Portability of data: if you leave, how easy is it to export data to take to new app? Or how easy is to export to do detailed spreadsheet analysis of financials?

Password security: the most elaborate security available is useless if your employees keep passwords on sticky notes on their monitors, or if you use your address as the password. Make sure your staff understands the importance of basic password security.

Build a test plan: create a script that walks through your most common office tasks, both simple and more complex. Use it when you try out each solution, and you’ll get a balanced comparison of how easy each package is to use.

Check out your network: if you are considering an ASP solution, make that your internal network and Internet connection are sufficient to handle the load. If performance is slow, your staff may think it's the application's fault, when it's actually the network.

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