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Choices, Choices-The IT Course Dilemma

The world of IT can be a rather daunting experience for those who are not very familiar with working on a computer. Those who are completely new to the IT world and are considering a change in career, or course into IT you may consider various options before dropping everything for something you know very […]


Playing Old Games With Modern Devices

One of the most famous names in the gaming world, Atari, changed the face of the gaming industry and introduced what is an ingenious piece of engineering for its time. Atari had created the first coin operated Pong electronic arcade machine in 1972, bringing in modern gaming technology, popularizing computer games and putting arcade games […]


Web-Masters Tips For Absolute Beginners

For those of you who are familiar with websites, you will know that the days of just building your own website and making it live for all to view are not as simple as they were ten or fifteen years ago. Also gone are the days of using one-word keywords for good SEO and high […]


Using Your CRM System In Marketing Campaigns

CRM system contains a vast depositary of data, data that can be exploited in your marketing campaigns to allow relevant and targeted literate to be distributed. While CRM systems can be hugely beneficial to your marketing campaigns, some have integrated features that are designed specifically to allow marketers to extract the useful data held with […]


ACT Software Still The System Of Choice For Small Businesses?

ACT! Software is the World’s largest selling contact management system, used by over 4 million small businesses worldwide; this software is widely regarded as the best CRM package in the small business sector. However, with businesses demanding more and more from their contact management systems, and the CRM market getting ever more competitive, is ACT! […]


Is It Time All SMEs Thanked Sage Software And The Personal Computer?

Back in the early 1980’s most SMEs did not use any software to manage their accounts and payroll - everything was managed manually with accountants, all but disappearing under a pile of paperwork and manual calculations. It is hard to believe how far we have come with technology since then and for some of us […]


Why Companies Should Not Be Anxious Over Online Filing Legislation

Although there was initially some scepticism over the HMRC’s ability to deal with online submissions, it seems that after a few teething issues, companies are finding that the advantages of online filing far outweigh any changes they have had to make. In fact, nearly one and a half million employers filed their Employers Annual Return […]


Integrated Software Solutions- A Worthy Investment?

Traditionally software integration was only available to large organisations; organisations with a high budgets, large IT departments and complex systems. Large organisations have been able to run accounts, CRM and payroll packages using the same fully integrated and synchronised data, where as small businesses have been left running applications in different areas and manually piecing […]


The Future Of Marketing, Over Before It Has Begun?

Once heralded as the future of marketing, email marketing was seen as the medium to replace direct mail marketers. However, with readership rates falling and spam filters getting stronger some have begun to question if its day of marketing has passed and whether it is any more effective than direct mail campaigns. With the odds […]


Using Worldly Software Packages

Working in the Travel industry has many benefits to list such as discount prices for travelling abroad as well as a decent pay package and being sent abroad on business all expenses paid. However, there is more to travel work than just fancy rewards and getting a chance to work on your tan. For example, […]