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Choosing the right CMS for your business website
29th January 2021
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Choosing the right CMS for your business website

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Content marketing has consistently proven itself more cost-effective than traditional advertising. And to make content marketing work online, you'll need a suitable content management system (CMS). However, investing in the wrong CMS can be costly, damaging, and hard to reverse. That's why we've put together this guide to choosing the right CMS for your business. [...]

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Benefits of SharePoint for small business resilience and growth
21st January 2021
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Benefits of SharePoint for small business resilience and growth

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Sadly, around 50 percent of small businesses fail within five years. But there are practical ways to protect your business. One way is by finding the right business intranet. And because SharePoint leads the intranet market, we want to tell you about the benefits of SharePoint for small business. Why is an intranet important for [...]

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5 headless CMS advantages for business websites today
21st January 2021
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5 headless CMS advantages for business websites today

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If you follow web technologies, you'll probably have heard of headless content management systems (CMS). The basic difference is that headless CMS have no built-in visual layer. But is this just a novelty, or is there a business benefit? In this article we'll look at the headless CMS advantages for specific business goals. CMS development [...]

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Business benefits of single sign-on solutions
5th January 2021
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Business benefits of single sign-on solutions

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Today's businesses are spoilt for choice in the variety of applications available. But using dozens of disparate apps also raises challenges for security, usability, and IT support. In brief, the benefits of single sign-on solutions consist of overcoming these challenges. To give a concrete example, consider the Google suite of applications. Google owns Chrome, Google [...]

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When is a bespoke business intelligence portal better than off-the-shelf BI software?
4th January 2021
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When is a bespoke business intelligence portal better than off-the-shelf BI software?

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A business intelligence portal provides a single interface for users to access multiple BI technologies. And since no two businesses use BI in exactly the same way, a BI portal has to be unique. But what are the advantages of having a bespoke BI portal built? Why would you choose one over packaged BI software? [...]

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Microsoft Access to cloud migration: the why and the how
21st December 2020
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Microsoft Access to cloud migration: the why and the how

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While Microsoft Access was once an innovative database, it is now looking more and more like an outdated system. As many businesses go serverless, it's essential to consider the benefits of Microsoft Access to cloud migration. Microsoft Access is nearly 30 years old, which means it’s under constant threat of reaching the end of Microsoft [...]

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