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Accounting Doesn't Have to Be Mind-Numbing

You've hung out your shingle. Now it's time to turn to a necessary evil: minding the books. Here are tips on making the task more bearable.  Read more


New Ideas for Fighting Spam

The "Mail Abuse Prevention System" (MAPS) provides ISPs with a free list of spammers in an effort to curtail the flow of junk mail.  Read more


What Data Warehousing Can Do for You

"Data Warehousing Advice for Managers" describes how this technology can improve the way your company handles critical business information.  Read more


Checking Data More Than Twice

Pharmaceutical company develops five-step program to guard against data-entry errors.  Read more


Housing Crisis

Considering bringing a substantial technology project in-house? First read how Market Insights' founders fell victim to poor planning, bad advice, finicky te...  Read more


Gates and the People Who Hate Him

Say the name "Bill Gates" to computer industry heavyweights, and you're likely to get an intense reaction, says journalist Gary Rivlin in "The Plot to Get Bi...  Read more


Choosing Accounting Software

Focus on the features to find the right accounting program for your business.  Read more


Big-Time IT for Small Companies

A few start-ups are teaming up with tech-industry veterans to help small companies rent high-powered software that they previously could not afford.  Read more


Diss Connection

Inc.'s Road Warrior explains that while the Internet can keep you in touch with work no matter where you are, sometimes you have to pull the plug and relax.  Read more


Room for One More?

The CEO of Jaffe Associates reviews DiskMapper, a graphical file-management software product.  Read more


Best of Show

The president of Target Marketing reviews TRAQ-IT Tradeshow Software, a tool for planning, managing, and overseeing the exhaustive details of your company's ...  Read more


Play Computer Games to Sharpen Skills

Not the shoot-em-ups. But strategic simulations can teach strategic thinking.  Read more


Software That Cuts Legal Fees

Software can help you write your contracts.  Read more


Personal Best

The president of Amicus Legal Staffing reviews LifePeak, a personal-achievement software product that helps users find balance in their lives through self-ev...  Read more


Game Plan

Bruce Lemmerman, director of college scouting for the New Orleans Saints, uses a database to record both statistical and subjective information about prospec...  Read more


Plug In and Play on the Internet

The cofounder and CEO of Select Design reviews Whistle InterJet, a machine that lets you easily connect your LAN to the Internet without a Web server, modem,...  Read more


Edged Out

When Jim Heard and Gregg Trueman, founding partners of the Buoyant Co., began to battle over key company decisions, their staff decided to oust them both.  Read more


Sales: United Nations

A CEO explains how an Internet-based translation service now allows him to respond to email composed in foreign languages, resulting in a 60 percent increase...  Read more


He's Got the Whole Worllit in His Hands

Inc. 's Road Warrior recounts his frustrating experiences trying to download and compose E-mail on the road using a PalmPilot.  Read more


When Something Clicks

A look at how digital cameras helped streamline operations at two businesses and the process the CEOs went through to select the best cameras for their speci...  Read more


Do-It-Yourself Efficiency Expert

One company executive relies on conference calls to stay in touch with her independent contractors.  Read more


Battling E-mail Excess

The potential pitfalls of e-mail and how to prevent information overload.  Read more


Is E-mail Private? Not at Work

An attorney answers key questions about the legal aspects of monitoring employee e-mail.  Read more


" Focus, Baby, Focus"

A company finds focus group participants in the local newspaper.  Read more


If You Build It, They Will Come

When sweater maker Dia built a customized database, sales shot through the roof.  Read more