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Archive for the ‘Small Business’ Category

May 8th, 2008

Productivity Tracking Built into the Microsoft OS

I just published a post over at Uncover the Internet about an application called RescueTime that allows you to track what applications and websites you spend all your time on during the day.
My initial thought was that this would be an interesting feature to get built into the operating system itself. What better application to […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

April 3rd, 2008

Heroes Happen Here Event in Indianapolis

Today I’m attending the Microsoft Heroes Happen Here event in downtown Indianapolis. I’m attending as part of the developer track and the session I’m in is being led by Patrick Foley, ISV Software Architect Evangelist for Microsoft.
He’s briefly running through the “wave” of applications that are currently released and in the pipeline for future […]

By Jason Bean -- 1 comment

February 18th, 2008

Office Live Now Free - Features Are A La Carte

Now users of Microsoft’s Office Live services can get all the core benefits of the service for free. The only thing you need to pay for now are the specific features you’d like to add to give your business the specific functions needed.
I’ve talked to a few people that use Office Live and really […]

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January 26th, 2008

Small Business Summit 2008

Microsoft is sponsoring the Small Business Summit 2008 and everything is free and online.
This FREE online event provides hours of valuable small business programming each day. You’ll get tips, advice, and secrets from experts, all designed to make the hats you wear each day fit more comfortably.

The event will be spread across four days […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

December 20th, 2007

Microsoft Making Updates to Office Live

I signed up for an Office Live account awhile back to try it out. Haven’t done much with it all. I’ve heard some people love it. I just don’t like being restricted to using the online editor for my site functions. I’d like to be able to embed Microsoft developed and provided widgets into […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

December 19th, 2007

Better Out-of-Office Functionality

A little issue we ran across today in our office is the functionality available when setting up your “Out-of-Office Assistant” with Microsoft Outlook 2007. If I remember correctly it also functioned like this with previous versions of Outlook as well.
Why is it when I’m setting up the Out-of-Office Assistant, I can’t immediately specify what […]

By Jason Bean -- 2 comments

October 31st, 2007

Multiple Workspaces for Mobile Professionals

Okay, here’s another request for a solution I’m publishing out there for my readers. I’m looking for an application that would allow me to setup virtual environments to use when I’m working onsite with different clients.
For example:
When I login to my computer and select my “Client A” workspace; I see all the needed mapped drives […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

October 25th, 2007

Microsoft Release Telephone System "Response Point" to Manufacturing

Microsoft is beefing up their players for the VoIP and small business phone systems with their release of Response Point to manufacturing.
Response Point is an integral piece of Microsoft’s comprehensive voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) strategy, which addresses communications and messaging needs for businesses of all sizes through the power and flexibility of software. Response […]

By Jason Bean -- 0 comments

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