25 Tools to Make Your Business More Efficient

Top 5 Human Resource Management Tools

OrangeHRM: OrangeHRM is an Open Source HRM solution for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The HR management system covers personnel information management, employee self service, leave, time & attendance, benefits, and recruitment.

ICeHrm: Ice Hrm is a free and open source HR management software with a rich user interface developed with AJAX. You can see a demo application of the solution here http://icehrm.cygeek.net.

e-hris: E-HRIS Is an open source HR information management system developed to automate all aspects of human resource management i.e. contract management,leave management,training management. The Project demo available is at http://www.e-hris.com.

Human Resource Web Manager: HRMWEBMANAGER is a Human Resources' Portal that assists you in managing your company's human resources. Based on portal architecture, this solution reflects the main areas of HR Management.

PHP Human Resources Enterprise: This application aims to completely remove all paper based processes within a business up to the filing stand point.

Top 5 Communication Tools

OfficeSIP Server 2.7:Multi-office and trans-national corporations pay thousands of dollars for long-distance calls every month even after considerate savings made possible with IP telephony. Voice over IP is great for saving money on long-distance calls, so why not to make the next step? Enable employees call each other for absolutely free no matter where they are in the world! With OfficeSIP Server you'll be able to use regular telephones, including wireless handsets or headsets, and will never pay a penny for long-distance calls.

FreeSWITCH 1.0: FreeSWITCH is a scalable open source cross-platform telephony platform designed to route and interconnect popular communication protocols using audio, video, text or any other form of media. It was created in 2006 to fill the void left by proprietary commercial solutions.

sipXecs IP PBX: sipXecs is a modular scalable communications solution for enterprises of all sizes. It provides a highly available SIP routing core integrated with a growing suite of communications services all managed through a unified web based management application. sipXecs provides PBX telephony services integrated with instant messaging, and allows the use of advanced communications tools like video calling.

Express Talk VoIP Softphone: Express Talk works like a telephone to let you make calls through your computer. Call anyone via the Internet who also has a softphone installed and if you sign up with a VoIP gateway service company you call regular telephone numbers as well. Get it Free. A free version of this software is available for non-commercial use only.

X-Lite sip VoIP softphone: X-Lite SIP VoIP Softphone 3.0 is a Internet Phone product from counterpath.com. Based on the advanced architecture of eyeBeam 1.5 (CounterPath's carrier grade telephony client), X-Lite is designed to showcase some of the feature rich abilities available with our commercial softphone such as superior audio and video quality, zero-touch configuration, IM & Presence, and a comprehensive personal address list. This is free.

Zimbra Desktop: Zimbra Desktop combines the best aspects of existing email clients (also known as POP or IMAP email clients) with modern webmail applications to make a totally new and improved experience.

Top 5 Power Management Tools

PowerMan Power Management Software: PowerMan is a tool for manipulating remote power control (RPC) devices from a central location. Several RPC varieties are supported natively by PowerMan and Expect-like configurability simplifies the addition of new devices.

EZ GPO Power Management Config Tool: EZ GPO PM Tool is a tool for network admins who manage Windows clients using GPOs under AD, Novell NDS/Zenworks or any other client management system. It gives centralized control to network administrators over the user's power management settings.

Display Power Management 1.01: Display Power Management is a command-line tool that allows you to turn the monitor or the screen saver on and off to save power. Run display.exe in a Command Prompt to learn more about its syntax.

EMCO Remote Shutdown Professional 4.3: MCO Remote Shutdown Professional is an integrated power management solution for networks. It allows you to centrally manage network PCs and make remote shut down, Wake-on-LAN, reboot, power off, hibernate and other operations. You can easily manage any single PCs or groups of PCs with just a few mouse clicks.

Edison 1.0: Edison is a useful utility created to help you keep a close eye on the energy consumption and, in the same time, save as much energy as possible. A detailed hand son article on this is also carried in this issue.

Top 5 Print Management Tools

PrinterAdmin Print Management 5.0: PrinterAdmin Print Management 4.0 print management software provides easy software solution for Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 print server and non print server printing environment i.e. direct IP printer or workstation connected printer.

PrintStation 3.53: Printstation is a professional photo catalogue software that creates proof sheets, printed albums, index files, collages, photo documentations, passport photos and more. It allows to print multiple pictures on multiple pages, with custom page layouts, along with header and footer text inclusive automatic macros — at the touch of a button.

Printee for IE 1.7: Printee is a Web Printing tool for Internet Explorer. You can pick, edit and print web page only what you want. You can condense any web page down to just the content you want

Print File Manager 1.2.0: Print File Manager, searches for print (PRN) and plot (PLT) files on the specified drives and folders, it sends batches of print and plot files to any printer or plotter on your system or network; an indispensable application to every CAD manager.

The application features several modes to select files, notably: drag and drop, specifying Excel lists, or specifying folders.

It is designed to save time and money, it is easy to use and preserves user's options for the next time it runs.

Print Censor Professional 5.20.174 : Print Censor Professional allows easily viewing, controlling and restricting printer usage on the LAN, helping you save hundreds of dollars in supplies by getting rid of duplicate, restricted and unauthorized print jobs. The Printer Usage Monitor can be controlled easily from any workstation on the LAN. Set group and user restrictions on printer usage, assign and modify printing quotas, pause or stop new print jobs, etc.

Mastufa Ahmed & Jayanta Ghosh