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Oracle Database Express Edition(XE) is FREE even for commercial use. XE is a very good replacement for Microsoft Access, a popular database for personal and small businesses. As I was evaluating XE, I saw that this will definitely compete with MS Access.

For small businesses, this can be used for small applications such as Inventory Management, Customer databases, Accounting and other related uses. The database supports up to 4GB of data. In terms of records, that’s around 30 million records in a simple schema. That’s more than enough for small businesses who don’t really that much data.

XE also comes with an Application builder to build simple applications that access data. You can use it for reports, forms, etc. You can see what I’m talking about in this demo:

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If you need help in implementing Oracle XE for your small business, you can contact us.

Melvin Dave P. Vivas is Owner and Senior Consultant in Melvin Dave Consulting and Marketing specializing in IT consulting, business solutions, mobile services and technology products marketing. He is founder and Chairman of the Association of Filipino Java Developers(PinoyJUG), the largest community of Java Developers in the Philippines. He also invented the Lemongreen SMS appliance. He is also starting to work on iPhone applications development.

MeetAnywhere is one of our few products which has direct business value. It enables companies to setup corporate video conferencing quickly. Video conferencing is very useful for companies who require on-demand meetings. So even your employees are at home or on-location, there are no reasons why you can’t have a company meeting. All you need is an Internet browser and a decent Internet connection.

MeetAnywhere is available on a subscription basis. This means that there is very minimal up-front cost.

Here are some key features of our product:

• Video conference anywhere (no software to install or configure)
• Up to 10 simultaneous users. All users can see each other (one is to many broadcast)
• Works with any computer with fast internet connection and web browser, operating system independent
• Can gracefully downgrade to text chat if internet connection is slow

MeetAnywhere is currently used by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry for their official meetings.

For more information on pricing of MeetAnywhere and how to implement it in your company, you can email melvin@melvindaveconsulting.com.

Melvin Dave P. Vivas is Owner and Senior Consultant in Melvin Dave Consulting and Marketing specializing in IT consulting, business solutions, mobile services and technology products marketing. He is founder and Chairman of the Association of Filipino Java Developers(PinoyJUG), the largest community of Java Developers in the Philippines. He also invented the Lemongreen SMS appliance. He is also starting to work on iPhone applications development.