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New resources on Microsoft's Small Business website

New on our small business website are a couple of great articles on SEO and upgrading to Windows 7; plus, we've had a bit of tidy up and introduced a couple of new pages to help you navigate our resources. Why upgrade to Windows 7? - Dan Simpson, Client

Low-cost ways to maintain and protect your computers

On the BBC site today is a story entitled Reboot for UK's ‘oldest' computer . Britain's oldest original computer, the Harwell, is being sent to the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley where it will be restored to working orders. It first ran in

Ask the Expert: Hosted technology is affordable and hassle-free

Our 'Ask the Expert' question for June is answered by Ann Merrick, Managing Director of Infineo, a Microsoft Partner and Small Business Specialist. The question is: We're a small group of busy people trying to grow our business as quickly as possible.

Ask the Experts: entry-level CRM systems

Our May ‘Ask the Expert' was Robert Peledie, a CRM consultant for Chorus IT , who tackled the question of how to get started with a customer relationship management (CRM) programme and what kind of benefits a small business could expect to see. In his

Ask the Experts: cloud computing and mobile working

Did you see the BBC feature a few weeks back on Microsoft's massive new storage facility in the US, and how this all relates to ‘Cloud computing'? This is not an easy concept to grasp initially, because it represents a fundamental change to the way we've

New Ask the Expert questions - October

" How can I tell whether pop-up updates are real or spam? " and " Will I need to re-learn Word, Excel, Publisher etc if I upgrade to Office 2007? " are the two questions we highlight this month in our Ask the Expert feature. Asif Jinnah, Microsoft UK

Ask the Expert questions - September

New Ask the Expert questions for September include a question about why a small business should upgrade to Windows Vista . Having heard good things about its functionality and design, the question is what benefits does Vista bring from a business perspective?

New ‘Ask The Expert' questions

New questions put to the Small Business Ask The Experts team in August are about the problems sole traders can face when it comes to financial matters, and a plea for suggestions on how to cut down on data entry. On finance.... "I'm a sole trader. Maths

MSN Ask the Experts questions about money

Got a query about finances? Try submitting your question to the MSN Ask the Experts panel. They’ll examine your finances and make suggestions about how to reach your goals. They can’t respond to all questions of course, or provide individual responses,

How To Be Found: Search Engine Optimisation

Kevin Costner built his field of dreams and was told ‘They will come'. If only this were true of websites.... Search engine marketing (SEM - generally paid-for web advertising) and search engine optimisation (SEO - being smart about the language you use

New questions for ‘Ask the Expert'

Two new questions on our Ask The Expert section this month: "I'm in the process of wanting to start up a small business online. I've just bought myself a laptop with Windows Vista Business but I am unsure as to what additional software I need to create

Spam reaches 30 year anniversary

Earlier this month spam reached its 30 th birthday - no cake or candles for this anniversary given the way it has since exploded into most people's inboxes. A marketing manager for the old computer company DEC has the dubious honour of being the first

How can I rid my inbox of spam?

Don't you just hate the ever-increasing amount of rubbish email that finds its way into your inbox? No matter how careful you are, someone else isn't, and the result? Endless mails trying to sell you Viagra or other, more distasteful items. So what can

Ask the Small Business Experts

Technology can add ever more value to your small business. Even a simple desktop PC can work wonders on your marketing, cashflow management, or even just your image. Whatever your business needs, there's now a team of Microsoft experts on hand to help
 
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