Technology
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Web-Hosting Failures.
NEED I.T. HELP: My web-developer hosts my business web-site and my email -- being told that the data-warehouse service provider that he uses has suffered a server hardware crash. NO EMAIL for the entire day --- and I need it, no timely or effective communication about the ETA for a fix. Being adv…
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Business Information Systems used with SAP
Has anyone recently implemented a BI system to work directly with SAP R/3? If so, what product are you using and what has your experience been? We are currently evaluating Emanio Context, Host Analytics, and Qlikview. Are there others we should consider?
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Teleconferencing Providers
I am going to put our web teleconferencing out to bid and would like to hear any vendor recommendations from the group. I would also appreciate any info on what kind of toll-free audio rates folks are seeing out there (i.e. toll free rates per minute). I feel like we are paying too much for th…
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Is there any sort of standard to define what truly constitutes cloud computing other than just the fact that you access over the internet?
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative Cloud Computing event: Everyone (including payroll services) claim to have "cloud computing" services. Is there any sort of standard to define what truly constitutes cloud computing other than just the fact that you access over the in…
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What is the difference between Saas, PaaS, and IaaS in the world of cloud computing?
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative Cloud Computing and SaaS event: What is the difference between SaaS and PaaS, and LaaS in the world of cloud computing?
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What happens when the SaaS application is upgraded and you have customizations?
This question was asked by an attendee at a recent Proformative Cloud Computing and SaaS event: What happens when the SaaS application is upgraded and you have customizations? Do customization need to be upgraded every time the SaaS application is upgraded?
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CRM system data and information review
Does anyone have any experience in the analysis or testing of the information being produced by a CRM system? Or, is there a suggested procedure or process that an Audit Committee should pursue with such none financial reporting systems that are used to inform and advise the Board?
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RFID Solution
Were looking for a RFID solution for our office where we can track when employee's arrive and leave the office each day. We would prefer a solution where they don't have to swipe a card in front of an "eye" - more so if they can just carry an electronic card on themselves and the RFID unit will…
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VOIP solutions
We are researching Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions for small businesses. We are looking for a solution that will allow for multiple lines, flexibility, and the least disruption to what we are accustom to with traditional phone services. We've looked at Ooma, Vonage, RingCentral, Nextiva and …
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What is the name of a good resource/traffic management cloud solution?
My business is a marketing agency in need of resource planning and scheduling without the invoicing, timesheets etc, just plain resource/traffic management. Will need to be able to accept uploads from our current system in Excel, csv or txt format. Appreciate anyone pointing me in the right direc…
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Converting from NetSuite
Has anyone had experience getting their data out of NetSuite to convert to another software package? What problems did you run into? How many years history could you get out?
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Compensation of a person selling SaaS services
Looking for advice on best practices in regards to paying incentives on SaaS salespeople Are they paid a percentage of the first year revenue ? or paid a fixed amount on being successful with closing a new client ? If the latter, are they paid more depending on the number of users the new cli…
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Quickbooks Premiere Support Package
Can anyone comment on the Quickbooks Premiere "support" package?
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Subscription accounting systems
We are transitioning from a perpetual licnese model to a subscription model. We currently use Great Plains for GL. Does anyone know of an add-in paackage to track revenue and renewals that would integrate or a stand-alone system that is not as expensive as Softrax?
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Lawson Software
Can anyone give me an idea of how much Lawson Financials would cost? I think they may be out of our price range, but I'm trying to find out. Also, any recommendations for an oilfield services company that is very equipment intensive?
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Online Payroll Services
My company is looking to "improve" our payroll services. We currently have a fewer than one hundred employees, but that number could explode: in 2011. I have two questions for which I could use some "education". What are the top online Payroll service providers? What questions do I need to ask w…
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Accounting for New Years Holiday Pay
Like most companies, we provide paid time off for eight holidays per year. One of these is New Years Day but since 1/1/11 fell on a Saturday, employees received a paid holiday on December 31. Thus, there were actually 9 paid holidays in 2010 and will be 7 in 2011! Question - should we expen…
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Seeking feedback on SAP v Oracle in a telco ERP environment
If your organization uses SAP or Oracle software to manage your business and you are in telco, utilities, internet/media services, I would like to touch base regarding your assessment of the software. We are working with a B2B telco industry client that is evaluating SAP and Oracle. In partic…
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What is the difference between BI systems and forecasting systems?
Sounds a bit crazy, I know, but I have some business planning/forecasting providers telling me that their tools can provide many of the features of a BI tool, but, having used huge BI tools in the past (like Business Objects) I just don't know if I accept that planning tools can take the place of B…
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How do business decision analytics work?
How do business decision analytics work? Does it integrate with my accounting/ERP system? Is it automated or manual? What kind of analyses are run by the programs? Monte Carlo and/or others, and how are the assumptions driven? What size business should one have before making this investment? Does i…
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Who is using a SaaS Accounting system for an international organization?
If your organization is using a SaaS Accounting solution for an international organization that is at least $200MM+ in revenues, I'd welcome your feedback on which solution you chose and why. I'm looking to validate capabilities of solutions like Workday Financials, NetSuite, IntAcct, Finance…
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