This site is for small businesses
that want to simplify their computers,
use better software applications,
and move their systems to the cloud.

Living

Living: you're an entrepreneur, right? You live your business, right? Your software and data live online now.  So do your computer guys...

business

Business: we're not teaching you how to find your old high school flame.  We're about business and how to use the new cloud services to save money and give your business a technology platform upon which it can grow. 

online

Online: this is where your digital future lies - online, in the cloud, accessible by everyone you allow, managed by professionals in large data centers, and coached by the pros here at LivingBusinessOnline!

Living Business Online (aka, "LivBizOn") is a new kind of consulting company for the new digital online cloud world.  We've been helping small businesses for 20+ years in our former companies but realized that this required a whole new model for the future.  Think of us as your "cloudmaster", your "computer guy" who knows how your business operates, but you'll never meet us in person.  We live in the cloud too!  We're not coming to your office we don't need to.  Since your software and data reside in the cloud, we can do everything we need to support you right from our offices and we work with you using Live Meetings online.  It's a win-win for both of us you pay less because we're more efficient.  We don't even have to take showers...

We've written an eBook that tells you about what's happening and will happen in the future.  We call it the Online Manifesto.  It explains how these new changes can benefit your business and prepares you to make decisions that you never knew you'd have to make.  It's trite to say "things happen so fast nowadays" but this online world has blown into your life just over the last couple of years.  It's only going to invade your life more and more.  Get the Online Manifesto here. 

You should use Microsoft technology — we've already figured it out for you!

We're not recommending Microsoft's technology just because we're Gold Microsoft Partners and we only push that.  No, we've been on the front lines of this new world since day one and studied Amazon, Oracle, IBM, and Google, plus a gaggle of newbies that might have some good ideas but no staying power.  One of our highest requirements is that the company will be here to support you and that they've invested heavily in the online clouds.  Microsoft has done that in spades how about multiple data centers that have 500,000 servers in each center?  Right, five hundred thousand servers, each capable of supporting hundreds of businesses like yours.  As they say, Microsoft is "all in" and we're right there with them.  Here's what is available in Microsoft's cloud for you:

• Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS):  this is the offering that will make you say "I'm paying how much to run my server(s) in-house???".  BPOS includes Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Live Meeting, and Office Communicator for the ridiculously low price of $10 per user per month (five user minimum).  Find out more about Business Productivity Online Suite here.
• Microsoft CRM Online:  CRM stands for "Customer Relationship Management" but Microsoft's service is so much more than that!  This handles Sales, Marketing, and Service, plus CRM adds automated workflows and data synchronization among your team.  Use it from within Outlook or logon from any PC using a browser it's easy for remote and mobile workers to access the data since Microsoft manages it all in their data centers.  Here is more info about Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.
• Windows Azure:  this service is where you would run custom programs it's Microsoft's cloud application platform.  We developed our Quick Books Dashboard for CRM Online so it runs in Azure.  It gives developers like us and companies like yours a way to move proprietary software into the cloud and have it interface to other programs and services seamlessly.
• Windows Phone7:  it's not quite here yet but we're awaiting it with great optimism.  While we love the iPhone as a consumer device, and the BlackBerry was good in its day, and Android has lots of potential, having Microsoft Office on our smartphones with great synching of ALL our Outlook data works much better for business.  More on this topic after the new Phone7 is launched this fall!
• QuickBooks by Intuit:  We didn't mean to sneak that in on you!  QuickBooks is the leader in accounting for small business in the U.S. and we've developed a QuickBooks Dashboard for Microsoft CRM Online.  This gives you the 360 view of the customer you want right from inside a Contact or Account record in CRM.  See what we've done with our QuickBooks Dashboard here.

This is a lot to digest and ponder, we know! We've been working with it for the last few years so we can help you move into this new realm. Talk to us about your situation and let us recommend a strategy for you. Write to Us using the form below and we'll contact you via email. Or, click on the ClickToTalk button below to speak with us during business hours.  Please consider us a resource and let us know how we can support you!

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