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[16 Jun 2010 | No Comment | ]
SMB Phone Systems Requirements Toolkit

Looking for a new phone system? You’ve come to the right place. This Toolkit has everything you need to know about leading phone systems. Round out your research before you invest with the in-depth market knowledge you need.

Focus’ comprehensive Requirements Toolkit has it all: a guide to what features are right for your business, a side-by-side vendor comparison, and tools that will help you make a smart decision.

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[10 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
ERP Comparison Guide + Business Intelligence Brief (Focus Research)

Now enterprise businesses can meet complex needs with a host of excellent upgrades from Oracle, SAP, Sage and Epicor to name a few. See which ERP solution delivers the best options for your business. Register now for free in-depth ERP Comparison Guide to evaluate the top 17 ERP solutions. Plus, get expert BI insights with Business Intelligence: 5 Things to Watch for in 2010.

Featured, Information Technology (VOIP), Sales & Marketing (CRM) »

[30 Apr 2010 | No Comment | ]
Hosted CRM Comparison Guide Choosing the Right Hosted CRM Provider Reduces Costs & Improves Sales, Marketing and Customer Loyalty. In today's business climate, marketing, sales and customer service are looking at upgrading or purchasing software tools to help increase and maintain business and revenue. One leading industry solution is Hosted CRM, proven to reduce overall operating costs and costs associated with your traditional IT implementation. More importantly, CRM gives customer-facing teams a competitive advantage with lead generation, sales operations and shorter sales cycles. Download this unbiased comparison of the top 15 CRM industry leaders from InsideCRM, ...

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[16 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Enterprise IP PBX Buyer + Comparison Guide (Focus) Round out your research before you invest with the in-depth market knowledge you need when considering your IP Phone System (IP PBX). Buyer's Guide and Comparison Guide (Combined). This comprehensive Requirements Toolkit has it all: a guide to what IP PBX features are right for your business, a side-by-side vendor comparison, and tools that will help you make a smart decision. Informed decisions start here. Get fast, free access to the comprehensive Buyer’s Guide and Vendor Comparison Guide now.

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[10 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Managed Hosting Comparison Guide Get 1000s of Experts’ Insight on Leading Hosting Services In these hard economic times, managed hosting services are a powerful way to save money and IT resources.  This free article compares pricing and features of the leading hosting service providers, as reported by thousands of IT decision-makers just like you. It addresses the needs of large and small businesses and Linux or Windows operating environments. Get the information you need before you select a hosting service. Download your FREE Managed Hosting Comparison Guide to learn: How leading hosting service providers compare in 10 critical ...

Featured, Information Technology (VOIP), Small Business (SMB) »

[4 Mar 2010 | No Comment | ]
Phone Systems Buyer’s Guide There are many factors to consider when purchasing a phone system. We’ve highlighted a few of the key considerations to think about when evaluating phone systems.  For example, consider the investment horizon - make sure you buy a phone system that will grow with your business. Too often, businesses buy what they need now, not what they need over the next 3 years. This summary report covers the following VoIP phone requirements: Basic Phone system features Advanced Phone System Capabilities Sizing your phone system Pricing Phone Systems Let Vendors Compete for your business Hosted PBX Comparison Table Register ...

Featured, Information Technology (VOIP), Small Business (SMB) »

[16 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Tolly Report: Product Roundup – UTM Security Appliances for Small/Medium Enterprise Tolly engineers in collaboration with AV-Test - a leading authority on anti-malware testing, evaluated the malware detection accuracy and performance of leading Unified Threat Management ("UTM") appliances from Fortinet, SonicWALL, WatchGuard and NETGEAR ProSecure.  Growing businesses are more sensitive than large enterprises to the cost of providing the best security.  UTM appliances are appealing to SME/SMB companies, and branch offices because they are convenient, low-cost and easy to manage.  UTM appliances should deliver protection right out of the box  against malware threats that propagate on the Internet. This in-depth Tolly analysis tests select appliances ...

Information Technology (VOIP), Small Business (SMB) »

[16 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Miercom Product Roundup: Email and Web Security Appliances Miercom tested three top web and email threat managemetn appliances as part of an ongoing industry assessment of spam and web filtering products.  Miercom tested NETGEAR ProSecure, Cisco adn Barracuda products, each of which are designed for small/medium enterprises and branch offices. the vendors were selected because the offer integrated Web and SPAM filtering appliances for the mid-sized security market, and because each company has a significant market share in threat prevention systems.  This lab report analyzes and compares how each system stacks up in these areas: Infected Email blocking results (email ...

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[16 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
The Economics of IP Address Management (“IPAM”) Reducing Expenses and Boosting Availability with Automated Core Network Services This timely 2009 white paper by ESG's Jon Oltsik explains why most enterprises are wasting time and money by manually managing their networks with freeware and spreadsheets and/or legacy (IP Address Management ("IPAM") solutions.  You can also hear Jon discuss some of his findings on this recent IPAM webinar. Jon shows why most enterprises are spending too much on simply keeping their network available by relying on outdated tools and processes for IP address management. Many enterprises could reduce their capital and operating expenses ...

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[16 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
Beyond QoS: Preparing Your Network for VoIP IP telephony applications rely heavily on IP network infrastructure services to operate.  General-purpose servers and other ad-hoc methods of provisioning these services are costly, difficult to maintain, and do not provide the level of reliability that the average user in a telephony environment expects.  Furthermore, new requirements for security and mobility in next-generation IP telephony deployments rely even more on IP infrastructure services to operate. Hardened appliance running multiple services in a highly reliable, centrally managed, and scalable platform provides the ideal way for an enterprise to ensure “network dial-tone” for ...