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Free Software Should (Sometimes) Be Shunned

It's hard enough to pass up on useless free things; free things of the valuable variety are really had to ignore.  Still, for the sake of a business's operations and image, free software shouldn't be chosen on account of its price alone.

SAP's Plans for SMB Offerings

At CeBIT 2008, SAP and Intel announced an upcoming offering aimed at small and midsize businesses. The offering has been developed for Intel Xeon-based systems based on SUSE Linux Enterprise from Novell and the database SAP MaxDB.

Microsoft Expanding Enterprise-Level Software to SMBs

Not long after Google announced Google Sites, Microsoft announced that they will expand their enterprise-level software to small and mid-size business.

Microsoft Announces Version 2 of Office Live - Free!

Microsoft has announced version 2 of Office Live, and besides new features, they’ve gotten rid of one really important thing: The monthly fee.

The Top Five Names in Accounting Software

When choosing the accounting software to use when running your business, there are a lot of factors to take into consideration, but you can pretty much rely on one of the following brands to provide you with what you need.

Startup SaaS Maturity Levels

I've recently been thinking a lot and discussing with my colleagues at HubSpot the implications of Saas (Software as a Service). We're looking at this from many angles: operational cost, development cost, support cost, etc. One of the big advantages for SaaS startups is the opportunity to be economically efficient along many dimensions through multi-tenancy. But, just because the opportunity is there doesn't necessarily mean that every startup is exploiting it equally.