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The Knowledge - The Resource - Software and technology

What sort of software are you looking for?

 » Bookkeeping
 » Business planning
 » Customer relationship management
 » E-commerce
 » Geographical
 » Health & Safety
 » IT hardware
 » Shareware
 » SMS marketing
 » Telecoms & VoIP
 » Video conferencing



Bookkeeping

DO$H Accounting Software
  • DO$H Accounts, designed especially for the small business, easy to use and contains no jargon.
  • DO$H Cashbook, keep your business receipts and payments in order and do your VAT on a Cash Accounting basis.
  • DO$H Payroll, calculates wages and includes online filing..
  • DO$H Invoice, personalised stationery, debtor summary and reminder letters.
W: www.dosh.co.uk
MYOB Accounting Software
  • MYOB Business Basics for start ups and sole traders.
  • MYOB Accounting for SMEs
W: www.myob.co.uk
Qtac solutions
For payroll software.
  • Payroll Professional.
  • Payroll Manager.
W: www.qtac.co.uk
Quickbooks (Intuit)
  • QuickBooks SimpleStart
  • QuickBooks Regular
  • QuickBooks Pro.
W: www.quickbooks.co.uk
Sage
  • Accounting software
  • Payroll solutions
  • Forecasting software
  • Job costing software
  • CRM software
  • HR software
  • E-business solutions
  • Health & Safety software
W: www.sage.co.uk

Business planning

DO$H Accounting Software
  • DO$H Business Plan, customer profiles, competitor activity, strategy, cash flow forecast
W: www.dosh.co.uk
PaloAlto
  • Business Plan Pro
  • Marketing Plan Pro
  • Advertising Plan Pro
W: www.paloalto.co.uk
PlanIT Software
  • Health & Safety Professional
  • Employment Contracts Deluxe
  • Forecasting software
  • Business Plan Professional
  • Marketing Plan Professional
W: www.planit.co.uk
Sage
  • Forecasting software
  • Job costing software
W: www.sage.co.uk

Customer relationship management

ACT!
From Sage, includes versions for professionals and estate agents.
W: www.act.com
DO$H Contact Manager
This is a powerful customer relationship tool designed to help you manage sales leads and prospects, customers, suppliers and even employees quickly and simply. Based on the easy-to-use DO$H user-interface, Contact Manager enables you to enter comprehensive data for each record and use this information to generate telesales lists, mailing labels, letters and an unlimited number of customisable reports.
T: 01403 273 590
E: dosh@dosh.co.uk
W: www.dosh.co.uk

E-commerce

Actinic Software Limited
Actinic's award-winning software provides everything necessary to design, build and run a business web site and online store. Easy to use, feature rich and excellent value, with over 10,000 users.
W: www.actinic.co.uk

Sage
E-business solutions.
W: www.sage.co.uk
Online payment solutions
See under Finance.

Geographical

AFD Software Ltd
This program uses software which generates full addresses from only the postcode - you just add the street number or house name. The PostCode version covers the UK. It also has a built-in one-off label printing facility and a PostNet barcode font.
W: www.afd.co.uk
Geoplan Atlas
Geoplan's Postcode Atlas allows you to view, search and interrogate postcode maps on your PC. You can view the whole of the UK down to street level in full colour, and map, calculate and display internal or marketing data at postcode level. The more sophisticated Atlas Expert version includes powerful data-importing and mapping functions, territory shading and simple data calculations. Although Geoplan is independent, it works in association with the Royal Mail, so when the latter changes the postcode boundaries, as it does once or twice a year, Geoplan follows suit with its own updates, at the same time adding in new features.
W: www.geoplan.com
Microsoft MapPoint
A fairly basic postcode analysis plus the useful facility to annotate and draw on maps. Quick and easy to use, and can be linked with other Microsoft packages such as Excel, Access and Word. It comes with a fair amount of general demographic data.
W: www.microsoft.com/mappoint

Health & Safety

PlanIT Software
  • Health & Safety Professional
  • Employment Contracts Deluxe
W: www.planit.co.uk
Sage
  • HR software
  • Health & Safety software
W: www.sage.co.uk

IT hardware

Kelkoo
Compare prices of computer hardware.
W: www.kelkoo.co.uk
CompInfo
The Computer Information Centre is the top one-stop reference resource for corporate IT, computer software, computers and communications.
W: www.compinfo.co.uk
UK Computers Guide
A directory of computer hardware retailers and manufacturers.
W: www.ukcomputersguide.co.uk
Peripherals
Also check out Office Supplies for more suppliers.

Shareware

PlanWare
Freeware and shareware for compiling financial projections for new and existing businesses.
W: www.planware.org/freeware
Smekey
Downloadable software to help small and socially responsible businesses to unlock their potential.
W: www.smekey.org
The Thompson Partnership - shareware
A leading publisher of award-winning shareware software applications, from word processing and drawing, to graphics manipulation and lighter diversions.
W: www.ttp.co.uk

SMS marketing

24X.com
Develops SMS and mobile computing solutions. Includes downloads and service descriptions.
W: www.24x.com
BeepMarketing Ltd
Wireless marketing consultancy specialising in SMS, voice, ringtones, logos and games. Company profile, client list and demonstrations.
W: www.beepmarketing.com
Database For Business
Provides software for Microsoft Windows and bespoke database applications.
W: www.dbfb.co.uk
i-retail
Ezeecontact, customer-to-client SMS, e-mail, letter contact management software.
W: www.i-retail.com
Liquid Drop
Offers SMS text messaging services via e-mail for both individuals and business users.
W: www.liquiddrop.com
PageOne Communications
Mobile messaging and paging service and products for business and corporate customers. Product, network and service overview.
W: www.pageone.co.uk
Promptext
Provides bulk SMS services to businesses for marketing, promotion and internal communications, including appointment reminders and linking to other applications providing SMS functionality.
W: www.promptext.co.uk
SendMyTxt
Provider of mobile messaging solutions to business and consumers, including bulk, premium and two-way SMS. Features service and corporate profile.
W: www.sendmytxt.co.uk
Text Marketer
Web-based bulk messaging solution. Includes product, pricing and company information.
W: www.textmarketer.co.uk
TextAnywhere
Provider of end-user text-messaging applications, developer toolkits and bespoke projects.
W: www.textanywhere.net
Textmagic
Software for sending SMS text messages, logos and ringtones from a PC. Includes download, account management and help.
W: www.textmagic.co.uk
TextMeFree.com
Guide to sending text messages. Includes directory, reviews and recommendations.
W: www.textmefree.com
Toasted Media
SMS solutions including application development, bulk SMS, two-way systems and reverse billed SMS. Services details and interactive examples.
W: www.toastedmedia.net
TribalText
Permission-based wireless marketing services using Text, SMS, EMS and MMS.
W: www.tribaltext.com
xttools
Commercial tools. Includes registration,information on pricing, terms and conditions.
W: www.txttools.co.uk
Zim
Provides advanced mobile messaging solutions, including premium, two-way SMS, MMS and location based services.
W: www.zimepl.com

Telecoms & VoIP


For small businesses today, good communication is crucial. There are plenty of technologies now available to improve wider communication, from SMS solutions to broadband, enterprise networks and Internet telephony systems.
Babble
Best value for cheap international calls says WebUser, beating Skype, Vonage, Yahoo and others.
W: www.babble.net
Communications Management Association
Telecommunications industry news and analysis for UK business users. Includes call charge tariff comparison and product locater.
W: www.thecma.com
Electronic Frontier Ltd (EFL)
Convergence at Work. Electronic Frontier Ltd (EFL) is a leading specialist value-added distributor of datacomms, security and networking solutions.
W: www.elecfron.com
Google Talk
Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free, anytime, anywhere in the world.
W: www.google.com/talk
I VoIP
Google Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free, anytime, anywhere in the world.
W: www.i-voip.co.uk
My Web Calls
Retailers of VoIP phones, handsets, headsets, microphones, also offers index of VoIP service providers.
W: www.mywebcalls.com
Ofcom
The independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
W: www.ofcom.org.uk
OFCOM Watch
Weblog concerning OFCOM, the UK's media and communications regulator.
W: www.ofcomwatch.co.uk
Otelo
Telecommunications Ombudsman. Independent telecommunications complaints mediation service. News, FAQs and complaints procedure.
W: www.otelo.org.uk
Skype
Free Internet telephony service. Skype is for calling other people on their computers or phones.
W: www.skype.net
Snipurl
WHICH? VoIP Essential Guide, comparing the main VoIP providers.
W: http://snipurl.com/usdp
Snipurl
Legend Communications is a Telecommunications Provider specialising in Voice over IP (VoIP) telephony. Click on Business, then Telecommunications.
W: http://snipurl.com/usdx
Snipurl
LixxTalk from Lixxus uses VoIP technology allowing access to the phone system at any time from any place. LixxTalk users benefit from cheaper calls worldwide either using an existing broadband connection, or using their mobile when they are away from home.
W: http://snipurl.com/use3
Tesco
You can now buy the Tesco Internet phone online and have it delivered to your door or even to friends and family.
W: www.tescointernetphone.com
The Telecoms Action Group
A consortium of the main UK deaf organisations, working to improve deaf people's access to telephone services and facilities.
W: www.telecomsactiongroup.org.uk
UK VoIP Talk
UK VoIP Talk - Voice over IP discussion board for all aspects of VoIP.
W: www.ukvoiptalk.com
VoIP.co.uk
VoIP.co.uk is a telecommunications company that delivers a suite of telephony services to residential, business and online customers.
W: www.voip.co.uk
VoIP.org.uk
UK resource with the emphasis on small businesses and home users. Includes news, reviews, and forums.
W: www.voip.org.uk
Voice over IP Calculator
Free VoIP resources, including online bandwidth calculators, white papers, books, a directory and a forum.
W: www.voip-calculator.com
VoIP Cheap
Discount VoIP Calls from all over the world.
W: www.voipcheap.co.uk
VoIP Feed
VOIP telecom news feed.
W: www.voipfeed.com
VoIP News
Information on available technologies and software/hardware product reviews.
W: www.voip-news.com
VoIP Online
Voice-over-IP news, supplier directory and chatrooms for discussing related industry topics.
W: www.voiponline.com
VoIP Voice
A PSTN to VOIP adaptor. Use the everyday telephone to make calls over the Internet; cordless/DECT phones to make wireless VOIP calls.
W: www.voipvoice.com
Von-Phone
Supplier of Skype compatible phones, USB phone adapters, and VoIP hardware.
W: www.von-phone.com
Vonage
Provides Voice over Internet local dial-tone service. No PC required. Uses analog telephone with broadband telephone adapter.
W: http://vonage.com

Video conferencing

Albany Interactive Limited
Details and fact-sheets of video-conferencing, streaming and networking products and services offered.
W: www.albanyinteractive.com
Eye Network
Free directory of public video-conference locations with online booking service.
W: www.videoconference-bureau.com
Video Conference Services
Consulting, comprehensive training, advice and support services to users of videoconferencing.
W: www.vcs-ltd.com
Video Meeting Company
Three ISDN/IP enabled video-conference suites in central London. Twin screen multipoint systems with 24/7 availability.
W: www.videomeetingcompany.com
Videocom UK
Specialists in ISDN and IP-based video conferencing.
W: www.videocom.co.uk

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