We’ve seen it many times with many companies: The IT team decides to make updates to an application, operating system, or platform without first checking to see how that update will affect other systems—and something “breaks.” The fact is, one team doesn’t necessarily know what another team is doing, the tools they’re using, or how… Continue reading When Your IT partner Doesn’t Know Your Systems: What Could Happen, and How to Prevent It from Happening
Category: Integration
Purchasing ERP Software: How to Build a Budget
An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) business management solution is one of the keys to successful digital transformation and arguably one of the most important investments your organization will ever make, regardless of size or industry, public or private sector. It must meet many criteria, both for today and the future, because it is the foundation… Continue reading Purchasing ERP Software: How to Build a Budget
Performance Tips for SQL Server Maintenance
Many organizations fail to update their SQL Servers, leaving them at risk for downed systems, data breaches, and poor performance. This blog covers the essentials for SQL Server maintenance for servers that run on-premises using a virtual machine on Azure. SQL Server Maintenance: Performance Two routine maintenance areas that are often overlooked are statistics updates… Continue reading Performance Tips for SQL Server Maintenance
Selecting the Best ERP System: What You Need to Know to Make the Right Decision
How to Choose the Right ERP System? Here’s What You Need to Know If your company is currently searching for a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution, you’ve either outgrown basic accounting tools like QuickBooks or your current ERP is unable to keep up with your business and needs to be replaced. If you’ve never bought an ERP system or if… Continue reading Selecting the Best ERP System: What You Need to Know to Make the Right Decision
Why Cysiv Chose Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Doesn’t Require Tricky Modifications to Fit the Bill Finding the right solution to solve business problems is a challenge nobody is immune from. Even sophisticated technology companies struggle with issues around business processes, customer service, security…the list goes on. Regardless of the challenge, a modern ERP solution should be the… Continue reading Why Cysiv Chose Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
The Right ERP Can Be Exciting! Just Ask Superior Fireworks
When you talk about business software–like ERP, “exciting” is not the first adjective that comes to mind. But when it comes to fireworks, things get interesting. Here’s a story about how a major fireworks company was able to deliver more excitement with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and LS Retail’s unified commerce software. Who doesn’t get energized… Continue reading The Right ERP Can Be Exciting! Just Ask Superior Fireworks
Retail Trends 2021: What are they and how you can adapt
5 Retail Trends for 2021: How You Can Adapt Your Business To Stay In Step In a fast-moving retail world, you need to stay informed about changes and new trends, and you need the ability to adapt quickly to them. Here are 5 trends and how you can adapt to accommodate them. Trend #1: Shoppers… Continue reading Retail Trends 2021: What are they and how you can adapt
The Microsoft Technology Stack – What It Is and Why You Should Care
If you’re around technology at all, you’ve become accustomed to acronyms, clever (and not so clever) names, terminology, slang, and so forth—some of which are pretty obvious in their meaning, some not so much. But beyond that conundrum is this question: I know what XYZ term/name/acronym is, but I don’t know why it should matter… Continue reading The Microsoft Technology Stack – What It Is and Why You Should Care
Using the Microsoft Power Platform to Make Microsoft Dynamics Business Central ERP Even Better
ERP systems have the potential to play a much bigger role in your enterprise due to the valuable data they manage. For this reason, you should view your ERP through a much broader lens. Unfortunately, programmers, data scientists and tech professionals are in limited supply or they are expensive to hire, which makes it difficult… Continue reading Using the Microsoft Power Platform to Make Microsoft Dynamics Business Central ERP Even Better
Intelligent Edge Defined and Why It Matters to Businesses
Intelligent Edge. You might have heard this term, but like most of us, all you know is that it’s somehow important (at the moment, at least), but you don’t know why or if you should care. First, this is a concept you should care about if you’re running a business. Second, it’s not going away;… Continue reading Intelligent Edge Defined and Why It Matters to Businesses