Microsoft Great Plains: Offshore Customization & Development – Overview for Consultant by Andrew Karasev
When you visit department stores and see that majority of the apparels are produced in other countries, not US – you probably do not worry about this fact. About 10 years ago, when Clinton’s high tech era was at the inception – we saw the signs of high tech professionals inflow in the USA from... Placing code to the existing forms requires customization upgrade experience – these forms should be re-customized when you do upgrade to the newer GP version – currently version 8.0 • Project Management.

Lotus Domino Implementation and Tuning – Mobile Solutions by Polina Gottmann
Today, the usage of such technologies as e-mailing, WAP, GPRS, calendar, etc. via mobile devices (telephones, PDA) is common. Moreover, the sphere of these technologies extends from using on “entertainment” level to the business level. IBM proposes the line of solutions based on Lotus/Domino for... In this case two components are used: DB2 Everyplace Synchronization Server and DB2 Everyplace database, which working on PDA; • Oracle and PDA. ... The second exepting the server part offers PDA-client, which has analogous functions without using WAP-browser; • Sametime Everyplace and Domino...

These Items Are A Must Before Making The Decision To Purchase Any Off-The-Shelf Software by Brett Johnson
1. What determines the software price? Is it Per Seat or Per User or Per Processor? The cost of software is determined in many ways. The two most popular ways are Per Seat or Per Concurrent User. Per Seat is determined by how many seats in your business will be using the software at any given time. ... Factors include end user customizations, current database structure, and inputs and outputs like reports, and connectivity to your other database systems. ... In the case of local software companies, keep in mind they should automatically provide some sort of on-site services (at a minimum)...

Microsoft Great Plains Payroll Module Customization Scenarios by Andrew Karasev
It is now common thing when large corporation selects mid-market ERP or so-called standard functionality MRP solution as its corporate accounting system. Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is very good candidate. As all MBS ERPs it has MS SQL Server 2000/2005 database platform and allows... In the described case we suggest to use SQL stored procedures for calculating checks and Dexterity process server to post checks (creating SQL stored procs for posting would be virtual rewriting 40% of Great Plains Dexterity based payroll module).

Why Small Businesses Must Consider Software As Service by Judith Stolpner
It has been a decade since the high-speed race of eBusiness started on the Internet super high-way with its complex digital on/off ramps. However, millions of America's small businesses not only do not have a Web presence yet, according to a report from the Small Business Administration, they... In this case, the customer relations management system is simply paid for per employee, per month fee. ... Among the most valuable benefits, following are worth considering why to adopt SAS: Software As Service aka (ASP) Hardware: Network Server Installation No Investment Required...

School ERP verses Stand Alone Applications by Pradhyumna Singh
(This report is based on the survey with Schools EDP officers handling school ERP and Other software in school) Definition of School ERP: A single software managing all aspects of schooling without redundancy and proper inter module data exchange. ... On the other hand there may be a case when a student already taken TC from the school is still reflecting in the Library software or the other software implemented for various other modules. ... Makes it easy for the top level management to interact.

Server Consolidation - What They do not Want You to Know! by Wes Tafoya
How to Reduce Costs & Increase Productivity Do you have too many servers? Many companies realize that they have too many servers or maybe they need to upgrade to the latest version of SQL Server. They know they are spending too much money on maintenance and equipment. ... We will discuss how to leverage the 64-bit architecture to gain record performance on large database management systems, data mining and server consolidation solutions. ... Database and Server Consolidation Benefits The concept of database and server consolidation has taken an all-together different dimension with...

12 Essential New Features of Office 12 by Paul W Wilson
The final version of Office 12 is slated for release in mid 2006. Although Microsoft is yet to confirm what the final version of Office 12 will include, the broad areas that have been the focus of change are productivity, handling of business information, managing of documents, and enhanced user... The server based capabilities include document rights and work flow management. ... In the case of the revamped Excel, it will support SQL Server 2005, and have much awaited features like greater spreadsheet capacity, tools for sorting and filtering, as well as extensive data visualization...

CRM On-Demand Is In Demand by David Cowgill
Over the past year, there has been another dramatic shift in the CRM Marketplace. On-Demand CRM solutions have gained significant market share in the SMB and Enterprise space. There are many factors involved in this significant shift from the traditional software purchase and implementation to... Decrease in Hardware Requirements and Support – With a traditional CRM software implementation, you need to make sure you have the appropriate servers, workstations, operating systems, database, and network infrastructure to properly run and support your system.

Architectural Software - Auto Cad Software - What Are My Options? by Jud Leonard
Architectural software comes in many different types, prices, features, and quality. I won't talk about all of your options here, as there are literally dozens of different small, inexpensive programs available at your local software depot. Instead, I will focus on the major players in the... This is definitely the case. ... This may be the case, but you will get differing opinions from all sorts of designers, architects, and engineers. ... One thing I am not so sure about, is the single database file structure.