Managed services providers that support SMBs have their hands full this year: The constellation of threats targeting their customer base is more varied and harder to detect than ever.
- By Gladys Rama
- April 04, 2024
Microsoft is preparing to roll out a more stripped-down Microsoft 365 Admin Center interface designed for "very small businesses."
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 02, 2020
An upcoming Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition for small businesses is on tap from Microsoft this year. It might the last Essentials edition Microsoft ever ships.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 05, 2018
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Plans emerge during the security software firm's first partner event since acquiring RMM leader Level Platforms.
- By Scott Bekker
- October 22, 2014
Time runs out on new sales of the venerable Windows Small Business Server this month. Having had plenty of warning, the SMB partner community is already moving on.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 09, 2013
Microsoft has designed its forthcoming Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials product to be a "first server" for small-to-medium (SMB) businesses, according to details released by the company this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- June 25, 2013
Datto Inc. on Tuesday launched a small and inexpensive appliance called the ALTO that is designed to make enterprise backup, disaster recovery and business continuity affordable for the smallest businesses.
- By Scott Bekker
- April 16, 2013
Parallels on Tuesday unveiled an overhaul of its channel-focused platform for delivering cloud-based services to SMB customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 05, 2013
Microsoft's Skype team opened its online networking platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to the public on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- November 08, 2012
SMBs are clinging to outdated Microsoft products but also adopting new and unfamiliar technologies, according to partner attendees at the IT Pro Conference 2012.
- By Rich Freeman
- July 31, 2012
Microsoft is looking to add U.S. partners to special programs serving SMB customers both on-premise and in the cloud.
- By Scott Bekker
- July 27, 2012
At long last, small business-focused partners will have their own competency in the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) next month.
- By Scott Bekker
- May 07, 2012
WEB EXCLUSIVE: A Microsoft-sponsored survey of 3,000 companies shows that despite the threats of outages and security breaches, businesses are getting more comfortable with the idea of putting their data on the cloud.
- By Scott Bekker
- March 28, 2012
The Small Business Competency is coming to the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) in June, Microsoft announced on Thursday.
- By Gladys Rama
- March 01, 2012
Enthusiasm for cloud computing was (surprisingly) weak among attendees of this year's SMB Nation Fall conference.
- By Rich Freeman
- October 20, 2011