It’s the dirty little secret of successful software implementations. No one really talks about it. It’s taken for granted and underappreciated, usually. Like the Aunt that always shows up at parties and holidays with gifts for the kids, but everyone makes fun of her anyway. The Spanish call it “adiestrando”. The French call it “entraînement”. [...]

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Many writers have done a great job pointing out the shortcomings and risks of “The Cloud”, and there is certainly no shortage of risk.    The Cloud is definitely not perfect.  Of course, I remember when PCs arrived, and they certainly weren’t perfect in the early and mid-80s.   The first Blackberry was pretty exciting and also a [...]

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To be successful implementing new software takes the right mindset.  It may take the right software and it may take the right people, but it definitely takes the right mindset.  It takes the right mindset on the part of business owners, upper management, and the people on the front lines doing the work and using [...]

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Virtualization is an exciting option for many companies looking to minimize the footprint of their servers and have a potentially more cost effective, efficient, and “green” IT infrastructure.   Attached is a list of supported Virtualization Alternatives for Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200.

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I heard it again.  “It doesn’t work like our old software”.   You work in this business long enough, and there are some standard catch phrases you tend to hear over and over again.  “I thought it included…(fill in the blanks)” is one.  “We don’t need any training.  We’ll figure it out ourselves.” is another.   But [...]

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I had a dream.  I was the CEO of a business, and we didn’t have to buy any servers or have an IT department.  Our email was hosted by Intermedia (or one of a slew of other options).  Our customer data was hosted by SugarCRM (or Salesforce or someone else).  Our accounting and ERP application (Sage [...]

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A Sage Software survey of some 1500 small business owners found guarded optimism about their financial future.  They reported that cost cutting and financial conservatism were still the most frequent strategies being used, but that 62% of respondents expressed the belief that the economy will improve by middle 2011.  This is consistent with our discussions with [...]

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This “Business Alerts on Steroids” product, combines Alerts and Workflow in one package.  With Sage KnowledgeSync, you can monitor your applications for conditions that are important to the business, with an additional option of including incoming email.   If your conditions are recognized, you will receive an Alert. Your applications will be updated by the Forms, Documents, [...]

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We took a look at Blytheco’s BlyMobile software at Sage Insights this week.  It seems to be a game changer for the Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 world, allowing you to basically run the software through a browser.  It doesn’t matter if the browser is on your PC desktop,  on a MAC, in a hotel lobby, or [...]

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Sage Exchange is the latest offering from Sage in an effort to automate and streamline a number of historically process intensive accounting activities — namely paying bills and receiving payments.   When released, it will integrate Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 with the abiilty to electronically pay your bills, electronically receive payments from customers, and [...]

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