Your Sales Management Software Should Always Be SaaS
Every small business sales team starts small, usually with the owner doing sales, often using spreadsheets to track prospect details. Companies like ACT! have made millions providing structure and organization to prospect and customer tracking. But today, I strongly recommend using a hosted sales management program for two reasons: cost and control.
Intel: Netbooks Not for First Time Buyers. Really?
Intel went on the record with Reuters saying netbooks are not a good first computer in the article Intel Sees No First-Time PC Buyers for Netbooks. Why not? According to Intel's Sean Maloney, the first time you buy something, like a PC, you want the “real deal.” Does this make sense to you, or is this is subtle plea for buyers to stick with higher margin products like laptops and desktops?
Netbook Specific Applications
We know a netbook is not a laptop, but when they debuted, the only applications available were the regular Windows and Linux applications. Now companies are taking into account the smaller screen size and lower power of netbooks and releasing applications modified to maximize your minimal netbook.
Is it secure?
An awkward question deserves a somewhat awkward answer. "Is it secure?". Its really all about residual risk calculation.
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
- mburton325
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