How to Stay Positive & Productive -Chase Smith (Guest Author)

How to be the Positive Producer in Your Workplace Work is… well, work, and sometimes it’s not the most fun in the world. Sometimes you might feel bogged down by tedious activities or by a lack of recognition. Whatever the reason, here are a few tips you can use to keep yourself motivated, happy, and [...]

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Cutting Your Overhead with Open Source IT Solutions

Different businesses can vary greatly in size, type, and sector, but they all share a common goal: to maximize the bottom line. One step towards achieving this goal is to cut your information technology overhead by employing open source software. The IT requirements of most businesses are steadily growing and meeting these requirements is a [...]

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Avoiding the 10 Common Killers of a Small Business

Starting a business is a huge venture, and it requires a lot of hard work and dedication to get that business off the ground. Even with the best intentions, some people estimate that up to 50% of businesses fail within the first 5 years. Keeping those statistics in mind, some business owners have begun looking [...]

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Tracking SaaS Usage with Totango in Real-Time

The Totango Service Totango [http://www.totango.com] is a new service launched on July 28, 2011, currently in a public beta, that allows users to track application events in real time for subsequent analysis. It is similar to Google Analytics [http://www.google.com/analytics/] but with the added ability for the user to control what data is collected and at [...]

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How does Microsoft’s Office 365 Compare to Google Docs?

Google Docs versus Office 365 The era of cloud computing has begun. Two of the largest players, Microsoft and Google, have service platforms that offer the ability to move away from office-oriented servers and place storage and collaboration online. With documents, emails and other communications online, users can access and share their business information from [...]

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Microsoft’s Newest Cloud Offering: Office 365

With the release of Office 365, Microsoft has provided the most commonly used office software in the world in a cloud-based format. Beyond the familiar Office suite, the included elements of Exchange, Sharepoint and Lync make this collection of services a genuine and economical alternative to running a server. The monthly cost varies from $6 [...]

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Is iCloud any Different than MobileMe?

With hype surrounding cloud-based services at an all-time high, Apple has officially announced the release of the highly-anticipated iCloud. While many were thrilled to hear about the new development, Apple’s decision to shutter its MobileMe service, in favor of a more efficient and capable cloud platform, left some Mac users concerned about the future of [...]

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