Patricia Fusco

In December 2002 AMI-Partners, a global research firm, forecast that worldwide IT and telephony spending by small to mid-sized businesses will grow by seven percent this year, compared with a consensus of other analysts estimates that big business IT spending would be marginal at best. It didn’t take HP long to react to this type […]

It’s really aggravating. Your sales leads are in an ACT! or GoldMine database. Your sales materials are in a Word document. Your hot prospects from a trade show are in an Excel spread sheet. Your sales orders are on Post-It Notes all over your monitor. You try not to let it get you down but […]

An application service provider (ASP) is a business that offers other businesses access to applications over the Internet. A full-service ASP offers all the related computing functions that would otherwise have to be located internally on your business network. ASPs are an alternative to do-it-yourself business computing, and they’re not just for large, multi-national companies […]

Corel’s WordPerfect Office 11 and Microsoft’s Office 2003 are both still in beta testing, but the Canadian company announced this week that the flagship office productivity suite will make its public debut before April is through. What’s the allure of using a non-Microsoft office productivity software package? According to Wendy Lowe, Corel’s WordPerfect product manager, […]

Roxio is the software maker behind one of the best selling digital media software programs in the world. The company released the latest iteration of the program in February, dubbed Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.0 Platinum. The digital media suite has been totally redesigned — it’s easy to install and use — at least […]

Small businesses and home offices do not escape the need to procure reliable data backup and protection. Their unique requirements necessitate a storage system that’s affordable and easy to use — ideally featuring plug-and-play connectivity while providing enough storage capacity to handle the data load. This is why Sony Electronics extended its StorStation lineup to […]

HP introduced a bevy of new printing and imaging devices for small businesses this week, including what it calls the world’s smallest flatbed all-in-one unit, combining photo-quality color printing and scanning with copying machine functions. Designed for the home office or small office that’s tight on space, the HP PSC 1210 will be available in […]

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Mounting health care costs continue to be a troublesome business matter for many small organizations. Nevertheless, health insurance is considered an essential employee recruiting and retention tool — industry analysts estimate that more than half of U.S. small businesses offer health insurance to their employees. How can you be certain that you’ve got a good […]

Miramar Systems released the latest iteration of its Desktop DNA Professional data migration program this week. The software enables individual users and small businesses to effortlessly transfer applications settings, desktop settings, custom templates, address books, Web page bookmarks, and other personalized data from one Windows-based computer system to another. And you don’t need specialized IT […]

Hackers and viruses aren’t they only calamities that small business operators must consider when employing a data backup and recovery system. In the real world, a stolen notebook or a crashed hard drive can do more immediate damage to a small business, than any external threat. Are you prepared to reproduce a key presentation if […]