Software Reference

If you are thinking of starting a small business, do you really need any software of your own or could you "outsource everything"? There are online service providers for managing most of the processes in business. This book would review what's available online, and how you can use these "software as a service" providers to outsource much of the day-to-day administrative hassle of running a business.

We're thinking about producing a book of "IT checklists", containing best practices for common procedures in IT. For example, here are some potential topics:

• setting up a wireless router
• designing a new website
• backing up your data

This would be aimed at intermediate/advanced IT admins as a memory-jogger. For each task there would be a numbered list of steps that people could run through to ensure they hadn't forgotten anything (e.g. enabling robust security for the wireless router and attempting to restore a file after performing a backup).

Aubrey Johnson is planning to bring all your programming and reference tables and lists together in one convenient volume. Please send us your ideas!