Web-Based Apps

• Using SaaS to Save on IT Spending

  As businesses adjust to the economic downturn, the IT budget is certainly not immune from cuts. Software as a service (SaaS) is one way to save on dollars but not skimp on functionality.
  Michelle V. Rafter

• Recruiting Software: You're Hired!

  Big businesses have long used Web-based recruiting software to weed out good job candidates from bad. Now that it's come down in price, small and mid-sized businesses can speed the hiring process and make better picks.
  Michelle V. Rafter

• Are Managed Services Right for You?

  Small and mid-sized businesses are outsourcing a variety of services these days, including voice, e-mail, and network services. If your business is supporting distributed sites with virtually no local IT support, this might make sense.
  Alice Osborn

• Tech Talk: Project Management Software Coordinates Builders' Timelines

  A commercial kitchen designer and builder uses project management software to ensure its teams are working together efficiently.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Tech Talk: Location Intelligence Helps Franchise Expand

  A quick-service hot dog and hamburger restaurant expands with the help of intelligence software.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Tech Talk: Registered E-mail Helps Save Postage and Time

  A company that certifies organic products discovers cost savings using registered e-mail.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• HR Software: Technology to Manage People

  The most common human resource services outsourced today are payroll and benefits administration, and some vendors offer these through a software-as-a-service delivery method. What’s the benefit for your business?
  Michelle V. Rafter

• Small Business Should Embrace CRM in 2008

  Customer relationship management providers have tailored their offerings for the small business market, providing software-as-a-service options, integration with other technologies, and an understanding of what small businesses want.
  Brent Leary

• Accounting and More: New Financial Software

  Move over, Quickbooks. There are new options in financial software for small businesses that can serve all parts of a business – not just the bean counters.
  Mary O. Foley

• Tech Talk: Moving Business Applications Online

  Home Paramount Pest Control's CTO Andrew Bartels wanted to move his company's paper-based business applications online, but didn't want to invest in a variety of different applications. He shares how he accomplished this with Inc. Technology Editor Elizabeth Wasserman.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Buy Web Apps? Webware Lets You D-I-Y

  A growing number of small businesses do-it-themselves when it comes to Web applications. Python, Coghead, and even Microsoft have developed tools to allow even non-programmers to customize applications.
  Alice Osborn

• Make Mine To Go – Mobile Software-as-a-Service

  The more people get comfortable with Web-based business software, the more they want to use it everywhere, including on the road. Software-as-a-service vendors are making their apps available on iPhones, Blackberry, and other devices.
  Michelle V. Rafter