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Every year, software developers release more tools that can make the business executive's life easier. Here's our third annual listing.

YOUR PEOPLE COME TO YOU recommending a hot new tool that will generate additional revenue and improve productivity. It costs just $80,000 for both hardware and software, and the system will pay for itself in as little as a month. The case for this investment is so solid, you approve the project.

In the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones faces an unexplored Inca temple. While he has a map of the temple's location, he has no plan of its interior. There is none—no one before him had escaped that temple alive. Indy has to dodge flying spears, falling guillotines, and rolling boulders in his quest for the prize. The remains of his unlucky predecessors give him a clue of their fate, and he uses all his skills as an experienced archaeologist to identify likely traps. He manages to escape with the treasure because he is bold, fearless, and knowledgeable. He is also very, very agile.

This paper addresses the effects of a set of variables on sales performance of home‐based business in Dubai. The variables includes owner’s gender, private sources of funds, external sources of funds, usage of technology, business expenses, number of weekly hours an owner works, outsourcing or sub‐contracting, age of business, and number of the family members assisting the owner in running the business. The results showed significant positive effects for the average weekly hours an owner devotes to the business and mild effects for the use of technology. However, the remaining variables did not show any significant relationship with homebased business performance. Of particular importance is the lack of significant effects for gender. This indicates that business performance is not tied up to gender. Both men and women could do equally well in the field of home‐based business.

If you're awash in information you don't have time enough to analyze, invest in a data warehouse. It can give you access to data riches you didn't realize you had.

You can collect huge masses of data about your customers, but if you don't sort it, it won't do you any good. Mapping software may be just what you need.

There's a whole lot more to Web‐based vertical marketing than simply installing a new software package.

Whatever business you're in, you need to do something about e‐commerce. Here are some tips.

For the sixth year, JBS takes a look at the newest software and gadgets designed to help executives run their businesses better.

There are obscene amounts of data in corporate coffers that could be used to reinvent marketing strategies. Data mining is one way to find the information that counts.