Though so awkwardly named, VoIP is the next must-have technology. Helen Bradley explains what you’ll need to get the best from it, and what, apart from cheap phone calls, it can do for you.

While the growing choice of software for managing accounts might seem mind-boggling, in some ways it is becoming easier to find the right system to fit your needs—now, and, via upgrade paths and webware solutions, in the future. Helen Bradley sifts generic and specific accounting software options.

The problem with many technological advances is they throw you into a huge learning curve and are often fraught with compatibility headaches. But, as Helen Bradley explains, pay-as-you-go software is changing all that, making the technology in your business more transparent and trouble-free, with no capital outlay.

Get yourself geared up with some of the latest technology to keep your business performing.

Though laptops still don’t challenge all the benefits of a desktop computer, the gap will continue to narrow, and for mobile workers a laptop is the way to go. Helen Bradley looks at differences between the stay and go versions, and what new-breed computers will offer soon.

Innovation is a word that gets bandied about regularly in the business world—not always correctly—to describe inventions in technology and business - Camille Howard finds there’s much more to innovation, and asks some of Australia’s innovation leaders to shed light on what it means for small and medium business, and how to make business truly innovative now and in the future, at home and in the global marketplace.

If you’re looking for ways to ease the start-up phase or grow your business through innovation, technology parks and business incubators are a good place to start.

Rather than facing the hassle of maintaining their own server, many businesses choose to use a web hosting for their internet presence.