By Jeffrey Pergolski  

Earlier this month Congress passed the 2014 tax bill that renews the Section 179 Deduction for businesses.  At a glance, Section 179 means this:
* The deduction limit for new and used equipment, as well as off-the-shelf software is set at $25,000.
* The maximum amount that can be spent on equipment and software and deducted as that accelerated rate is $200,000.  You can spend over the maximum amount, but the available deduction starts to be reduced.

By Ben Bolte  

At ABC Computers, we've been selling Office 365 for years.  We sold it back in the days when it was originally released and called BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite).  Since those early days, so much has changed, but one thing that hasn't is the value that it provides our clients.  Well, actually I take that back, it's a better value now than it's ever been.  Let's look at some of the recent changes and I think you too will be excited about them. Back in October, Microsoft announced changes in the structured plans.  There used to be small business plans for customers with less than 25 users, and a mid-size plan for those under 300.  These plans were dropped with the introduction of 3 new plans.  The one plan that excites me is the Office 365 Business plan.  We run in to customers that want to replace a few PCs and they aren't ready to migrate everyone to Office 365 for hosting their email or SharePoint yet, but they need to get Office.  You can purchase an OEM copy from HP or Dell for around $200, or you could subscribe to Office 365 and for $99 a year.  But on top of Office, you would also get OneDrive for Business and have 1 TB of storage space that you could access from anywhere. 

By Tom Doran

 

Many people ask: which event should I attend, NAVUG Summit or Microsoft Convergence?  It is a good question.  The two events, while similar, each have their own strengths.  So there the real question is: why should you attend any events at all?

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By Duane Maupin

With NAV 2013 it can be frustrating when you have to click on a different tab on the Ribbon for a process that you use a lot.  With that said if it is somewhere on the Ribbon it is very easy to move those things that you use a lot to the Home tab and eliminate the clutter that you don't.  Just take the following steps.

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By Alan Wyne

So you know that a WMS will help you manage your warehouse operations and inventory. But how do you know what kind of software you need? The first step in selecting your software is to build a specification list.

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