Technical Advice
Do you have a business in Asia where you are working with computers, software and the Internet to provide your products or services? Think it's the same as in the US and Europe? Pricing and technical support vary by country but if one can leverage low priced Internet in North America and low priced, skilled technical competence in Asia, then one can compete with technology. Likewise, Asia's unique business characteristics provide excellent business prospects.
Hosting
Anyone working with the Internet needs to consider different kinds of hosting providers and the proper service for different needs. Click here for our explanations on which hosting providers we recommend in different cases and why. In summary, though:
Reselling hosting: Hostgator
Simple business and personal sites (US based): iPower (iPowerweb)
Magento e-commerce site hosting: Aspiration Hosting
Hosted e-commerce service: Volusion
Managed hosting in Singapore: Readyspace
Managed hosting in the Asian region: Webvisions
Software for Small & Medium Businesses
Have you been trying to work with mixed MAC and PC environments or just wondered what software to use as a small and growing company, especially in Asia? Then go to our software advice to learn more about packages that work in a business environment.
We have used and recommend the following packages, and provide a brief rationale for our recommendation on the software page:
Mind mapping software for MAC and PC: NovaMind
Project management software for MAC: Merlin
Accounting software for MAC: Luca Snow
email marketing (actually a web-based service): Mailchimp