Businesses that employ sales personnel are always faced with the challenge of figuring out what to pay. While you want to be able to attract and retain good sales staff, you also have to be able to make a decent profit. With new software from Xactly Corporation, your company can easily calculate commissions, keeping track [...]
The spirit of commerce is alive and well, thanks to modern technology. A new report details how small and mid-sized businesses can revitalize the economy using good old-fashioned competition. The report, published by the Center for Public Policy Innovation, stresses the importance of competition to a thriving economy. Small and mid-sized businesses are a large [...]
While many consumers are much more careful than they were ten years ago, when so much instant access to technology was still new, hackers and cybercriminals are becoming more creative and finding new ways to dupe the average computer user. For the small business, one miscreant can unleash chaos on day-to-day operations, taking down websites, [...]
Dell has long been a trusted leader in PC sales. But, like many other computing companies, the lure of the Cloud is too big to deny. Dell’s name has the ability to attract its loyal customers who have been impressed by its quality and commitment to business services over the years. Case in point: Schoolwires. [...]
At one time, the line between small and large businesses was an easy one to draw. Large businesses had the capital to fully staff an office, providing a wide range of services to its clients. Small businesses were forced to focus on building business slowly, doing business via one-on-one meetings while lacking the technology to [...]
Twenty years ago, experts were predicting that computers would eventually replace many existing jobs in the workforce, as they would eliminate the need for so many workers to process reports, type memos, and travel across the country for meetings that could be handled remotely. Computers have, in fact, provided us access to information that was [...]
In today’s business world, technology is making everything easier, more efficient, and less expensive. By cutting fax machines and old-fashioned postal mailings out of the cost of doing business, a small business is able to do much of its work virtually. However, one large obstacle still stands in the way of businesses completely automating much [...]
There was a time when office printing meant sitting at a desk in an office, printing to a nearby shared printer. In today’s business world, that notion seems outdated. For businesses—especially small businesses—work is done in the parking lot of your two o’clock meeting or while sitting at the gate waiting for your flight. For [...]
For iPad owners, one of the biggest frustrations is the lack of Microsoft Office software for the iOS operating system. While Microsoft has released other applications for the iPad, it still has not moved to release a version of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, or any of its other Office products for the operating system. Last week, [...]
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