McAfee, Inc. has announced McAfee Security Quickstart Services for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs). The services are designed to deliver full lifecycle service support from implementation assistance, to user training and ongoing maintenance, to optimization of security management best practices.
Apple has released the iPad, an iPhone OS-based multi-touch tablet device with a 9.7-inch display.
The device is primarily designed for web surfing, multimedia, gaming, and e-book reading. For business use, it could be interesting that it also runs iWork for iPad, the “first desktop-class productivity suite designed specifically for Multi-Touch.”
Google has released Google Voice app for iPhone OS 3.0 and higher and Palm Web OS devices.
Google Voice mobile web app lets iPhone and Palm Web users access a streamlined version of the Google Voice inbox, as well as display user’s Google Voice number as the outbound caller ID, send and receive free SMS messages, and place international calls at affordable rates, the company says.
Buffalo Technology has announced the TeraStation ES TS-XEL/R5, a network attached storage (NAS) device for small businesses.
The TeraStation ES TS-XEL/R5 is available with capacities of 2TB, 4TB, 6TB and 8TB. It has four hard drive bays, two Gigabit Ethernet ports and two USBs 2.0, and supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD.
Cisco Capital SM today announced a three-year, zero-percent financing offer for US based small and medium-sized businesses.
The financing offer applies to all Cisco products and services from $1,000 up to $250,000.
Lenovo has unveiled the ThinkCentre A63 desktop, an affordable PC for small business users.
The ThinkCentre A63 features a tower form factor, AMD’s processors including Athon II and Sempron, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, integrated AMD RS760 or dedicated NVDIA GeForce 310 512MB graphics, up to 500GB of hard drive space, and an optional DVD-ROM or DVD burner.
Dell has launched the PowerVault MD1200 and PowerVault MD1220 direct attached storage.
The MD1200 and MD1220 are designed for 6Gb/s SAS environments and Dell PowerEdge servers with the new PERC H800 HostRAID adapter.
VMware has announced the availability of VMware Go web service that allows small or medium businesses to virtualize servers and create running virtual machines “with just a few clicks of a mouse”.
According to the company, VMware Go provides a simple three-step virtualization: Initial ESXi server setup, virtual machine creation, and ESXi management.
Lenovo has announced four new business-class ThinkPad notebooks – the T410s thin-and-light laptop with a 14-inch display and optional multi-touch screen, the mainstream 14″ T410 and 15.6″ T510, and the W510 15.6″ mobile workstation.
The notebooks feature the new Intel Core processors, up to Core i7.
Google announced today the Nexus One, the company’s first cell phone.
The Nexus One mobile phone/smartphone, or also called “superphone”, combines HTC’s hardware and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform with Google’s Adnroid mobile operating system.
HP has released the Compaq 8000f Elite Ultra-slim Desktop PC for business users, “the first Windows-based desktop PC to be free of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from the wall to the mouse”.
The space saving Compaq 8000f Elite comes with Intel’s Core 2 processors, Intel vPro technology, the GMA 4500 series integrated graphics, up to 4GB of DDR2 RAM, up to 250GB of hard drive space or a 64GB solid state drive, and a DVD burner.
Hewlett-Packard has released the refreshed HP EliteBook and HP ProBook business laptop series for 2010, featuring the latest Intel Core i3, i5 and i7 processors.
The HP EliteBook 8440p/w and 8540p/w series are military-grade ruggedized notebooks with magnesium-alloy cases. On the other side, the ProBook b series – the 6440b and 6540b – are affordable business laptops.
Lenovo has released the ThinkPad Edge, a new small business class laptop series.
The Lenovo ThinkPad Edge includes Intel or AMD-powered 13-inch, and Intel-based 14- and 15-inch models. The laptops feature “a new contemporary keyboard”, a over eight hours battery life, optional 3G and WiMAX connectivity, and black, red or silver chassis.
Vonage has announced the Vonage World Mobile calling plan, providing cell phone users with unlimited international calls to over 60 countries for a flat monthly rate.
“Users of the iPhone, BlackBerry and iPod touch can subscribe to Vonage World Mobile and get access to unlimited international calling to more than 60 countries across the world. The service works on cellular or Wi-Fi using the customer’s existing contacts and cellular phone number,” Vonage’s press release says.
Apparent Corporation has released Barcode Producer 5.7 barcode generation software for Mac OS X and Windows.
Barcode Producer 5.7 is ready for 2010 barcode industry standards, including GS1 DataBar requirements for coupons. The new version updates the software’s integrated Symbology Guide and documentation for the new year’s standards, according to the press release.
Acer has released the TravelMate Timeline ultra-thin series notebooks for business users: the 15.6″ TravelMate 8571, 14″ 8471, and 13″ 8371.
The new TravelMate laptops are based on Intel Core 2 ultra-low voltage CPUs and the 4500MHD integrated GPU. The laptops feature up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, up to 320GB of HDD capacity, and a DVD burner, up to 8 hours of battery life, a web camera with microphone, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth, HDMI output, and a fingerprint reader.
American Express OPEN, the small business division of American Express, today launched AcceptPay online invoicing and payment solution that allows business owners to create, send and track invoices.
According to American Express, AcceptPay benefits include faster payments and improved efficiency, variety of payment types, added financial control, and ease of use.
Intuit has added GoBiz Solutions’ GoBiz XL , a Web applications suite for small business operations, to the App Center in QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2010 and to Intuit Workplace.
“The GoBiz XL suite includes Contact Management, Sales Cycle Management, Service/Dispatch Management and Inventory Management applications and can be accessed through many devices with Web browsers. GoBiz XL is now integrated and synchronized with QuickBooks to provide a combined front and back office SMB solution,” the press release says.
Hosting.com, a managed hosting, cloud hosting and colocation solutions provider, today announced enhancements to the Cloud Enterprise solution.
“Access to high performance SAN (EMC) storage, increased computer resources (8GB of RAM now 32 and 4 virtual CPUs now 8 ) and support for seven additional operating systems (including RedHat and Windows Datacenter 2008 R2) highlight the enhancements,” the press release says.
Pricing for the Hosting.com Cloud Enterprise offering starts at $125 per month.
The HP iPAQ Glisten, a smartphone that has been announced recently by Hewlett-Packard and AT&T, is now available for purchase.
The iPAQ Glisten is a Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro-based 3G & Wi-Fi phone featuring a 2.5-inch AMOLED touch-screen, a QWERTY keyboard, and the Qualcomm 7200A processor. It also has a 3.1MP camera and GPS/AGPS support.