Microsoft Great Plains Customization Tools – Overview by Andrew Karasev
Former Great Plains Software Dynamics/eEnterprise, and currently Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains was initially designed in the earlier 1990th as the extendable and modular application with its proprietary tool: Great Plains Dexterity, written in C programming language as a shell. ... It has certain restrictions – it can address core Great Plains objects (not something in former third party modules – Collection Management, Customer/Vendor Consolidation, etc.). ... Also – you can deploy Continuum to switch Dexterity modules (such as Intellisol APOP or Project Accounting) and...

Blade Servers Offer Efficient Energy Usage and a Lower TCO by Mike Colesante
With the release of dual-core Xeon chips for blade servers, Intel has again accentuated the ability of companies to save money in terms of lower power consumption and increased reliability. Studies indicate a blade server can reduce power and cooling costs 15 to 25 percent, meeting the needs of... The Xeon chips combine the benefits of two distinct high-performance execution cores with intelligent power management features to deliver significantly greater performance-per-watt over previous single-core Intel Xeon processor-based platforms.

Grid Computing by Sandro Azzopardi
Most industries today have become so dynamic that organisations have to consistently seek and adapt to change, in order to survive and prosper. Factors like more diversified customer preferences, technological advances, increased competitive threats and an intensified global economy are among... Baum's report adds that the grids within these companies were being used for a variety of applications, including enterprise resource planning (ERP), decision support, customer relationship management (CRM), and supply chain management (SCM).

5 Types of Programmers - Which Type Are You? by Joshua Hayes
There are many different types of programmers that perform software development. Or is it computer programming? Or is it coding? These are all labels or boxes we use to classify people and their skillsets. Much like we distinguish between testers, coders, managers, architects, designers, CLO etc... Good management that is cluey or tech savy will see past this but unfortunately (or fortunately for the better programmers of the world) he still finds his place. ... When a company wants to bring in the big guns and call in a consultant.

How FOSS Might Benefit Your Small Business by Charles Trumpess
Starting a small business or working from home takes time and costs money. After you have done all the groundwork, such as a business plan, marketing strategy and finances, you will probably start thinking about the cost of PCs and software licenses. ... MailWasher Free 5.1: www.mailwasher.net Free Contact Management If deciding when to emerge from the duvet each morning is your idea of time management then your new venture might be in trouble. ... OFBiz offers an incredible array of features and functionality including content management, marketing, contact management, product and...

Considerations When Creating A Mobility Extension To The Corporate Network by Matt Vaughn
Mobile strategy This paper assumes your organisation has an established and accepted business case for mobility and you are now ready to proceed. When implementing a mobility solution the impacts are not just on the actual end-user but also the subtle and long-lasting effect to your I.T. ... Managed Service – Similar to ASP, but requires capital expenditure for hardware by the company but out-source the management & monitoring. ... Management of the mobility platform server should allow multiple and custom administration roles to allow for delegated tasks within the I.T.

Information in the Next Five Years by Ena Mwangama
Impact of Radio Frequency Identification Technology The Environment consist of the all elements that are outside the system under consideration, and which it must take as given .The environment also include all the external impositions and constraints other than those imposed by the ownership. ... There are three areas that will be needed to be addressed: data management, network and end-user device management, and a new category for many IT organizations, sensor management. ... The company should also make sure that they have enough skilled labor in the process of implementing the RFID...

Purpose Based Computing by John Dir
Accomplishing tasks efficiently requires a series of smaller steps that are built upon the understanding of tools and information required to complete each stage of the process. Once the entire process involved with reaching a goal is absorbed, each repetition of the job becomes less time... One simple demonstration of this idea is file management. ... Variations inevitably occur that make each function within a company unique. ... Based on one’s familiarity with a project, an experienced person can accomplish much more in less time than a person who is learning the task for the first time.

Tips for Designing ZigBee Applications by John Sawyer
So you think you want to develop a ZigBee application, but you have some questions. What’s important in a ZigBee development? What tools do I need? What steps are involved? How much time will it take? What kind of investment is required? What are the unforeseen questions? ... To participate in a ZigFest your company must be at least an Adopter class member of the ZigBee Alliance. ... Message management is an important part of the application code. ... To submit the product for ZigBee testing, your company must be a member of the ZigBee Alliance.

Mobile Manufacturing by Mark Eaton
Making Advances Technology and manufacturing have traditionally been closely related, with advances in technology leading to changes in manufacturing – either in the products produced on in how they are produced – and changes in manufacturing affecting technology – through making technology... Over the last 10 years we have seen manufacturers adopt such things as webcams to control stock, e-Ban systems to communicate with suppliers and new project management software to manage the development of complex new products and services.