How green is Cloud Computing?

Green computing

We love all things green. Being green is a fashionable statement these days, so how does Cloud Computing fare? With Cloud Computing data and functions are hosted in large data centres hooked up to the web. These data centres contain thousands of machines running day and night. Obviously, this requires a lot of power with [...]

What is Microsoft Office 365 – do I need it for my business?

Office 365

You’ll be glad to hear that it isn’t a new version of Office. Office 365 in fact is an on-line business IT system for email and collaboration and will be released early 2011. Get ready to be confused! Microsoft named it Office 365 because it is tightly integrated with Office 2010 and also contains an [...]

BPOS vs Office 365 – wait or migrate?

BPOS vs Office 365

Microsoft announced Office 365 a while ago as the successor of their Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), it is currently in public Beta and there are lot of signs that it will be released shortly. For those of you not familiar with BPOS, it’s Microsoft’s on-line suite for business Email and Collaboration (see here for an [...]

Online CRM review: Tactile, Intouch, Capsule & RSS

Online CRM comparison

We have reviewed four of the UK’s leading online CRM’s separately. The full reviews will be published shortly, but this is a taster of what is to come (and maybe all you want to know). We will give you an overview of our findings for easy comparison. Tactile CRM Tactile CRM is a basic CRM [...]

Microsoft offers free anti-virus to small businesses

Microsoft Security Essentials

Microsoft is now offering Microsoft Security Essentials for free to small businesses up to 10 users. Previously it was only available for free to home users. This makes the package one of the very few free anti-virus packages that permit business use. This is great news for small businesses as Microsoft Security Essentials is a [...]

Tech tip: adding an extra reply address on your iPhone

iPhone IMAP reply address choice

Suppose that you are forwarding email from one account to your main email account or that you import mail automatically from other email accounts. What happens if you reply to those forwarded / imported emails from your iPhone? Indeed, they show as being send from your main email address, which might not be recognised by [...]

10 reasons to swap your spreadsheets for a CRM

Spreadsheet or CRM benefits

A Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system is, in essence, a database of contacts making it easy to find their details fast, build a record of any past dealings with them, and keep track of outstanding tasks and opportunities. With literally hundreds of packages available online, the CRM market is extremely competitive. And with ever decreasing [...]

Choosing the best email setup for a small business

Outlook menu

Are you still using the email setup that came with your domain registration or web hosting account? If so, then this blog post is for you! We will explain how you can get a professional and affordable email setup  that is always in sync across computers and mobiles. More than just an Inbox A professional [...]

Memeo Connect alias GDrive review – fit for business?

Memeo Connect logo

Memeo Connect claims to make any file and Google document stored in Google Apps Premier Edition available on your local machine or mobile device, but does it work? We have reviewed Memeo Connect  and here are our findings. Why Memeo Connect is different Memeo Connect installs as an application and also creates a virtual drive [...]

Google Apps or Microsoft BPOS: what’s right for you?

Microsoft Online Services vs Google Apps

For those of you unaware, Google and Microsoft are in a fierce battle over customers for their integrated email, calendaring, productivity and collaboration suites (Apps and Business Productivity Online Suite – or BPOS, respectively). Where Google had a slight head start when they introduced their commercial online offering early 2007, Microsoft is on the ball [...]