Welcome to Small Business+ Insight, the newsletter that delivers custom small business advice and technology information to help you succeed. Look for the plus sign  to identify Small Business+ exclusives. This month, explore the advantages of virtualization, and see how it can give your small business the power to control costs while building powerful software solutions. And if your tax bill has you worried, Steve Strauss offers several options that may help. 
Tax debt can give anyone sleepless nights, and when that debt threatens a business you’ve worked hard to establish and nurture, you may feel overwhelmed. The most important thing you can do is to communicate with Uncle Sam. When you avoid the issue because it is uncomfortable, you make matters worse. Here are five solutions you can explore.
If you are a small business owner, there are plenty of benefits from virtualization—and you don't need a big budget. Learn more.
|
|
|
|
Make certain you have a gamePLAN to help navigate the down economy
We understand businesses are feeling the bite of a tough economic climate, but we want to let you know that Microsoft has solutions that can help small businesses reduce IT spending and better manage business costs so you can do more with less. Specifically, this month we’re talking about how virtualization can save you money by reducing hardware and energy costs. Learn more.
Discover the advantages of small business virtualization solutions
Your business is challenged to keep IT expenses low while providing a high quality of service to your customers. Chances are you don’t have the specialized staff to handle systems management tasks such as patches and upgrades, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
Tax strategies simplify major business expenses
In a simpler tax world that we can only imagine, the way small businesses write off major expenses would be, well, a lot simpler. You'd deduct the costs of all your major purchases in the same year you made them.
|
|
Introducing Microsoft Response Point Service Pack 2 (SP2)
The easy-to-use small business phone system just got easier. The new and improved features expand your voice service options, empower the administrator to better manage the system, and enhance the phone system experience for everyday users and callers.
|
|
Young entrepreneurs live up to their potential, use technology to grow by 100 percent
For 10 years, JM Web Designs has relied on Microsoft solutions to help it mature from a two-person operation founded by 14-year-old entrepreneurs into a robust business with 17 employees and 250 customers. To keep growing as a company, JM Web Designs upgraded to Windows Vista, Windows Mobile 6, and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Within 10 months, business increased by 100 percent, laying the foundation for international expansion.
Share your small business success and get great exposure
The US Small Business Team wants to hear about customers that are finding success with Microsoft technologies. Right now, we are looking for customers who use the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack and Windows Vista. If your story is chosen, we will produce, publish, and showcase a written case study and video about your company. Send a brief summary about your success and how you’re using the latest Microsoft technology to ussbinfo@microsoft.com.
|
|
|
Volume 3: Issue 3
March 2009
|
|
