Let the Blackberry take you by storm

When it comes to running a business, whether it's online or in the real world, you have to be able to do things on the go. The good news is that there are a lot of phones out there that can help you with that. One of the best is known as the Blackberry Strom. Now, this is a Blackberry phone that you may have already heard of, but what you may not know is what makes it so great.

First of all, the feature that you are first going to notice about this phone that makes it different from other Blackberry phones is the touch screen. This makes it easier to control what you are doing on the Blackberry without having to use the track ball. Of course, the Blackberry Storm can help your business grow in so many other ways.

Some of the features you are going to find on this phone are, not only wireless email and an organizer, but you also get a web browser. People also note that they like the video recording feature to use on the fly, and the phone also comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera! Sure, that is all great, but you need more than just that to run a business. Well, this little phone is just like a small computer. It comes with an on screen keyboard that is easy to use, as well as a built in GPS.

The Blackberry storm comes with 1 GB of memory and 128 MB of flash memory. However, you do not have to worry if that is not enough for you, because it also supports microSD cards, meaning that you have expandable memory options.

Project management software for creative business

Project management softwares are just what your creative office might need. It is better to have such a software installed in your office because it can be customized to your needs completely rather than using an online one-size-fits-all kind of software.
When the software is installed also the details of your business and the details of your workflow are captured. So that when all the employees start using it, the project management software will estimate the expected profit, staff cost etc.

Traffic software is more complex than any free web-based software because:

*it keeps track of your calls and e-mails (it can be easily linked to Outlook and iPhone)
*estimates 3rd party costs and expenses
*creates tender requests and invoices (it can be linked to account pages)
*searches the system for any costs ready for billing
*offers real time financial year overview
*produces Gantt charts
*is a valuable CRM tool

Traffic software is targeted to creative industry and is the ideal project management software for designers, advertising agencies and studios.
You can generate reports or track employees' time. The project management system will save your team members about an hour a day.

What is even more clever is the fact that Traffic is server based but it also has some web modules for your clients to view project and jobs.

Traffic software is developed by Sohnar and works with Windows and Mac and famous offices like Tony & Guy have started using it already.

HP helps business owners

If you do not have a HP printer, then you might want to think about picking one up. In light of what is happening with the economy, HP and its partners are looking for ways that they can help save businesses money. Not only are they going to be able to save companies money by lowering the price of their printers, but they want to help with other business solutions as well. Thus, HP had a group of people to come up with new solutions that are designed to help lower printer costs.

The first thing that HP wants to do is make sure that you no longer need a fax machine. Some businesses need to have a fax machine, but why should you have to buy two separate machines to do this? Faxes print stuff and so do printers. Thus, HP has added these two machines together and you can now buy printers that have a built in fax machine. You can send and receive faxes like normal. However, these printers can also send digital copies to the other fax machines. Thus, you can send something right off your printer to another fax machine without needing a hard copy.

They are also making their printers give you an option to control every aspect of your printing. This allows you to control everything from the use of paper to how much toner is used. In the end, you are going to spend less money on buying paper and ink and be able to add that back into your company.