Erik Eckel

Zoho Writer 2.0 provides mobile business users, educational institutions and nonprofit organizations with a dynamic cross-platform Web-based word processing program that enables online collaboration, includes revision features and even offers offline editing.

Web filtering issues and DSN performance challenges are often complex problems, but the solution need not be overcomplicated. OpenDNS provides free tools and services that help businesses manage Internet use, secure Web traffic and improve DNS performance.

Dell’s Precision computers target business professionals requiring high scalability and performance in a mobile computer. Precision laptops— due to their capable components, magnesium-alloy exterior, steel hinges and StrikeZone Shock Absorbers— are potent machines that lend themselves well to field service, whether they’re deployed for engineering, design, analysis, video work or scientific tasks.

Hewlett-Packard’s C6300 series color printers fulfill several business needs, principally wireless color printing. The device also excels at small-batch photo printing, scanning and copying. The device’s fast (33 black pages per minute) printing and reliability (the unit is rated for 2,500 printed pages per month) make it an economical fit in many small businesses.

The Bomgar B200 provides small and medium enterprises with a secure remote desktop appliance that scales to 20 support technicians accessing the device simultaneously.The technical representatives, meanwhile, can support hundreds or thousands of end users.

When you’re evaluating netbooks, you have to weigh the convenience of their small form factor against a variety of limitations. Erik Eckel explains several key considerations that will help you find a suitable middle ground.

More than 600,000 laptop computers are stolen annually. Your organization could be the next victim.

LoJack for Laptops assists in the recovery of stolen Macintosh and PC computers and offers an optional Data Delete feature enabling remote erasure of a stolen system’s entire hard disk. Here’s a quick look at the software that could prove critical within your office.

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 delivers impressive antimalware detection and a lightweight footprint administrators and users alike will appreciate. Learn just how simple ESET’s antivirus platform is by familiarizing yourself with the new NOD32 Antivirus 4 release within this gallery.

Proven antivirus, antispyware and antirootkit protection usually extracts a high price: processor cycles, memory and dollars. Not so with AVG’s Anti-Virus Professional 8.0 security software. Priced reasonably for commercial customers, AVG’s security software boasts impressive detection rates and requires few system resources to operate.

Adware, spyware and other malware threats are the bane of IT administrators, whether managing small business or medium-scale networks. Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware software, while a relative newcomer and lesser known than many other brands, is quickly becoming the choice weapon in many technology professionals’ war against such threats. Why? Its detection and removal rates are outstanding.

The newly redesigned Latitude line of E-model laptops replaces Dell’s older D series. These laptops are all business; they are built for flexibility, mobility and security. Best of all, they are backed by a standard three-year Dell limited hardware warranty.

Aimed at small businesses requiring value-priced minitower PCs, the newly redesigned Vostro 220 offers a variety of operating systems and sufficient customization options sure to meet most organizations’ needs. As with other models in the Vostro line of small business computers, Dell’s Vostro 220 minitower series delivers reliable Intel-powered performance in stylish, reasonably priced boxes backed by Dell’s limited hardware warranty.