SmallBusinessNewz

Small business owners might see some interesting new tools coming their way in the near future courtesy of Intuit and Microsoft.  The two corporations have teamed up to create applications for small businesses, and it appears that they could put a lot of energy into the process.

Here's what a press release declared earlier this week: "Intuit and Microsoft are creating a vast ecosystem of more than 750,000 development firms and channel partners to create more new innovative applications and services that will reach the market more quickly."

Specifically, users of the QuickBooks financial software should see some benefits, and that's nice, given that everybody's finances can use a little tweaking these days.

Several cloud-based productivity apps are on the way, too, which makes sense since small businesses can't always spend thousands of dollars on machines.

Bill Lucchini, vice president and general manager of Intuit's Platform as a Service Group, stated, "Intuit is driven to help small businesses succeed by improving their bottom line. . . .  Now, Microsoft developers can enhance their businesses with access to the small-business channel, the Intuit App Center will get stronger and small businesses will reap the rewards of all this innovation."