DAW Consulting
Since launching an open source website this small consulting firm has received global enquiries and new business through the web.... click here
The National B2B Centre regularly publishes articles by its own team of consultants and from leading experts like Dave Chaffey. Articles are listed in order of publication. Use the drop down menu above to list articles by e-Business theme or use the search bar in the top right to search by specific subject.
Business IT Guide given thumbs up from Microsoft and the FSB
The new Business IT Guide for the West Midlands has been given the thumbs up by two of the big players in the small business world. Microsoft gave its backing to the new website by featuring the Guide in its small business newsletter... More
What is open source?
Open source software offers great benefits to the small business including enhanced ICT capabilities at lower software costs. But what exactly is it? More
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails is rapidly becoming a mainstream technology. It has accelerated from nothing to the hottest thing in web development in a year... More
Evaluating Open Source Solutions
Open Source software can be hard to evaluate - you don't get brochures, there aren't salesmen to give you demos, and there are no glossy adverts to impress... More
Finding Open Source Software
Open-source software lives on the internet, and the main way to find anything on the internet is to Google. However there are also some specialist open-source directories... More
Firefox and the Impact Curve
There is little doubt that one of the most publicised Open Source projects doing the rounds at the moment is Mozilla Firefox... More
Open Source Taking Over Europe
Nearly half of European local government bodies are using open source software while nearly a third don't know that they are using open source at all... More
What is Open Source...?
Answering the question What is open source? used to be a lot simpler than it is today. Open source began as, and for the most part still is, software created by a community of people who are dedicated to working together... More
Empowering Linux Users to Reclaim their Email
The Linux community - nearly 29 million platform users - has been plagued for years by spam which, according to industry statistics, is dramatically on the rise... More