Austin-based BidModo launched today public beta of its online small business marketplace.
BidModo.com “connects buyers with vendors, identifying business needs and automating bid and matching processes”.
NETGEAR today announced the ReadyNAS 3100 and ReadyNAS 4200 high-performance network storage platforms optimized for storage virtualization applications.
With support for up to 500 users, the ReadyNAS 3100 and ReadyNAS 4200 provide “reliable high-performance data storage along with integrated replication and backup options in virtualized IT infrastructures.”
For business users, HP released today a tablet PC, an ultraportable, and four new s-series ProBook laptops.
The HP EliteBook 2740p is an ultra-thin, multitouch-enabled convertible tablet, while the HP EliteBook 2540p is “the lightest HP model,” starting at only 3.3 pounds. Both EliteBooks include 12.1-inch displays and the latest 2010 Intel Core processors and meet the MIL-STD 810G military standards for vibration, dust, humidity, altitude, and high and low temperatures.
Dell has posted a video overview of the Dell PowerEdge R510, a new 2-socket 2U multi-purpose rack server with the option of having 12 hot-plug hard drives. It supports Intel Nehalem processors.
Cloud-based document-hosting service DocStoc has launched Docstore Marketplace, an online iTunes-style store that allow any individual or corporate user to sell documents either through the DocStoc site or via the service’s embedded document viewer.
Founder and CEO Jason Nazar said that the company intends to become “the premier online marketplace for small businesses, entrepreneurs and professionals.” It will enable professionals such as single-practice or small-practice lawyers, accountants and real estate brokers to monetize the documents that they create for their businesses, such as loan or financing agreements, financial statements, mortgage papers and so on.
Toktumi, a small business phone services provider, has announced that the VoIP-enabled version of its calling app Line2, Version 2.0, has been approved by Apple and is now available for download on iTunes.
The Line2, which adds a second number to the iPhone, is now “the first iPhone calling app that works over 3G, Wi-Fi, and cellular networks using the same number.”
The Blackberry smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express (BESX), a free version of BES.
BES Express is aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It provides BlackBerry email, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks syncing services and basic BES security.
IT hosting provider The Planet has added two new affordable dedicated servers to its product portfolio – the G6950 SATA and the G6950 SATA Plus.
The new servers come with the the Intel Pentium G6950 dual-core 2.8GHz 32nm processor and are packed into the Dell PowerEdge R210 chassis.
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.
IBM and RIM today announced new social networking applications for BlackBerry smartphones – the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr and a new version of the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections.
The BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Connections offers enterprise social networking capabilities for people-based collaboration, while the BlackBerry Client for IBM Lotus Quickr is document-based collaboration software.
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.
