blade Infrastructure]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3054/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small and medium sized organizations have similar issues to large companies when it comes to the processing and storage of information and data, yet often have little capability to attract, retain and maintain the skills for managing their data assets compared to large organizations.&nbsp; Blade systems offer an effective way to address the specific challenges faced by smaller organizations in managing their IT assets, and allows then to gain greater value from them.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Loud and Clear: SMBs Get the Message About Unified Mobile Communications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3056/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses of all sizes adopt technology to make them more productive, cost effective or flexible and help them compete. Over the years the adoption of tools such as mobile phones, wireless laptops, the internet and email have all been driven by such expectations. Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are often at the forefront as these technologies can give them a lead on their larger competitors. What starts as a useful extra tool or &#39;competitive edge&#39; soon becomes the accepted norm and a search for improved quality and utility then ensues.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Guide to Application Delivery Optimization and Server Load Balancing for the SMB Market]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3147/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-06 10:17:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today&rsquo;s small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB) are undergoing the same IT evolution as their enterprise counterparts, only on a smaller scale. For SMBs, website reliability, flexible scalability, performance and ease of management are as essential to SMB website infrastructure as they are to an enterprise. It&rsquo;s fare to say that these capabilities are an important operational imperative for businesses of all sizes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LoadMaster Application Delivery Controller Security Overview]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3149/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-06 10:18:31</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small-to-medium sized businesses (SMB) are increasingly relying upon web-based applications and web-enabled services for running their business. Applications such as CRM, e-commerce transactions and other web-enabled applications are accessed both locally and remotely from outside the business facilities. These web-based applications are vulnerable to attacks from viruses, intrusions, and denial of service (DoS) attacks, as traffic comes into the network through various ports and firewalls without being inspected.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Small-to-Medium Sized Business versus Enterprise Requirements for Application Delivery Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3151/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-06 10:19:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Web experience is changing for consumers. While the National Retail Federation reports that over 90 percent of customers research products on the Web before purchasing, a single product photo and description is not enough to close the sale. Through broadband, with Flash and JPEG product images, retailers are providing information to potential customers which will improve the likelihood of closing the sale. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[REDPLAID Delivers Reliable Infrastructure for Hosting SMB’s Web Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3154/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-06 10:18:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Websites have become critical components of most businesses&rsquo; core operations. They support the brand and ordering process, serve as data information resources and assist in overall customer care. Having poor website performance or poor reliability can destroy or severely damage a business and its reputation. The increasing importance of these websites leads to critical requirements of security, reliability and scalability. Delivering these, however, can leave an SMB stretched beyond its resources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Does Size Matter?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3186/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just because a business is small, doesn&rsquo;t mean it&rsquo;s immune to security threats. Security challenges facing Small and Medium Businesses in North America are on the rise. For businesses of all sizes, viruses, hacker intrusions, spyware and spam can lead to lost or stolen data, computer downtime, decreased productivity, compliance issues, lost sales and even loss of reputation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart, Simple, Secure Management Options for Small to Medium Enterprises]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3190/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Small to medium enterprises (SME) face the same threats and require the same security protections that large enterprises demand. Yet resource constraints make it essential for firms of this size to have solution options that deliver maximum security for every dollar invested. By offering comprehensive protection and centralized management, a McAfee solution&mdash;whether hosted or onsite&mdash;allows SMEs to achieve a broad set of goals for protecting information resources with limited resources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart, Simple, Secure – Security Solutions for the Small and Medium Enterprises]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3197/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[With limited IT resources and time you still have to ensure that your security solution can handle the increasing incidents of data theft, volumes of complex spam and web threats, unrelenting malware attacks, and compliance mandates. McAfee understands that you need a security solution that is responsive to the tough challenges of managing growing security needs against limited resources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs & Managed IT:  Putting Big Company Strategies to Work for Small & Mid-Sized Businesses]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.itnews.com.au/whitepaper3208/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-14 15:21:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[No matter the size of the business, technology plays a critical role in its financial success. At the most basic level, companies have to deal with desktop and laptop computers for all their employees, e-mail, access to the Internet, Blackberries, and other kinds of on-site and remote devices. Add networking issues like viruses, spam and bandwidth utilization, and suddenly, this effort becomes a major challenge to anyone operating a small or mid-sized business (SMBs) with limited resources and a limited budget.]]></description>
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