• I'm using Excel to control my production line.  I know it is the wrong tool to use but don't know what I should be doing?
  
  
• I've got an Access database that is running very slowly and has many lock-out problems.  I know I need to upsize to SQL Server or Oracle but don't know which to buy, how best to proceed, and what the likely cost will be?
   
• I'm organising an exhibition and I need to manage clients, payments, canvassing and profit reporting.  I know that a custom database is the right way forward but we don't have the in-house skills to develop it.  I need a solution fast... in days rather than weeks... and I don't have a big budget.  Can you help?
   
• We do a lot of client-facing presentation and, although we're pretty good with PowerPoint we need to appear more competent than our competition.  How can we develop a corporate template and add advanced features like animated graphs and more professional-looking graphics to our presentations?
  
  
• I need a prospect database to record details of my staff canvassing success and progress.  Should I buy off-the-shelf or should I design my own?
  
  
• I need to have a web prescence but don't have a fortune to spend.  Will FrontPage address my needs or do I need to pay a programmer to add the interactive features I need?
  
  
• I need to sell my products on the Internet with on-line credit card acceptance?.  Should I buy an off-the-shelf shopping cart or should I develop a bespoke system.  How do I go about getting an Internet Merchant account?
  
  
• Is it feasible to  publish my corporate brochures in-house rather than use outside graphic design and printing services?  How long would it take to train a member of staff to be competent at this and which software would be the best to use?
  
  
• How do I find the right accounting package for my needs and how do I configure the general ledger?
  
  
• How can I set up an Email list to E-Mailshot my customers?
  
  
• I have a team of engineers that spend a lot of time programming the same functionality into their spreadsheets.  I want to develop an in-house Excel VBA function library to make things more efficient.  How do I do that?
  
  
• I have an important presentation that needs to have the Wow factor.  I don't want to spend time learning PowerPoint and Adobe Photoshop.  Can you do the whole thing for me?
  
  
• My staff carry around very sensitive and confidential documents on their notebook computers.  How can I make absolutely sure that nobody can access this information if their computer is stolen?
   
• We're a property developer and have a multi-million pound project we want to entirely manage using Microsoft Project.  How can we use this tool for estimating and managing cash-flow and financial reporting before and during the project?
  

After helping many of the world's leading companies it is apparent that most companies under-utilise personal productivity software and often use the wrong type of software to solve an information problem.  The classic case is when Excel is forced to mimic a relational database when Access (or another RDBMS such as SQL Server or Oracle) is the more appropriate tool.

Whatever size your business is, and to whatever extent you currently use IT, we are here to help you to maximise the return on your investment in technology by utilising the most appropriate tools in the most appropriate way to solve specific business problems.