Patricia Fusco

American Power Conversion (APC) is voluntarily recalling two popular models of its back-up uninterruptible power supply products — the Back-UPS CS 350 and the Back-UPS CS 500. More than 2.1 million units of the affected products have been sold worldwide. Approximately 900,000 of the devices were sold in the United States, primarily for small office […]

GlobalSCAPE, the maker of the popular file transfer application, CuteFTP, recently debuted its new Web content management system, dubbed PureCMS. The content management system is GlobalSCAPE’s tenth product released since its was formed as a spin-off company to ATSI Communications in 1996. Developed primarily for non-technical staff members of small to medium-sized businesses, PureCMS allows […]

There is one sure sign of a looming tax deadline — the parking lots outside of H&R Block tax-filing offices are full. If you don’t want to wait in line to prepare your taxes this year, try going online. With four products to choose from, H&R Block’s lineup of tax-reporting tools — TaxCut Standard, Deluxe, […]

America’s small businesses are dedicating funds to their Internet presence, a sign that they now consider the Internet a business imperative. At least according to Verizon SuperPages.com’s fourth annual small business Internet survey conducted by the Gallup Organization. This year’s survey shows that even as the economic recession has affected four out of five small […]

Based in Carlisle, Pa., PestPatrol is a software maker whose flagship security product shares its name. PestPatrol software is available for personal or business use, and works on nearly any Windows-based computer system. PestPatrol for Small Business is designed for networks connecting 50 or fewer PCs. Users say that little or no technical expertise is […]

Intuit’s popular TurboTax software could be facing a different type of tax rush, as initial reaction to anti-piracy safeguards installed by Intuit are causing unrest among customers as the United States enters its annual tax-preparation season. In its 18th tax season, TurboTax was the No.1-selling tax preparation software program in 2001. According to third-party research, […]

Are you looking to extend the functionality of Quickbooks or Quicken, retooling your financial management systems, or simply starting a business from scratch? Consider investigating the VersaCheck family of business computing solutions from G7 Productivity Systems. Based in San Diego, Calif., G7 publishes several popular software solutions for home office and small business use. While […]

By Patricia Fusco The U.S. Small Business Administration has launched its SBAExchange Pilot Program — an electronic purchasing tool designed to facilitate small business e-procurement opportunities and improve the efficiency and accountability of current government procurement processes. The mission of the SBAExchange is two-fold; to reduce costs and improve efficiency and accountability of procuring goods […]

By Patricia Fusco Microsoft has lowered the price barrier for its entry-level accounting systems with the release of Small Business Manager 7.0. Built for small businesses that need more than basic bookkeeping software, the new application features an affordable, integrated software solution capable of managing a broad range of everyday business functions. Priced at $995 […]