ERP

Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. Please tell us, what is Sparqlight all about, what do you do? Brian Reisgen: Sparqlight provides the world's leading Cloud-Based Enterprise Social Workflow Application.  We make it simple for anyone to do what used to be very difficult: manage, visualize, and automate your work. Our solution breaks down into three critical areas: 1.) The core Social Workflow interface, where you manage, collaborate, and complete work. 2.) Analytics, where you visualize, benchmark and improve workflow performance (including impacting key performance indicators). 3.) Workflow Automation, which helps automate and accelerate workflow. This is complex stuff that used to take millions of dollars and months or years to implement.  We make it as simple as signing up with your work e-mail address.  No training required. You just launched the Enterpr... (more)

ERP and the Art of Action

In his book The Art of Action (2011), Stephen Bungay identifies three gaps that frustrate the ability of organizations to translate plans into actions that lead to desired outcomes. He calls them the knowledge, alignment and effects gaps. Here, I wish to reflect on Bungay’s perspective by reviewing these gaps in terms of the selection and implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. ERP software exerts a significant influence over the way an organization manages and monitors its performance. In large organizations, ERP software can touch hundreds, even thousand... (more)

Turning Tablets into Mobile Workstations – Powered by the Cloud

Please tell us, what is Soonr all about and what do you do? Frid-Nielsen:  At Soonr, we are focused on turning tablets into true mobile workstations powered by the cloud. What are you launching at AlwaysOn? What is the biggest challenge you face right now in telling your story and winning over new clients? Frid-Nielsen:  We are here to tell our story. Our biggest challenge is to continue to accelerate growth. When you talk about tablets and apps that enable the mobile workforce to be more productive, that's an easy sell. The challenge is to continue to spread the word. We are very... (more)

SOS Launches All-in-One Cloud-Based Server Backup and Data Protection

SOS Online Backup [www.sosonlinebackup.com] the four-time PC Magazine Editor's Choice winning online backup provider, today announced the launch of the first low-cost all-in-one enterprise cloud-based data protection system. The new SOS ServerSave combines backup for Bare Metal, Exchange, SQL servers, SharePoint servers and granular recovery - all to the cloud. SOS ServerSave packages these high-speed backup and recovery features into one affordable system for SMBs and enterprises. “Business America has only been toying with public cloud online backup.  Only 15% are using it, an... (more)

OTRS Opens 3.0 Beta to the Open Source Community

OTRS (www.otrs.com), a provider of open source Help Desk and ITIL-compatible IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions, just launched the 3.0 beta of its help desk system, featuring a brand new Ajax-powered interface designed to dispatch help tickets 30 percent faster, under the most demanding usage scenarios. "With the power of our help desk growing by leaps and bounds, we needed to come up with a creative new way to deliver that power to the user, especially in demanding, high usage situations," said Manuel Hecht, Director of Research and Development. "The solution was to create ... (more)