What is an SMB?

As a Seattle area consultant, I swim in a sea of Microsoft-centric software. Software that is, unfortunately, not really designed for my small business clients. This blog is just my space to moan, complain, and highlight some of the tricks and best practices that I’ve found that work for small companies.

I do have to be a little specific in my description of “small business”. In the Windows 2000 development days, Microsoft defied “small” as less than 200 computers but now the use a better description of up to 50 computers. I view “small business” as less than 25 users, with a manageable size of roughly 10 employees. the vast majority of software is not written for companies of this size. I spend a lot of time forcing things to fit.

For a good description of the small business issues check out The SMB hype cycle: http://www.it-director.com/article.php?articleid=13395