Small Business Computing Staff

by Allen Plummer Lending resources abound on the Web, but finding the right match with one takes perseverance. Cliff Kurtzman, is president and CEO of the seven-year-old Tenagra Corporation, an Internet marketing and Web development company with 15 employees in Houston and New Orleans. He found $100,000 on line, but it took a few tries […]

by Cassimir Medford While currency and distance remain formidable barriers between cultures, language is the most daunting. In the past, foreign markets were almost the exclusive preserve of multinational corporations. Now, any company with a Web site can find a market abroad. But is the Internet generating a lot of global interest for businesses? Many […]

by Robert J. Wagman Grab a candle and generator, it’s going to be a bumpy ride. Or maybe not. Most experts believe that the power deregulation crisis that hit California this past winter will not likely be repeated in any of the twenty-odd states where electricity deregulation has begun or is planned. In 1998, California […]

By Chris Farnsworth, Freedom News Service Meet Bob. Bob works at your company. At least, he did until yesterday. Bob just got laid off. Bob is not happy. Bob is the kind of guy who always remembers the scores of the weekend games and takes long lunches, but doesn’t know a whole lot about computers. […]

by Gwen Moran It was 1 a.m. when maria bailey called it a night. her company’s web site would launch in a week. for months, long hours had been the norm as she and her staff prepared to go live. she left the office around 11 p.m., went home and showered, then powered up her […]

by David G. Propson Apple Airport Base Station Rating 85 Businesses should no longer wonder whether wireless networks work, but they do need to consider whether they’re any better than land lines. In most offices, people don’t move around much, so vendors’ promises of limitless freedom fall on deaf ears. (And since the range on […]

by David Schloss Adobe Photoshop 6.0Rating 90 Adobe has been the leader in the image-processing arena for so long, it’s hard to remember a time when there were any other truly viable alternatives. Adobe Photoshop 6.0 offers a host of new features. Many veterans know the frustrations of dealing with the multiple palettes and the […]

By Maria Medina When application service providers (ASPs) came into the new economy along with other dot-com ventures the idea was praised, and for small business owners it became revolutionary. An owner of a small business could buy a monthly subscription to an ASP rather than spend time and risk huge costs in hardcore technologies […]

By Angela R. Garber Businesses seeking higher earning can make revenues rise by giving a little back. “Cause marketing” ties a company and its products or services to a social issue with the goal of improving sales and corporate image while providing benefits to a worthy charity. According to a study by Cone Inc., a […]

by Matt Klare Infocus LP350Rating 87 Hitachi CP-X325WRating 87 When presenting the company’s multimedia road show, a good LCD data projector is a necessity. We evaluated two that deliver a native XGA resolution (1024 x 768). The two units — Hitachi’s CP-X325W and the InFocus LP350 — both support computer and video inputs, provide internal […]

by David Batterson Brother HL-2400CEN Network Color Laser PrinterRating 95 Businesses today demand a powerful, high-resolution color laser printer that is LAN-ready, so the Brother HL-2400CeN Network Color Laser Printer stepped up to the plate. No matter what operating system a small office is using, this network printer will fit right in. It not only […]

by Deidra-Ann Parrish When it comes to accounting for the small business, there are a few schools of thought on getting the job done. You can do it the old-fashioned way, using some variation of a paper-based record-keeping system with physical files (an accountant’s nightmare), or even using an electronic spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel. […]