============================================================ ------ PCMag.com Small Business Update ------ ------ for the week of September 9, 2004 ------ ------ www.pcmag.com/smallbusiness ------ ============================================================
============================================================ ********** Sponsored by Dell Small Business ********** Double Memory FREE! Select Dell Servers & Systems. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1080-16-19-22817-100094-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ In any enterprise, communication plays a huge role, and that's certainly true in small businesses. Voice over IP gives you a powerful tool for increasing your communications capabilities while simultaneously cutting costs, as you'll discover when you read the VoIP special section in our sister pub, eWEEK. Then read our Solutions article on protecting yourself against the loss of outside communications. Wireless technology lets you quickly, easily, and cheaply create LANS for moving info internally, and our feature on the wireless office shows you how to deploy a secure installation. When you're not in the office, keep in touch via voice and e-mail using one of the three phone/keyboard combinations we review. Of course, communication with the outside world opens you to viruses, so you'll want to check this week's Security Watch Letter. And don't miss our review of the BlackBerry answer to those e-mail phones we mentioned earlier. IN THIS ISSUE: * eWEEK Special Section: Voice over IP * Solutions: Two Connections Are Better than One * Networking Feature: The Wireless Office: Getting It Right * Review Roundup: Cell Phones with Keyboards * Security: Blackmal Virus Seeks to Remove Defenses * First Looks Review: RIM BlackBerry 7100t ============================================================ eWEEK Special Section: Voice over IP If you aren't looking at Voice over IP (VoIP) to carry your business telephone traffic, you should be. Cutting costs is one big reason, but just as important are the powerful business tools the technology gives you--tools that, when you're using a traditional phone system, are either unavailable or prohibitively expensive. Our sister publication, eWEEK, has a major special section that will give you all the critical information you need to bring your communications into the Internet Age. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1080-16-19-22817-100097-1 ============================================================ Solutions: Two Connections Are Better than One Redundant Internet connectivity helps ensure that your business keeps running when the failure of one line to the outside world would otherwise bring operations to a silent halt. How do you set up to use two connections and to switch quickly and transparently from one to the other in the event of a failure? Our Solutions article tells you. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1080-16-19-22817-100100-1 ============================================================ Networking Feature: The Wireless Office: Getting It Right Because it doesn't require the large expense of cable installation, wireless networking is an attractive connectivity option. Now, vastly improved security; better, more scalable standards; and easier implementation and maintenance have made this a viable option for the workplace. Our complete feature will show you how to get your business on the air. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1080-16-19-22817-100103-1 ============================================================ Review Roundup: Cell Phones with Keyboards Why carry two devices for keeping in touch with the office when you need only carry one? Instead of dragging along a mobile phone for voice calls and a BlackBerry for wireless e-mail, maybe you should be using a phone that incorporates its own keyboard. 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