Windows Vista For Small Businesses by George Christodoulou
Microsoft’s Windows Vista is the latest operating system in over five years after Windows XP. And according to some experts this new OS is not really worth making a hue and cry about. No, there is nothing wrong with Vista, nor is there any single compelling feature that can force you to change... Your business data is safe and secure on your Windows Vista for Small Business PC. ... Therefore, if you are a small business owner, then Windows Vista for Small Businesses is worth switching over to from your existing operating system.

Small Business Software by Elizabeth Morgan
Small business software is a booming industry. Nowadays, every type of business needs to manage its movements and record every action using computer software. Business software is designed to help with the administration and maintenance of a business. ... The difference is that Open Office is free while MS Office (Microsoft Office) costs a considerable amount of money for a small business. ... Finally, small businesses can go about using ready-to-use applications as well as a few very specific custom ones that are developed specifically for the exact needs of the corporation.

User Training: Microsoft Dynamics GP – Interface Unification by Andrew Karasev
Following the direction of Project Green Microsoft Business Solutions renamed its products: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, Solomon and MS CRM into Microsoft Dynamics GP, Nav, Ax, Sl, CRM. Microsoft Dynamics will be supposedly final product of the Project Green, when user will have... Microsoft Business Portal will have open SDK, available for C#.Net programmer – and Microsoft Business Portal is .Net application. ... Small Business Accounting allows users to create and synchronize accounting documents in MS Outlook (not all of them, but the innovation way is clear – user should...

Microsoft Dynamics GP Office Stack Integration advances by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics GP is on the way of Microsoft Dynamics or former Microsoft Project Green advances. Great Plains Dexterity is still a core of fat client workstation plus it defines ODBC Dex database access, requiring such columns as DEX_ROW_ID and business logics dictionary:... First of all Microsoft places its project into competitions – Microsoft Dynamics GP, AX, NAV, SL plus Microsoft small business accounting are competing with each other with certain restrictions. ... Microsoft Office integration was a strongest advance seen with MS Dynamics GP.

Microsoft Moves to Small Business Accounting/Retail Market – Stakes and Thoughts by Andrew Karasev
In this small article we will be looking at the new opportunities for Microsoft Small Business Server specialists, but rather look at the global business strategy and possible ways of future ERP modules standardizing and interoperability. This is important to get into consideration for midsize... As the stake on Great Plains was high – Microsoft formed business systems subdivision – Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions, later on Great Plains name was taken off and now we see Microsoft Business Solutions.

Small Business Networking: Suggesting Dedicated Servers to Clients by Joshua Feinberg
PC-based servers and LANs may be relatively mature technologies. However, small businesses need your firm’s expertise, more than ever. For these businesses, you'll need to select, configure, customize, secure and maintain the right small business networking tools for their unique needs. ... Convincing the Client They Need Small Business Networking Clients come to you because they need a reliable, yet cost-effective small business networking solution. ... The Bottom Line about Small Business Networking Often clients don’t recognize they have a small business networking problem until it’s...

A Free Microsoft Office? by John McILwraith
If your budget is limited and you need a full features Office suite, we know of one that has got everything you might conceivably need. The deeper question, is whether anyone will ever need all of these features. It's nice to know that a FREE Office Suite of applications has probably more to it... It is hard for one to not have Microsoft office when at the time of this writing 90% of word possessing is done on Microsoft Office and one needs it to read, print, write, edit, and save in Microsoft Office formats.

Business Software Solutions by Joshua Feinberg
Business software solutions come in many shapes and sizes. Choosing the right business software solutions at the start will save you a lot of time. Time you can spend growing and developing your business. Here are a few tips. Keep your business software solutions very simple. ... The Bottom Line on Business Software Solutions The best business software solutions for a small business are the ones that come pre-packaged. ... Use a time, billing, and accounting package that provides business software solutions to small business.

Midsize Business ERP - Great Plains Standard vs. Professional by Andrew Karasev
If you are in the growing mode and reach the point when you need to move away from old accounting application and incorporate something, which could be considered as industry standard ERP, you should know general direction and where to look for additional information. ... Microsoft Business Solutions gives you several ERP packages to choose from: Microsoft Great Plains Standard/Professional/Small Business Financials, Microsoft Navision, Microsoft Axapta, Microsoft CRM. ... Combining Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains ERP with non-Microsoft Business System or CRM: Lotus Notes Domino,...

Microsoft Great Plains: Chicago ERP Market Overview by Andrew Karasev
In this small article we will review Chicago ERP market: Chicago with suburbs, Northwest Indiana, downstate Illinois and St. Luis. Let us begin with small introduction. Microsoft Business Solutions has recently renamed its products – new unifying brand name will be Microsoft Dynamics. ... So, we will be dealing with Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics SL and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. ... As you should expect, nowadays ERP requires customization and altering to fit unique business needs and considering the specific of Chicagoland you should...