Trends
Big Data: The Truth, the Benefit, and the Preparation
Everyone these days seems to be talking about big data. McKinsey & Company stated, “The use of big data will become a key basis of competition and growth for individual firms.” But what exactly is big data and how can it affect your business?...Read More
Searching for a Mobile Business Strategy? There’s An App for That…NOT
Mobile business is today’s hot trend, and mobile apps are the whitest, hottest part of it...Read More
How Mobile App Innovators Balance Risk and Reward
By 2014, there will be more than 70 billion mobile app downloads from app stores every year, according to Gartner...Read More
Are You Servicing Your Customers?
Never mind the mantra that the customer is always right, according to the findings of research from IDC Manufacturing Insights into the strategies of the discrete manufacturing sector, the customer is seriously high maintenance...Read More
One Size Does Not Fit All – Making the Case for Two-Tier ERP
In my 15+ years in the ERP business, the one question CIO’s of enterprise companies keep asking me is “Do you have one solution that will fit all the varied requirements of my organization that can be deployed centrally in a single instance???”...Read More
Driving the Generational Shift in ERP
As we open the Microsoft Dynamics AX Technical Conference today in Redmond with over 1000 partners and customers, there’s a lot at stake for companies contemplating new applications to power their businesses...Read More
We TOLD You ERP was Hot...
Great article to pass along to you all that came into The Edge from a few different sources, written by Doug Barney at Redmond Channel Partner, on a new survey from the IT research firm Computer Economics, (“Technology Trends 2010/2011”) focused on the IT spending priorities for customers in the coming year...Read More
More Benefits of Hosted ERP…
In my last post I spoke about minimized initial investments and accelerated ROI. Continuing where I left you guys a few weeks back and with the promise of coming back with more benefits of hosted ERP, this week I want to provide you with some benefits related to upgrades, IT resources, and making change on demand – all in the context of hosted ERP...Read More
Is the Growth of SaaS Making SOA Irrelevant?
A few years ago, Gartner predicted that by 2011, 25% of business software will be delivered via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)...Read More