Dan Muse

Looking for a server that’s cool, reliable and quiet — and inexpensive and expandable to boot? If so, Gateway has a server it wants you to consider. With prices starting at $599, the Gateway E-9220T server is based on a BTX chassis and offers you a large range of processor options, RAID 5 functionality and redundant […]

Calling it the most significant launch since the program was first created in 1992, Intuit announced QuickBooks 2006. According to the company,  it reinvented the popular small business accounting application with simplicity, speed and efficiency in mind. Scheduled for a fall release and not yet priced, QuickBooks 2006 will focus on simplifying key business tasks. The […]

LinkedIn Corp., one of the pioneers of social networking applications, reports that it currently has 3.3 million professionals among its members. Membership continues to be free and will always be free, according to Konstantin Guericke, vice president of marketing at LinkedIn. However, the company also recognizes that access to its database is a valuable tool […]

To run your business efficiently, you must live by the credo that no application is an island. That is, if your e-commerce storefront isn’t sharing information with your accounting, inventory management, point of sale and other business applications, you’re wasting time, taking risks and perhaps missing opportunities. That’s where iCode’s Everest Advanced 2.1 comes in. […]

Looking for an alternative to using Microsoft Outlook and Exchange for e-mail and collaboration? Kerio, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based software provider, today announced MailServer 6.1. Designed to work with all POP3 and IMAP desktop mail clients for Windows, Linux and Mac, the new version supports Sender Policy Framework (SPF) and adds Spam Repellent and dual […]

When Corel CEO Amish Methta talked to SmallBusinessComputing.com this spring about why WordPerfect Mail was a valuable addition to WordPerfect Office 12 — Small Business Edition, he asked the rhetorical question, “Ever try to do a search in Outlook?” Focusing on its claim to complete e-mail searches in seconds, Corel today announced that it will […]

Think it’s time to move to Microsoft’s Small Business Server or some other product from the Redmond, Wash.-based software titan? Having plenty of resellers to choose from isn’t a problem, but having too many can be. How’s a small business to choose? In a move designed to help small business narrow the field when it comes […]

Looking to offer small e-commerce shops a wider range of options, online payment processor PayPal recently announced Website Payments Pro. The new product suite features express checkout purchases, offers an application programming interface (API) for implementing PayPal services and support for phone, fax and mail orders. The first leg of the three-legged announcement from the […]

The baseball metaphors and analogies were flying yesterday as The SCO Group used Yankee Stadium as the setting and Legends as the theme to introduce OpenServer 6, an upgrade to its Unix operating system. The name SCO may be more familiar to some for its aggressive legal pursuits against companies using Linux, which the company […]

One of the benefits of Web-based applications is that vendors can efficiently roll out new versions. There’s no software for users to download or CDs to mail. Siebel Systems has been taking full advantage of the ASP model, releasing five versions of its hosted CRM product in the past 12 months. While the licensed version […]

Being a nonprofit business doesn’t mean that your operation doesn’t need to generate revenue or monitor its spending. Like any other company, nonprofits can benefit from a well-crafted business plan. Looking to offer specialized help, Palo Alto Software yesterday announced Business Plan Pro, Social Enterprise Edition. If you’re not familiar with the phrase social enterprise, […]

While QuickBooks is regarded as the standard in small business accounting software and the yet-to-be-released Microsoft Small Business Accounting is getting headlines, Peachtree Accounting (now owned by Sage Software) has built up a pretty good following of its own over the past 25 years. Peachtree 2006 rolls out 20 new features designed to simplify, control […]