How To Create a Virtual Office by Ricardo Trinidad
How To Create a Virtual Office It has become a growing trend for businesses to look for alternatives to the standard office setup, especially for those companies which are just starting out and are looking for ways to reduce their startup costs. One of the more popular alternatives of recent... Establishing a Virtual Office In order to create the virtual office that you desire, you and all members of your staff are going to need to have some basic pieces of equipment. ... Virtual Office Advantages There are a number of advantages that should be considered when deciding to use a...

The SOHO as an Online Business Model for the Small Business Entrepreneur of the Future by EM Beck
Sometimes to understand the future we have to have some historical perspective. We often forgot that before the 19th century, and prior to the industrial revolution, nearly all offices were small offices and/or home offices, with very few exceptions. ... The online virtual office is here to stay and is for anyone that seldom needs an office. ... The SOHO or online virtual office is not just for consultants and independent contractors any longer. ... Since the end of the 20th century the term "SOHO", an acronym for "Small Office/Home Office" has come to be used to define this important...

IT Specialist - Information Gathering is a Must by Joshua Feinberg
IT Specialists must reach their intended audience to be successful with their marketing. As you'll learn in this article, your first step needs to be gathering information about your niche. IT Specialists Should Study What their Niche Clients Do For instance, to reach small medical offices, get... Learn What Solutions You Can Give Your Clients Find out how small medical offices are using technology to change the way they do business, to get reimbursed faster by insurance companies, to make scheduling more efficient, and to keep track of charts more effectively.

Digital Architectural Rendering by Alison Cole
Digital architectural rendering involves using computer techniques in creating and presenting architectural designs. It is almost like making a 3D film of your house, office, a hotel or some other commercial building. With the advent of computer-aided designs, and the associated technologies,... Thereafter, the numerous apparently similar frames with slightly different movements in them are stitched together and made to move fast in seconds to give a convincing virtual movement. ... It requires a great amount of computing acumen to create this virtual swimming pool for you.

Running Windows Applications on Linux by Rob Pirozzi
The perceived inability to run windows applications on Linux is what keeps many individuals from trying Linux. It turns out that it is possible to run many popular Windows applications on Linux PCs using one of several software technologies. Products that will allow Windows applications to run... CrossOver Office CrossOver Office from CodeWeavers allows many popular Windows applications to run on Linux. ... The list of applications that CrossOver Office allows to run on Linux is quite extensive and includes applications such as: Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project and...

How to Choose the Correct Chiropractic Billing Software by Thomas Morva
One important step in finding the perfect chiropractic billing software program to fit your needs is to take a look at your existing computer equipment. With system needs changing on a virtually daily basis, it is necessary that the software program you choose be compatible with your hardware. ... Not only will you save valuable space from limiting your need for paper files, your office staff will also be able to retrieve important medical information in a virtual instant. ... This is an excellent way to reduce the cost of office staff and postage.

Notebook PC Warranties: Study Them Carefully by Joshua Feinberg
Over the past five years, the price points on notebook PCs have been driven down dramatically. However, lower purchase prices not withstanding, notebook PCs still have a rather unique warranty service dilemma. If a keyboard, mouse-equivalent (tracking-stick or touch-pad) or display fails on a... Parts Not so Common As your client’s virtual CIO, you would have great difficulty trying to find a replacement notebook PC hard drive locally at a warehouse club or office supply superstore. ... And even if you or your clients miraculously could find one, the price likely would be at least double...

The Microsoft Office Suite of Products has a Twin -- and it's Free! by Douglas Hanna
Microsoft Office is an incredibly powerful program with many great features. It's also expensive to buy or even upgrade. For example, one well-known web site has Microsoft Office 2003 Standard for $369.40 and 2003 Professional for $469.00. Even the Office Standard 2003 Upgrade Version lists for... OpenOffice.org is both a fully-featured office suite compatible with leading office products, and a virtual community working through OpenOffice.org's numerous projects. ... It has nearly all the same features and functionality as MS Office but costs a lot less.

IT Consulting: Services for Sweet Spot Customers by Joshua Feinberg
For sweet spot customers, consider the services you can provide to these IT consulting clients. In this article, you'll learn some of the more popular ones. IT Consulting: What Website Design Programs Should You Know? You should be familiar with at least basic web authoring tools to set up a... VPN and RADs, virtual private networking and remote access is still a real big issue especially with teleworkers and branch offices. ... You should be comfortable with performance monitoring so you can so some tweaking and tune-ups to find out what is going on with different thresholds.

Groupware Finds Home in American Business: Collaboration Tool Analysis by Joe Miller
What is Groupware? Have you ever had to manage document collaboration in a hurry? No need to be ashamed if you said "yes." Virtually every American business has experienced moments of ad hoc team collaboration. In other words, the ideal business collaboration method involves meticulous record... Second, find groupware that creates a Digital Signature. ... The difficulty of some groupware packages is that even though they provide a virtual vignette of helpful tools, instead of groupware working for you, you are working for it.