Tech Talk: Food Maker Grows with ERP
A family-owned pierogie manufacturer found that it could grow the business with supermarkets and other retailers and achieve better profitability after deplo... Read more
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7 Ways to Secure Your Company's E-mail
Businesses have come to rely on e-mail these days, but your messages may not be as private as you think. Read more
How to Choose the Right Collaboration Software
Although e-mail remains the primary method of office communication, businesses are increasingly turning to programs designed specifically for office collabor... Read more
Traditional CRM vs. Social CRM
Traditional customer relationship management's strong suit has been improved operational effectiveness, easier access to data, and improved collaboration. So... Read more
Tech Talk: Payments Firm Tries Cloud Computing
A secure payment processing company used cloud computing to help the business scale rapidly so that it could process millions of transactions each day with s... Read more
A Guide to Online Collaboration Tools
Scenario One Employees frequently work together to create and edit documents. Best bet Wiki tools such as Read more
Offering Personalized Customer Service with CRM Software
Jack Mitchell offers advice on using CRM software to provide personalized customer service Read more
The Way I Work: Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress and Automattic, manages a successful Internet business where everyone is working from home. Read more
How I Did It: Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn
Every second, someone joins LinkedIn, a sort of six degrees of separation for professionals and the brainchild of social-networking pioneer Reid Hoffm... Read more
The Paperless Office
Two new ways to send a fax Read more
Tech Talk: PR Firm Succeeds with Dashboard
A public relations firm deployed a business intelligence dashboard to help give clients quantitative and qualitative data that proves the success of the firm... Read more
Tech Talk: Deaf Provider Scales with Platform
A developer of next-generation video relay services for the deaf and hard-of-hearing found that a new enterprise platform helped the company grow across the ... Read more
Software: Is Now the Right Time to Negotiate?
Because software vendors are also facing tough economic times, they're more likely to offer concessions on upgrades and bundles. Here's how to ask for a bett... Read more
E-Mails That Sell
How to use employee e-mail as a sales tool Read more
Tech Talk: Chauffeur Staffing Firm Upgrades to ERP
A business that staffs chauffeurs to drive clients around in their own cars found that deploying an ERP system helped provide a technology backbone for natio... Read more
Taxes: Share Documents for Free With Pixily
Don't force your accountant to sift through a pile of paper receipts. Pixily is a new service that lets you store and share documents online. With the fre... Read more
Security: Free Antivirus Software
AVG This easy-to-use program kills viruses and spyware and stops users from going to webpages that have been infected with hostile soft... Read more
New Tools to Simplify Your Schedule
A look at online tools that will ensure you're on time for that appointment Read more
Cloud Computing: Freedom to Be Productive
Communications and collaboration through Web-based applications can help small businesses not only get the job done, but save money as well. Read more
Web Applications: The Coming Threats
Software-as-a-service is becoming a staple of small and mid-sized businesses, but so may be security threats that target loopholes in these applications. Read more
Technology: When the Forecast Calls for Clouds
Is cloud computing right for your company? Read more
Software to Manage Customers: CRM vs. CEM
What is the difference between customer experience management (CEM) and customer relationship management (CRM)? Which would work better at your company? Shou... Read more
A Business Intelligence Software Primer
Applications that extract data buried inside spreadsheets and databases for key analytics were once too complex and expensive for small businesses. Then soft... Read more
Keep Your Head in the Cloud
The upshot of cloud computing is that computing services are becoming more like utilities to a business. Read more
Tech Talk: Contractor Automates Scheduling
An Arizona-based drywall contractor cut costs, streamlined processes, and got a leg up on competitors by moving to a computer-based scheduling database to ke... Read more
Drive Customer Relationships through Technology
While the current economic climate is leading some businesses to assess expenditures and spend conservatively, now is the time to make key technology investm... Read more
Microsoft Office Moves to the Web
Microsoft will soon make scaled down versions of its popular suite of office productivity programs available as Web apps. Watch out Google. Read more
A Windows 7 Sneak Peek
Microsoft is expected to unveil a beta version of the successor to the Vista operating system sometime in 2009. Read more
Consumer Confidence Inches Up
Lower gas prices helped ease inflation fears, boosting the long-term outlook on the economy, the Conference Board reports. Read more
Web-Hosted Software: Compliance as a Service
Web-hosted software can keep you in line with ever-changing regulations. Read more
Software-as-a-Service and Regulatory Compliance
Using SaaS is a popular way to cut upfront costs and save on equipment and IT staff. But your business remains legally responsible if an outsourcer compromis... Read more
Enterprise Resource Planning: Do You Need It?
Many vendors now offer ERP services for the small business. But does your small business need one? Here's how to decide if your business may benefit. Read more
Negotiating Virtualization Software Use
Virtualization rewrites traditional software compliancy. There are different ways that software vendors are trying to figure out how companies should pay and... Read more
Software-as-a-Service Vs. Managed Services
What's the difference between SaaS and the managed service concept? And how can you decide which is best for your business? Read more
Lost in Translation: Website Translation Tools
Should you translate your website into other languages to try to win more business internationally and reach more customers? There's money to be made by reac... Read more
