An ideal solution for many small business environments, it's ideally suited for life outside the traditional office -- such as the portables found on many construction sites or for field sales reps that commute from location to location, visiting the home office only occasionally.

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Chuang won't know how he is doing with 8.1 until the end of the fiscal quarter--that's when most large deals close in software--but says "the buzz in the field (from sales reps) is extremely high...so is the number of beta customers we're crossing" into actually purchasing the product.

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