Web-Based Apps

• Software-as-a-Service and Regulatory Compliance

  Using SaaS is a popular way to cut upfront costs and save on equipment and IT staff. But your business remains legally responsible if an outsourcer compromises your data. Here’s how to make sure this doesn’t happen to you.
  Minda Zetlin

• Negotiating Virtualization Software Use

  Virtualization rewrites traditional software compliancy. There are different ways that software vendors are trying to figure out how companies should pay and comply with licenses.
  Alice Osborn

• Enterprise Resource Planning: Do You Need It?

  Many vendors now offer ERP services for the small business. But does your small business need one? Here's how to decide if your business may benefit.
  Jean Thilmany

• Lost in Translation: Website Translation Tools

  Should you translate your website into other languages to try to win more business internationally and reach more customers? There's money to be made by reaching global customers.
  Todd Wasserman

• Software-as-a-Service Vs. Managed Services

  What's the difference between SaaS and the managed service concept? And how can you decide which is best for your business?
  Jean Thilmany

• Tech Talk: Network Manager Caters to Clients with CRM

  A San Francisco network management firm gets more client referrals after instituting an online customer relationship management (CRM) system.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Tech Talk: Staffing Chain Uses On-Demand Software

  A national staffing firm finds that moving from client-server based information technology to software-as-a-service has eased the start up costs to franchisees and increased office productivity.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Free Tech Programs on the Web that Work

  Rather than cough up cash for pay software, many small businesses are taking advantage of hundreds of free downloadable or online applications now available. Here we look at a few recommended apps worth using.
  Marc Saltzman

• Tech Talk: Food Site Uses Chat to Close the Sale

  An Atlanta-based gourmet food website helps convert online browsers into buyers using virtual chat technology.
  Elizabeth Wasserman

• Business Management Applications: The Power of Data

  BMAs may be your online secret weapon to weather the downturn -- and come out of it stronger and more profitable.
  Andrea Peiro

• 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