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- The Business Resource Planning Farm League
- The enterprise juggernauts in the Enterprise resource planning ERP space are duking it out in rapidly changing business conditions - SAP are offering packages of applications with zero percent financing, Oracle are on the acquisition trail, buying regulatory compliance rules company Haley, their tenth buy this...
- Tags: Intuit Inc., Intuit QuickBase, Small Business, Productivity, Taxes, Smb/Sme, Financial Planning, Finance, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- Number of SBA loans down 30% in 2008
- The number of government-backed loans for small businesses fell by 30% in 2008 as owners struggled with tighter credit and a shaky economy, US Small Business Administration reported. The total value of loans fell 13% to $17.96 bln, while average loan size rose by $41,000 to $183,000. by AM
- Tags: Small Business, Loan, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-01
- Specops Remote Admin - Small Business License (exe)
- Specops Remote Admin is a useful tool for any system administrator or help desk professional working in Windows and Active Directory environment. With a simple right click different management tasks such as WOL (Wake-On-Lan), Restart, Remote Desktop, Ping, Gpupdate, WSUS client update, Remote Assistance, shutdown, send message, run executable, read...
- Tags: Administrator, Small Business, Special Operations Software, Specops Remote Admin, Help Desk, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Call Centers, Microsoft Windows, It Operations, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems
- Software downloads 2008-10-31
- Small business asks the right questions on health care
- Small business asks the right questions on health careStep oneAt least let the government pick up the tab for mandated emergency care provided [i]gratis[/i] to those who can't pay for it rather than shifting it to those who can, barely, but don't have insurance.Keep in mind that insurance companies, thanks...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Government, Benefits, health care, small business, insurance
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Small business asks the right questions on health care
- Small businessmen, at least, are asking the right questions. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Dana Blankenhorn, Health Care, Small Business, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Cost
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Small business owners reap benefits of social media
- Small business owners reap benefits of social mediaThe swing is even greaterWe have just completed a very similar survey with twice the numer of respondants in the UK which bares this out. In fact, 92% said they would recommend to their closest business contacts that they network online; and around...
- Tags: small business owner, small business, social media, benefit
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
- Small business owners reap benefits of social media
- Enterprise 2.0, meet Small Business 2.0. A recent survey shows that 55 percent of 120 surveyed small business owners believe that online social networking -- such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook -- can be beneficial to their businesses. The survey, conducted by online payroll...
- Tags: Social Networking, Benefit, Social Media, Small Business, Small Business Owner, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Dell readies 'Mini' Vostro netbook for small business
- Dell readies 'Mini' Vostro netbook for small businessDell Mini netbookI just bought an Asus 1000HSame processor, 2gb memory and an 80gb hard drive plus a 10.2" screen. $450Dell is a day late and a doller short.For small business?Did you see that photo in the link of the gentleman using the...
- Tags: Notebooks, Mini, Vostro, Dell Computer Corp., small business, notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-10-24
- Dell readies 'Mini' Vostro netbook for small business
- Dell is preparing an all-black version of its Inspiron Mini 9 netbook, this one aimed at small businesses and set to ship as the Vostro A90, according to a report by Register Hardware. Dell reportedly launched the machine in Japan today, and though the A90 is not...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Small Business, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-10-24
- MySpace launches ad platform for small businesses
- MySpace on Monday will unveil a targeted ad platform called MyAds, a beta designed to enable smaller advertisers to use its HyperTargeting technology. HyperTargeting is the MySpace platform used by its larger advertisers. With MyAds, MySpace is trying to tap into smaller advertisers that can be used...
- Tags: Advertisement, Small Business, MySpace, Advertiser, MyAds, HyperTargeting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Small Business Success Story: How one company achieved fast and simple success with their customers by using Intelligent Information Transport Platform
- Schalleur, Devine & Surgent SDS is a mid-sized Certified Public Accounting agency with over 30 employees comprised of CPAs, university professors and other certified professionals based in Devon, Pennsylvania. The company provides tax, accounting and business advisory services to over 1,500 individuals and businesses throughout the state of Pennsylvania...
- Tags: Pennsylvania, Small Business, Certified Public Accountant, Taxes, Free Trade, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Financial Services, Financial Planning, Finance, Marketing, Management
- White papers 2008-10-01
- 51% of US small business owners say business conditions deteriorated
- 51% of US small business owners said conditions for their businesses were getting worse, up from 44% in August, the credit card firm said. Another 73% said the U.S. economy was getting worse, up from 60%. Only 7% said they felt the economy was improving, an all-time low for the...
- Tags: Small Business, Small Business Owner, AM
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- The 10 Biggest Mistakes That Small Business Entrepreneurs Make (exe)
- An article-based report on the most common factors for small business failure, By being aware of these problems, entrepreneurs can avoid them. Thinking of starting up your own small business? Then you need to know precisely why other small business start-ups have failed and avoid making those same mistakes. How?...
- Tags: Small Business, Latest-Business-Ideas
- Software downloads 2008-09-23
- Live Webcast: Small Business 2.0: Building a Strong Foundation
- The explosion of small businesses is changing the economic landscape as more and more people decide to work for themselves. Many of these people are now working out of small or home offices and suddenly find themselves responsible for everything from production and operations to sales and marketing. ...
- Tags: Webcast, Home Office, Small Business
- Webcasts 2008-09-18
- Four Ways to Supercharge Your Small Business' Online Presence
- Small Business Owners need more than an online presence to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace, they need Web capabilities that allow them to boost their business and bottom line. By developing robust online capabilities for their businesses, not only do they have a better chance of standing out...
- Tags: Presence, Small Business, Embarq
- White papers 2008-09-01
- Dell Managed Services for Small Business Saves the GetLegal.com IT Team Nearly 1,000 Hours Per Year in Maintenance Time
- Whether an individual is looking for a tax attorney or a large law firm needs a snazzy Web site, GetLegal.com has the solution. A complicated infrastructure threatened to overwhelm the company's two-man IT team, leaving little time to support the company's growth strategy. Dell Managed Services for Small Business designed...
- Tags: Managed Services, Dell Computer Corp., Monitoring, Small Business, It Services
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Small Brazilian Businesses Get Big Help With Affordable Software + Services Solution
- SupplySystems, based in São Paulo, Brazil, is a Microsoft Certified Partner that specializes in providing mobile and supply system technology solutions. SupplySystems recognized a need to serve the millions of individual entrepreneurs and small businesses that could not afford access to a national database that identifies high-risk customers. SupplySystems built...
- Tags: Software, Small Business, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Which merchants benefit most from open source?
- Which merchants benefit most from open source?Which businesses exist because of open source?Seriously, Open Source has lowered the bar to becoming a business to the cost of hardware and time. Yes, people always say their time is worth $1000/hour, but that's assuming people are paying you at ALL times.For...
- Tags: Web servers, Servers, server, open source, small business, Web server, software
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- New mission for Harry and Louise
- Their concerns have changed too. Before they were worried about costs. Now they're worried about coverage. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Small Business, Harry, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- US small businesses to spend $280 bln on IT by 2012
- US businesses are expected to spend $688 bln on information and communications technology in 2008. Small businesses will boost ICT budgets by up to 8% a year, spending $280 bln by 2012, Compass Intelligence says. by AM
- Tags: Information Technology, Small Business, Strategy, Management, AM
- Blog posts 2008-08-12
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