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Yes, You ARE Being Targeted

SOFTWARE - SECURITY Words: Pamela Weaver Small doesn’t mean sheltered – security is an issue whatever the size of your business.

Which Platform for You?

HARDWARE - SERVERS Words: Pamela Weaver DECISIONS, DECISIONS Microsoft, Apple, Linux, LAMP, FreeBSD, Solaris.

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Small Doesn’t Mean Easy

INTRO - landscape Words: Janet Paterson INSIGHT Managing a small business is not necessarily easier than running a big one.

Small

Just How Big Is Small?

INTRO - landscape Words: Janet Paterson Small just keeps getting bigger… The importance of the small business sector in South Africa’s burgeoning economy cannot be understated.

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Editor’s Note

Small and medium enterprises are big business.

Editor

Big history with small businesses

This bank is helping unlock the potential of South african entrepreneurs through a broad range of initiatives, support structures and services, and making a significant commitment to growing the South african small business sector THE MARKET OF THE FUTURE An established leader in the South african banking and services sector, absa is one of the country’s most recognisable brands, with a long record of accomplishment in offering customers innovative products and pioneering new services.

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ABSA

Networking Briefs

COMMUNICATIONS Internal Networks IN BRIEF Networking vendor Cisco reported last year that more than 40% of its $1.

Networking

Carel Alberts

Networks: The Lazarus IT Infrastructure

COMMUNICATIONS Internal Networks And the ticket to the game for SMEs Back in the late nineties, the network died.

Infrastructure

Carel Alberts

Connectivity Gives You The Edge

COMMUNICATIONS Data Services CONNECTIVITY THE 2007 SME Survey, conducted by World Wide Worx, gives invaluable insight into the priority SMEs assign to IT infrastructure, Internet infrastructure in general, and different connectivity options.

Connectivity

Carel Alberts

Application Spotlight

SOFTWARE Security TRIGEO As inf ormation security concerns increasingly become a strategic issue for small to medium enterprises, here is a snapshot of an awardwinning Security Information management (SIM) application for small enterprises with limited skilled IT staff.

Application

Marian Shinn

The Big Hitters

SOFTWARE Databases PRODUCT In two SME-friendly flavours, one of which, as you will see, is free, many users might find Big Blue an interesting alternative to the usual suspects in the DB for small business space.

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Pamela Weaver

Hard-Wearing Hardware

HARDWARE Servers TAKE 3 The past two years have seen a major push by the big vendors into the small business space.

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Pamela Weaver

Serving Small Business

HARDWARE Servers Yes, you do need a server If you’re anything like the other small businesses around you, odds are you’re running applications like a firewall, website, online services and, increasingly, high-end applications like CRM, inventory management or ERP.

Serving

Pamela Weaver