Best-selling technology author and SMB Nation friend Karl Palachuk told us earlier today that I.T. pioneer and community leader Bob Godgart will be the keynote speaker this June at Palachuk’s Small Biz Thoughts online conference, “Managing for Success 2012”. The conference focuses on building successful business processes and will feature some of the best business and technology speakers in the U.S.

Today, worldwide storage and data security company, Imation Corp., announced the release of new backup appliances built specifically to help SMBs protect their information on a multi-layer data protection system.  Imation has released two new solutions in the DataGuard Model R4 and DataGuard Model T5R appliances.

By Harry Brelsford, Founder and Chairman of SMB Nation, Inc. and Cloud Nation I’ve been keenly reading about how police and other public service agencies can find you and rescue you by tracking where your mobile phone is located. Think of it as a reverse GPS or an “OnStar” for the rest of us. I knew that such capabilities existed with my iPhone, but it was my son’s friend Ben who introduced me to “Find Friends” which is a permission-based tracker of iPhones.      Watch my video below as we walk you through this!

Yesterday, leading network security and data protection solutions provider, SonicWALL, Inc., announced that it will be adding a Kaspersky protection option to its Enforced Client Anti-Virus solution. This latest addition offers SonicWALL’s Windows PC and laptop customers a wider range of selection for their anti-virus needs.

Date: Thursday, Feb 23, 2012 Time: 10:00-11:00am PST Speakers: Harry Brelsford, Chairman and Founder of SMB Nation, Inc and Cloud Nation Anurag Agrawal, CEO of Techaisle Join Harry Brelsford, Founder and Chairman of SMB Nation, Inc. and Cloud Nation and Anurag Agrawal, CEO of Techaisle as they discuss the results of the Salary Survey. Register Here!

Autotask Corporation said today that it has completed an integration with SaaS provider, BrightGauge, which focuses on custom reporting and dashboard solution specifically designed for MSPs and other solution providers. The integration allows MSPs and SPs to easily create, customize and deliver specialized customer reports covering a wide range of service and performance metrics.

x.o.ware, Inc. yesterday introduced the ExoNetwork, a secure exoskeleton for small networks that not only protects a local network from unauthorized access, but also extends security to anywhere users access the Internet, even over unsecure public networks. Additionally, the company introduced the ExoKey, a USB appliance that provides encrypted remote access to everything connected to the ExoNetwork, even if accessing it from an insecure location, such as a hotspot from your local coffee shop.