Open Source Solutions For Small Business Problems (Networking Series) Paperback - 2004 - 1st Edition

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Ninety percent of business employers in the United States are small, and every day most of these businesses have to deal with common computing problems such as tracking electronic documents, scheduling, accounting functions, managing contact lists, and reducing spam. Many expensive software products are available to help solve these problems, but they often have features small businesses don't need (or are missing the ones they do). Open source software presents easy-to-implement solutions at a fraction of the cost. Unfortunately, these solutions are relatively unknown to most small businesses. Using case studies for examples, Open Source Solutions for Small Business Problems explores the operational problems most small businesses share. It explains which open source technologies provide the best solution to these problems, and provides a cookbook style "recipe" for easy implementation of the technologies in a real-world setting. The strengths and weaknesses of each open source technology are discussed, and additional information is included on how to integrate open source with existing proprietary systems to achieve specific goals. This is the perfect reference for the tech professional interested in utilizing open source technologies to make his job easier, as well as for small business proprietors interested in saving money and improving their bottom line.