In today’s business environment it is essential to have the correct IT solutions which can grow with your business as it grows. Following are some resources to help you with IT solutions for the back-office, and which can help you create an effective web presence.

Here is our pick of some great resources aimed at the small business sector (listed alphabetically):

Amara

With Flash software now the standard for website animations, Amara Software™ provides affordable animation software solutions to create a wide variety of Flash Player compatible text and photo effects and web animations.

bbPress

bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress.

CandyPress

Store v4.1.1.26 is an eCommerce application for small businesses. The application consists of two components - the Front-end component, and the Administration, back-end, component. A great deal of time and effort has gone into making our products as easy to use, and as reliable, as possible.

The CandyPress eCommerce suite acts as the command center of your online store. Powerful and versatile, yet easy to use and intuitive, it enables you to easily manage and administrate your orders, product catalog, shipping rates, locations, product reviews, customers and much more.

FlexViews eBusiness Pack

FlexViews gives you access to what you need, when you need it as well as allowing you to harness your data with FlexReports. On-Demand Hosting ensures your business benefits from 24/7 access to your software applications from any location.

With a FlexViews eBusiness Pack you can:

1. Get access to customer details including contacts, orders, communication history.
2. Store your product details including cost, part numbers, pictures etc. Link this information to your sales orders.
3. Publish a catalogue of products and associated information on your website.
4. Send marketing newsletters to customers and prospects.
5. Produce sales and inventory reports for specified periods.
6. Keep a track of project tasks.
7. Maintain all aspects of your website via the free built-in CMS engine.
8. Upload and store important documents.
9. Access all of the above from anywhere.
10. Manage your business more effectively than ever.
    

Google - Productivity Solutions for your Business

Google enterprise products make your users more productive by combining the innovation and ease of use of Google's consumer products with the features, security and support that your organization requires.

Put your information on Google
Google Maps business listings
AdWords
Google Base
Webmaster Central
Book Search

Enhance your website
Checkout
AdSense
Analytics
Website Optimizer
Site Search

Increase your productivity
Google enterprise search solutions
Google Apps
Google Geospatial Solutions

Mozilla Open source tools

Mozilla’s mission is to preserve choice and innovation on the Internet. The producer and provider of the award-winning Firefox web browser and Thunderbird e-mail software.

Secure Virtual Office

With Secure Virtual Office you can use applications like MS Office over the internet. You don't need to have the application installed on your computer. Some people call this Software on Demand, Software as a Service or Hosted Applications . In addition Secure Virtual Office can offer access your data and your applications wherever you are in the world! There are many other benefits to our service including:

Wordpress

WordPress.com allows you to have a completely public blog, a blog which is public but not included in search engines or our public listings, or a private blog which only members can access. If you want a public blog, but only occasionally post something private, we have a per-post password option, too!

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