Strategic Technology Adoptions ARCHIVE

05 August 2014
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Written by Tim Blair White

Selecting an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) solution to run your business is akin to navigating a technology maze and hoping that one does not end up in the sticky dark wondering what went wrong and whom do I sue?…

04 August 2014
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Written by Tim Blair White

(continued from Part 1 – Dynamic Businesses Succeed, Static Ones Perish) Blurring The Lines Between Web and ERP One night you may have woken up as an express train went through your back yard with such a racket that…

03 August 2014
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Written by Tim Blair White

(continued from Part 2 – Blurring The Lines Between Web and ERP) Embracing the Cloud or the Grave Yard? The “Cloud” is just another way of saying, “applications running in a data center, accessed via the Internet and easily connected…

02 August 2014
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Written by Tim Blair White

continued from Part 3 – Embracing the Cloud or the Grave Yard?) The World Has Gone Mobile In 2013 IDC predicted that “87% Of Connected Devices Sales By 2017 Will Be Tablets And Smartphones”. This graph shows the amazing trend…

01 August 2014
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Written by Tim Blair White

(continued from Part 4 – The World Has Gone Mobile) Internet Browser Friendly or ERP Citadel? Many legacy ERP systems force users to access the full application via a VPN or Terminal Services connection and a heavy application running on…

25 March 2013
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Written by Tim Blair White

Cloud Services is just a handy way of marketing the concept of leased application platforms running in a vendor’s data center and accessible over the Internet. Thus, instead of owning and running an application on-premise, in your own data…

13 November 2012
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Written by Tim Blair White

The Digium Switchvox VoIP solution truly eclipses the Cisco CallManager in technology features, price and ease of installation for roll-outs of 400 or fewer phones (current limitation but Digium is rolling out a 1,000 phone unit soon). This conclusion…

20 November 2010
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Written by Tim Blair White

In taking up the reins of my new technology directorship at L.N. Curtis & sons, I was confronted with the fact that the IT Dept had absolutely no ticketing system for over 160 users spread across 10 offices. Requests…

21 January 2010
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Written by Tim Blair White

A knowledge based site would be any site that provided knowledge rather than primarily selling products or providing entertainment. This is a wide classification and encompasses media, content, reference, research or any site that communicates knowledge on specific subjects…

07 August 2009
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Written by Tim Blair White

Any IT director is constantly challenged with building castles in the sky while keeping all existing systems operational. At the chief executive level, those castles may seem little more than sand castles on the beach but more likely than…