Jay Jurick

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We are storing data each time we use our computers. Are we getting any value from all this information? Do the systems our people are using support them in working effectively, saving time, securing new business, delivering a superior customer experien...

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Jay Jurick
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Mr. Jurick is CFO of TurnOnTech LLC, which brings better systems to clients throughout the United States and Asia. His passion for small business entrepreneurship developed through his 30-year sales and business management career. For the past 10 years, the focus of his interest and work has been introducing users to new and innovative software solutions.
The Problem: 

In my company we have a number of people sharing documents, sometimes leading to issues of working with multiple and/or outdated versions. Is there a better way?

The Solution: 

Simply put, there is not one, but lots of ways to share documents amongst multiple users!

There has been an explosion of software as a service (SaaS) applications delivered over the Internet that allows you to manage everything in one online application. Many of these have free versions, some with scaled-up functionality in a paid upgrade or subscription version.

Here are some ideas for your documents:

Thinkfree ( HYPERLINK "http://www.thinkfree.com" www.thinkfree.com) offers an online alternative for basic use of documents of three types: word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation. You can store and share up to 1GB with up to ten users for free.

Open a gmail account with Google (www.google.com). Among the myriad of free applications you will have access to will be Google Docs, which handles the same three document types, with a little more speed and storage space.

If you’re an Excel power user and aren’t happy with the limited functionality available in thinkfree or Google Docs, try EditGrid ( HYPERLINK "http://www.editgrid.com" www.editgrid.com). It has all the features best loved by guys with pencil-holders in their pockets, plus a few especially impressive ones, like Real-Time Linked Sheet. When the online sheet changes, the Excel linked sheet also updates in real-time. Or Publish, a feature that sends up the MS Excel data you’re working on your desktop right up to EditGrid in one click.

For an amazing SaaS voice-memo application, try Jott ( HYPERLINK "http://www.jott.com" www.jott.com). You can Jott yourself, or Jott your co-worker, from any phone, using a toll-free number. Your memo is available at jott.com, but also gets emailed to you, handy for copying and pasting.

With the large number of developers working on new ideas all over the planet, making their great new systems available online, it is almost certain you’ll find something that will work well to help you work more effectively. Happy collaborating!

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