At work, you probably have an IT person who makes sure your servers and desktops are backed-up.  But what about your home computers?  I hand't thought about it until my 16 year old came to me one day and said, "my laptop is acting funny".

Turns out her hard drive was going bad.  The drive wasn't dead so I was able to backup the drive and install a new one without major issues.  However, during that process I di d some checking on the data that she had on her computer, which in turn made me think about the data on the rest of our computers.

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We're proud to announce the availability of another tool.  This one will help you caluculate your EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.  If you're not sure what those acronyms mean, fret not.  Just click on the link in the tools section and you'll be taken to the new tool.

While you're there, don't forget to check out the IT Budget Calculator and our unique Reverse Valuation tool.

One last thing.  If you have an idea for a tool, just leave us a comment.  We'd love to hear from you and will do our best to create tools that are based on community feedback.

Blogs are usually places to go to read up on opinions, events, happenings and the like.  Few, if any, actually interact with you or allow you to get feedback.  Well, let's change that.

CFP is pleased to announce that our blog now has a tools section.  You'll see it in the navigation pane on the right side of the screen.  So far, we have two tools for you to use:

1. An IT Capital Budget Calculator
2. Something we call Reverse Valuation.

When you have a few minutes, check them out.  You might want to check revserse valuation often as we'll update it as market conditions change as they are especially volitile these days.

Netbooks are small and simple laptop computers.  Where a typcialy small laptop will weigh in at 4 - 5 lbs. and set you back $900 - $1,500, netbooks weigh in at around 2 1/2 lbs. and cost around $400.  Why should you care?

Netbooks represent a truely portable device.  Their size means they can be thrown literally in any bag / briefcase.  Getting your e-mail is much easier on a 10" screen than the 2 inch screen on your Blackberry - it really is.  While Blackberrys and similar devices (we're partcial to these) will always have their place, we've found netbooks to be very useful business tools.

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You may have heard about Microsoft's next version of their operating system called Windows7.  Windows7 will impact your business as you IT folks try to decide if they should upgrade your computers to the latest and greatest.  Windows7 may also affect your computers at home - should you upgrade them or not?

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So thought the New York Times until 2009 rolled around.  Then, someone did some interesting math.  According to the Silicon Valley Insider, the NY Times could buy EVERY ONE of their subscribers an Amazon Kindle for 1/2 the cost of publishing the traditional newspaper for 1 year.

And just think, once the Kindles are purchased, their purblishing costs go down by another 90% since they only have to buy Kindles for new subscribers.  That's an amazing change in a business paradigm.  If it ever comes to fruition.

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