Web-Based Apps

• 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

• Picking an SaaS Vendor: Upstart or Big Player?

  As the big names in software unveil software-as-a-service products, businesses have never had so many options. But is it better to go with a big name or an Internet-only rival that’s been offering SaaS longer?
  Michelle V. Rafter

• ERP for Small Business: The Time is Ripe

  Small and mid-size businesses often have unique requirements for enterprise resource planning software that demand full capabilities without complexity. They also want to see a quick return on investment. Vendors now are stepping up.
  Mary O. Foley

• Online Travel Expense Reporting Takes Off

  The travel expense reporting process used to be a manual, time-consuming, and inefficient process for most small and mid-size businesses. Technology may hold the key to a smoother landing.
  Mary O. Foley

• Host Everything: The On-Demand Dashboard

  The latest entry into the hosted software market is the on-demand dashboard, which enables businesses to reap the benefits of data integration from multiple sources, generate customized views, and automate reporting.
  Caroline Waxler

• Getting Your Business Ready for Mobile 2.0

  The mobile Internet is on a fast trajectory that will sooner than later overshadow the Internet as we know it. Is your business ready to compete in the age of the mobile Internet? Here are ways that businesses can prepare.
  Renee Oricchio

• Microsoft’s Online Services – What’s In It for You?

  There's a lot more to software as a service than merely writing documents online. Microsoft is giving small and mid-size businesses what they need.
  Anita Campbell