Tag: software

  • Best Laid Plans

    We are getting very close to launching our first software product. We are very excited as this is just the tip of the plans we have regarding NetSuite. This first project is a comprehensive interface between MailChimp and NetSuite. By comprehensive, we are looking to support the full API of MailChimp in NetSuite. So while…

  • Replacing software, do I have to?

    Many companies question existing software.  “This software was written on and old XXXXX system and still works today, but we are not sure if we couldn’t get more out of a new system?” some say.  Or more likely, “We have this system and it is just not doing what we need.” The interesting thing about…

  • Defining your needs before you buy

    So what do taxes and computer systems have in common?  Well it is not that they are inevitable, because I have seen profitable companies that have very little in the way of corporate software and no, QuickBooks and Excel do not make a software solution.  Well we will discuss that answer in just a bit,…

  • Evaluation of Software

    In the purchase of new software one of the key issues that companies face ensuring the money they are going to spend will work for them.  Many companies find a software package they would like, purchase the software, and wonder why installation/adoption of the software does not go well. Taking the time up front to…

  • SAP is having problems

    IBD put out a very interesting article about SAP today relating to problems the software giant is having. As they state, customers are unhappy, Oracle (SAP’s predominate DB platform) is unhappy, I2 is now unhappy with them, investors are unhappy and the company is now doing something which has never occurred.  It is promoting a Salesman…

  • Technology and Supply Chain

    Let’s face it. Technology can be a real pain in any business. That statement is coming from a 20+ year computer geek who really excels at technology and change. But the reason that I make that statement is because it is true. No matter how nice technology is packaged, how good the training is, how…