Microsoft upgrades Small Business Manager

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Microsoft announced an upgrade to its Small Business Manager software on Monday, adding a host of features and introducing flexible pricing. Small Business Manager 7.5 is the next version up from Small Business Manager 7.0, which was introduced in December last year. The product, first released in November 2001, is aimed at businesses that have outgrown off-the-shelf software packages, but with under US$5 million in revenue and no more than 25 employees.

"We're on a pretty aggressive product release cycle, about every 6 months. We are adding big bulks of functionality each time," said Karen Engel, a Fargo, North Dakota-based group product manager in Microsoft's Business Solutions division.