Nov 4, 2009 | business, mail, Microsoft, mobile, Outlook, web_services
Microsoft Online Services has unexpectedly become more affordable and a more compelling choice for small businesses. I want all law firms and businesses with five or more employees to consider moving their mail to hosted Exchange mailboxes. Effective immediately, the...
Nov 2, 2009 | business, Microsoft, software
Microsoft is now completely out of the accounting software market, following Friday’s announcement that it is dropping all of its remaining Office Accounting products. At one time it appeared that Microsoft was going to be a player in accounting software for...
Sep 30, 2009 | backup, business, file_sharing, hardware, Home_Server, HP
Philip Churchill’s WHS blog has more details on the HP Data Vault, built on Windows Home Server. There are some fuzzy screen shots in the HP white paper showing that HP’s software has been lightly overhauled to make it look more businesslike, with less emphasis on...
Sep 29, 2009 | backup, business, file_sharing, hardware, Home_Server, HP
Devices built on Windows Home Server can be perfect for backups and file sharing in small business networks. Here’s more information about what it means to use Windows Home Server to back up workstations in small businesses. It’s been hard to explain that to business...
Sep 7, 2009 | business, Dell, domains, hardware, Microsoft, SBS, software
Trying to help a very small business decide on technology that will last for 5-10 years has always been an interesting challenge, and the choices are completely different now than they were just a few years ago. Small Business Server 2003 was an obvious choice for a...
Aug 31, 2009 | audio, business
Wired Magazine has delivered more insightful articles in the last couple of years than any other magazine, offline or online. Take a few minutes to read a fascinating piece in this month’s issue, “The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple Is Just Fine.”...