5 essential technologies for small businesses
From media tablets to business intelligence, 2012 is likely to be a transformational year in technology optimized for small businesses.
Small Business Matters
Long-time small-business advocate Heather Clancy translates the latest SMB trends -- from e-commerce technologies to cost-effective applications, hardware, collaboration tools and cloud services that improve SMB efficiency.
Heather Clancy
Heather Clancy is an award-winning business journalist specializing in transformative technology and innovation
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Software adds marketing value to cash register receipts
SmartReceipt allows retailers and restaurants to print graphics and make special offers, based on the customer's past buying habits.
Annotate your presentations with video
The Knovio service lets small businesses add video commentary to a PowerPoint presentation, without requiring professional production expertise.
Microsoft teams with Mastercard to offer Office365 discount
Small businesses who have accounts with the credit-card company will be eligible for a 10 percent savings on the Microsoft cloud suite.
SkyDox cloud file-sharing service streamlines collaboration
Service can managed diverse document formats including Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat and Lotus Notes.
Giveaway versus daily deal? You decide.
Big American Giveaway proposes to helps small businesses build a social media presence with daily promotions that don't erode their pricing.
Update: Most Zoho services restored
The small-business cloud applications provider is still looking into the root cause of the service disruption and why it was so widespread.
Zoho reports limited service outages
Network connectivity problems within Zoho's data center are contributing to some service lapses for the small-business cloud apps provider.
10 top security worries for 2012
Predictions from risk consulting company Kroll are the latest to point to the heightened potential for cyberattacks aimed at small businesses in 2012.
Marketing suite allows direct publishing to social media
iContact service allows direct publishing and analytics tracking for Facebook and Twitter accounts, along with core email marketing campaigns.