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Carol Baroudi

Small business guide

carol@baroudi.com

Read the latest columns from Baroudi Bloor:

"What to consider when deploying a VPN"
"Nine simple, cost-effective security steps to take now"
"CRM and the Web - Getting cozy with customers"
"Collaboration: Best practices."
"Collaboration: Tools and reviews."
"Collaborate. It's good for you."
"Network storage and the SMB "
"Patch as patch can"
"A guide to policy making "

Baroudi Bloor is a group of multi-talented, top-tier industry analysts who identify and evaluate technologies in the U.S. and Europe. Based in Arlington MA with offices in Europe, the company provides research, analysis, and strategic and tactical advisory services to small and medium businesses as well as larger enterprises.

Carol has over 25 years of experience in the computer industry, and focuses on bringing new and emerging software and technologies to market. Prior to founding Baroudi Bloor, Carol was Vice President at Hurwitz Group, a research and analysis firm focused on the software industry.

Carol is the best-selling author of The Internet For Dummies - the best-selling Internet book of all time - with more than 4 million copies in print in more than 30 languages. Her prior industry expertise includes management consulting, software development and information architecture for various firms including Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Arthur D. Little. Her conviction that technology must serve business informs her work to help companies translate good technology into successful product and service offerings.

Baroudi Bloor analysts cover a variety of emerging technologies and services aimed at the following areas: security, privacy, encryption; business analytics; portals; commerce and CRM; development tools, platforms, environments; content creation, management, and delivery; databases; systems, network and storage management; enterprise applications; wireless devices, networks and applications; telecommunications; multimedia, entertainment, learning; bioinformatics; internationalization/ globalization technologies and strategies; new technologies and new markets.

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	The ethology of innovation Reveries.com, Feature
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	Collaboration: Best practices Baroudi Bloor, Opinion
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