Obtainable Projects for Information Technology Consultants by Joshua Feinberg
There are many jobs for information technology consultants available today, and the field can be extremely lucrative. Many projects, some that do not involve computer work are out there for information technology consultants that consider their specific strengths and find projects that fit their... Internet marketing is another good area for the information technology consultant. ... A website design project can be huge for a consultant that can also write the content, and a computerized employee-training project can become a larger job if the consultant can also run training seminars.

The IT Consultant: Considering the Costs of Downtime by Joshua Feinberg
There’s nothing more stressful for IT consultants than getting the dreaded emergency call from a client whose office is "crippled" because of a major systems outage. If you’ve been an IT consultant a while you know the harsh realities of small business technology adoption. ... Valuing System Downtime For a quick, back-of-the-napkin calculation of what system downtime might be costing your clients, consider that the hourly cost of system downtime equals: Projected annual revenue / (Business days per year x Hours in a business day) Use This Tool on Your Website If you’re a little handy...

Microsoft Navision Implementation, Customization and Support in Spain: Remarks For Consultant by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft bought Navision, Denmark based software development company, along with Great Plains Software. Now Microsoft Business Solutions offers following ERP applications: Navision (former Navision Attain), Microsoft Great Plains (former Great Plains Dynamics/eEnterprise), Solomon, Axapta. ... There is very large gap between what German consulting companies could offer (1150 Euro per day/consultant) and what Spanish clients could pay (up to 500 Euro per day/consultant) and there are certain needs in consulting services in Spain but with lower rates.

Three Things to Totally Achieve the Service Factor by Stuart Crawford
There is an alarming trend in the IT service organizations in today’s service world. It is the lack of quality services provided by small business computer service and network organizations. Could it be the shortage of skilled computer technicians? Or is it really the inability for the leaders... An information technology consultant with the ability to see the opportunities of their client’s needs will entrench themselves into their client’s business for a long period of time. ... I cannot speak enough about the enhanced level of service that small business clients require—they will always...

IT Audits: What Are Your Clients Looking For? by Joshua Feinberg
When you conduct IT audits, you will want to see what you can solve for your clients. You will want to see what problems they have and what you can do about them. In this article, you'll learn the kinds of questions that they will want answered during IT audits Questions Lead to the Needs... They want to trust the technology advisor the same way they have a trusted accounting advisor or a legal advisor, or a managing consulting firm or marketing consultant. ... Handling routine and scheduled upgrades.

Selecting Microsoft Great Plains Partner/VAR/Reseller: ERP Implementation & Customization – Overview by Andrew Karasev
In the case when you represent mid-size or mid-size-to-large business, it is not a surprise that you have to do ERP selection and switch to new technologies, doing your own research. If you a trying to stay with Microsoft technologies and try Microsoft Business Solutions products: Microsoft... This was the time of technology diversification and golden time for programmers. ... At the same time the importance of application consultant CPA was in the decrease, one of the explanations could be – universities picked up in educating future controllers in basic CPA, standard ERP and financial...

IT Spending: Protecting Your Clients from PC Vendors by Joshua Feinberg
If you have been in the computer consulting business for a long time know that one of the most important services you can provide for your clients is advising them on choosing products. Your clients rely on your computer consulting firm to point them in the direction of technology solutions that... It Spending: Newer Does Not Mean Better Just because a technology was just released does not mean it's a smart purchase for a business. ... It Spending: You Are Responsible Clients don't appreciate unreliable PCs and hardware, and many will hold you as the expert computer consultant...

SAP Business One: Simplified Mid-Size ERP - Highlights for Consultant by Andrew Karasev
The World of Corporate MRP systems is full of surprises. If in the late 1990th major ERP market players: Oracle, SAP were trying to realize the strategy of releasing so-called ‘light’, ‘select’, ‘express’ versions of their high-end ERP – the idea is very simple and attractive – if your corporate... SAP Business One, when it was marketed by original software development vendor from Israel wasn’t a serious competitor to Microsoft or Oracle – until SAP purchased it and revised its marketing campaign.

How to Evaluate Staffing Software by Steve Taylor
If you are in the market for new staffing software, I suspect that one of the most daunting of tasks will be to sift through the many vendors that are now servicing the staffing industry. You will find many very qualified companies with good staffing software products. ... Do their products use solid, reliable technology so you focus on your staffing needs versus technology bleeds? ... Are they still on the original product platform released or have they taken advantage of better, more advanced technology as it has become available?

Microsoft Dynamics ERP: GP, AX, NAV, CRM – Which One to Select by Andrew Karasev
Being in MRP implementation, customization, integration, data migration/conversion business for many years, we would like to give you some orientation, in the case if you are on the way of ERP selection for your company. In this small article we will be talking about Microsoft Business Solutions... In 2005 US Microsoft Business Solutions regional and nation-wide VARs invested into Axapta consulting practice – training and certifying consultants, marketing campaign, etc. ... Currently MBS promotes Navision on MS SQL Server platform and its database independence is losing its actuality.