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FOSS - Free Open Source Software enables small businesses

Because of cost constraints, technologies that improve workflow, efficiency, or business analysis are often left on the sidelines.

Small businesses and startups must spend most of their budgets on advertising and overhead costs. Because of cost constraints, technologies that improve workflow, efficiency, or business analysis are often left on the sidelines. With a little bit of time to invest, FOSS projects can optimize a company without denting budgets.

If you want to implement one of these tools but do not have technical expertise, let us geek it together for you.

Before we start, lets go over why FOSS does not always mean no-cost, but can mean low-cost. Unforseen costs for any software can come from equipment needed to run it, hosting if you want someone to run it for you, person-hours to learn the system, and person-hours to implement the software.

Below we will attempt to 'breadcrumb' you over to articles that cover options in greater detail.

When it comes to the variety of tools and software available, the sky is the limit.

Want an email server without limitations on mailboxes, forwards, domains, etc?

Would you like to keep your books using software, but QuickBooks Enterprise is a bit out of your price-range?

What about Human Resource Management Systems?

Need to track inventories?

Would Enterprise Resource Planning make your work easier?

Need better IT Security, incident, and error reporting for your business? Consider a SIEM (Security Informaion and Event Management).

Does Business Intelligence pique your interests?

Customer Relationship Management is a hot item these days. What if I told you there were a variaty of good, free CRM systems?

Anti-malware?

Concerned about Backup and Recovery?

Encryption for Full-disk, file, email, chat, and web browsing?