Apple Learn why you'll love a Mac

Well, you may or may not love them but, here at Lang Toun Software, we like them a lot. The MacBook Pro, the Mac Mini, the MacBook Air, the Time Capsule, the iPads, the iPhones and the Apple TVs; we've got their catalogue pretty much covered.

Seriously though, we like the hardware, the software and the overall quality and reliability of Apple's products. And when you're a small business, you can't afford to be worrying about whether or not the kit is going to perform.

Cisco Webex Make your meetings work for you

Webex is pretty much a de facto standard when it comes to online meetings. When you have to communicate with clients (and their clients) there's no guarantee that all of the parties will have implemented the same corporate meeting place solution so it's reassuring to know that Cisco are there with Webex to ensure that we're never stuck for a place to get together online.

CrashPlan Online data backup & storage

We take our backups seriously; very seriously. As well as backing up to the Time Capsule via Time Machine, our Macs all backup to online and local network storage. The guys n gals at Code 42 Software have produced a great product in the shape of CrashPlan. It's easy to setup, very reliable and comes with a great little iPhone app (other phone OSs are also catered for) that makes it easy to keep track of all of your backup states.

DreamHost Cost-effective, reliable web hosting

Our web hosting is handled by the fine folks at DreamHost. Their "crazy insane" hosting plans are incredible value for money with unlimited disk space and bandwidth for your sites and the option of Virtual Private Servers (we have one) if you prefer them to shared hosting.

If you use the link on the left to sign up with them then the lovely DreamHost people will reward Lang Toun Software with a small cash bonus (which we'll credit to our hosting account to free up beer money back home).

Drobo Storage for professionals

This is what we use for our local backup storage. It's a Drobo FS NAS. Ours is configured with 5x 2TB disks running with dual disk redundancy, giving us just under 6TB of local storage. The Drobo FS is wired to the Time Capsule's router via Cat6 cable.

FreeAgent Central Small business online accounting

Every business needs to keep track of its finances and there are a great many vendors out there all claiming that their software is the most fully featured, easy to use accountancy software. Well, we're here to tell you that if their company isn't called FreeAgent then they're not being entirely honest.

FreeAgent Central brings accountancy to the cloud. And it does so with a superb web application that will make you wonder why you kept on going with your current software for so long. Even better, if you check them out via the link on the left and decide to sign up, we can both get a 10% discount applied to our monthly invoice.

Microsoft Office: Mac The corporate standard in day to day document production

Pages, Numbers, Keynote and Mac Mail are our tools of choice for most of our day to day work but we're not so blinkered that we don't acknowledge the dominance of Microsoft Office in the corporate world. To remain compatible with our clients we run Microsoft Office: Mac so that we can exchange documents produced with Word, Excel and PowerPoint. We can run Outlook but, to be honest, there's not much reason to thanks to the Exchange integration that's available in Mac Mail.

Sophos Antivirus Entry-level antivirus, encryption and application control for small businesses

Nobody welcomes uninvited visitors on their computer or network. That's especially true if you're a small business connecting to client networks. We use Sophos Antivirus on all of our Macs to keep them safe from infection and to ensure that we won't be the ones causing unwanted problems for our clients.

VMware Fusion Switch to Mac and run Windows without rebooting

We might be big Apple fans but we also live in the real world and know that Windows is important to the daily running of many of our clients. That's why we use VMware Fusion to run Windows in a virtual environment under OS X Lion.

Engadget For your daily fix of gadgets and consumer electronics

Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics. Engadget was launched in March of 2004 in partnership with the Weblogs, Inc. Network (WIN).

Engadget

TechCrunch Tech news from across the industry

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Founded in June 2005, TechCrunch and its network of websites now reach over 12 million unique visitors and draw more than 37 million page views per month. The TechCrunch community includes more than 2 million friends and followers on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google and other social media.

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Ars Technica Infinite Loop: Apple, Mac OS X and iDevices

It was once said that sine scientia ars nihil est, that is, 'without knowledge, art is nothing.' We agree, but there's also a corollary: sine Ars, scientia nihil est.

Welcome to Ars Technica!

Ars Technica

Ars Technica covers a huge range of subjects beyond the Apple centric stuff that appears in their Infinite Loop section.

MacRumors News and rumors you care about

MacRumors attracts a broad audience of both consumers and professionals interested in the latest technologies and products. We also boast an active community focused on purchasing decisions and technical aspects of the iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Mac platforms.

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TUAW The Unofficial Apple Weblog

TUAW (or The Unofficial Apple Weblog) is a website devoted to tips, reviews, news, analysis and opinion on everything Apple.

TUAW

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