The Onion Approach to Antivirus by Stuart Crawford
Many small business owners are concerned about business continuity and ensuring that their staff remains productive during work hours. One of the biggest risks to productivity in the work place is the threat of viruses, worms and other malicious activities that circulate around the Internet and... I always hear from small business owners: “What is the cost for this protection?” or “It must be pricey?” To totally protect your network and keep you staff productive will cost your company about $200.00 per month.

Internet Faxing: An Online Service That Kills Fax Machine by Claudia Walters
Yes, indeed conventional fax machines are dying, and will be out of the business very soon. We are now living in a digital world - emails, cell phones, instant messenger, GPRS systems are everywhere, slipping themselves into everybody's life. Ask yourself: When is the last time you post your... eFax is one of the pioneer in internet fax business that offers a free fax-to-e-mail service to more than one million subscribers. ... Click here for more readings on eFax service reviews . ... You can as well send faxes out to normal fax machine through the service.

Low Cost Point of Sale Systems and Software by Edward Duval
Now the last thing I want is for this be a shameless promotion of the software we develop. But my position gives me a unique insight in the business models followed by different software companies. We produce a no cost point of sale software package and can testify that the free and low cost... We focused our products on two vertical markets; Computer Service & Retail Point of Sales and Restaurant Point of Sales. ... A small business should not have to pay for an entire support division just for their point of sale software.

Axapta: Global Economy ERP implementation notes by Andrew Karasev
The evolution of ERP/MRP comes together with the change in business processes and new businesses models emerging. If we look at the companies, going public in .com era and now, we could recognize very unusual business models, such as Google, which is neither really paid services, nor advertising... Looking at the other companies, such as eBay, Amazon.com – we could say that the shift for the ERP is made from traditional business processes, such as manufacturing, customer service, project management, accounting to more generic processes, such as Supply Chain Management (SCM), where you...

Business Computer Sales by Ken Marlborough
Businesses have become revolutionized because of the computer. The computer aids in reducing the time it takes to do many tedious tasks like accounting, inventory control, customer databases, shipping control, and financial analysis. That is why computer sales are enjoying an ongoing boom in new... Almost every business, large or small has versatile desktop computers in the office. ... If you have more than one business computer, then networking them allows access to and storage of all company resources and information.

IT Support: The Crucial Factor For Your Business by Lee Smith
IT Support has become increasingly important over the years. With businesses and industries becoming more and more competitive, your IT and computer network needs to make your business as efficient as possible. When something goes wrong with your network or IT, you need to have a rapid response... Just by asking these simple questions, your data and network wil be in safer hands and your IT and network support should be stress-free, allowing your company and it's staff to cons and centrate on business and not IT and computer issues.

Computer Repair Services: Four Steps to Customer Decisions by Joshua Feinberg
When deciding to go with your computer repair services, a customer cycles through four steps: awareness; interest; evaluation; adoption. The strategies you use at each phase will encourage the prospect to take the steps to the end. Step One: Awareness Prospects you encounter might know about... Step Four: Adoption The moment a customer decides to use your computer repair services you need to use strategies that will make him a long-term client. ... You need to create customer loyalty by providing superior service and the building blocks for a trusting relationship.

Hard Drive Failure: Picking Up the Digital Pieces of Your Life by Brian Cain
When a Digital Disaster Strikes, Who are you going to call? ECO Data Recovery has been recovering mission critical data for over 20years. Once upon a time, if your hard drive failed you had it repaired. This was a much more cost effective solution rather than buying a new “Whopping” 5Mb (Yes... It can be an Invaluable service, that can also “make or break” a small company. ... The data stored on a drive, may be Payroll, Employee Information, Inventory or any number of items that when without, business continuity becomes nonexistent.

Partnering: Joining a Formal Partner Program by Joshua Feinberg
Formal partnering programs. They can be good, bad, and indifferent. They just aren’t that huge. In this day and age, most people aren’t choosing to join partner programs just based on the benefits that they looked for 10 years ago. Formal Partnering Programs Benefits These benefits include:... It rates them constantly on vendor satisfaction on all different issues: technical support, sales support, margins, business opportunities, perceptions of small business clients. ... Copyright MMI-MMVI, Small Business Computer Consulting .com.

EDI Outsourcing by Richard Romando
EDI (electronic data interchange) has become one of the most reliable systems for companies to exchange information related to their business. This system coordinates the transaction process, thereby reducing the overhead costs. However, setting up an EDI system requires expertise and... EDI outsourcing has come to be a viable option for medium and small companies who lack the expertise to implement the system on their own. ... In case a business corporation chooses to implement an EDI system, it has to invest money on the required infrastructure and staff.