According to CIO’s 2021 Tech Priorities Poll, 65% of IT decision-makers say they plan to ramp up cybersecurity spending within the next year. The data also found that 21% plan to upgrade their current security stack during that same timeframe. That’s more than planned upgrades in any other category–including analytics, CX, and collaboration tools. Investments…
ERPs are traditionally associated with supply chain management tasks—managing inventory, production schedules, suppliers, fleets, and so on. And yeah, ERPs dynamics do deal with all those things—but they can also do a whole lot more. At its core, an ERP is a shared database for managing resources—which covers an expansive list of business activities including…
Cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) technologies like Dynamics 365 are at the heart of any digital transformation. They provide the flexibility and baked-in intelligence needed to bring transformations to life. See, legacy systems have become a barrier to digital transformation. Digital transformation improves the customer experience, streamlines operations, and drives sustainable growth. They lack the…
If you’re a Dynamics GP user, perhaps you’ve heard rumors that Microsoft will drop support by 2025. While Microsoft has yet to confirm an official end-of-life plan for Great Plains, its eventual retirement is an inevitability. And, as it stands, GP users don’t have access to the latest features & enhancements already available in Dynamics…
If you’re gearing up for a Dynamics 365 cloud migration, you already know what you stand to gain from a successful implementation. Cloud ERPs represent an opportunity to break away from the limitations of traditional on-prem solutions. Think–fragmented systems, poor visibility, security issues, and growth constraints. Like any digital transformation project, your Microsoft Dynamics 365…
Selecting the right Dynamics 365 product begins with a choice between its two ERP solutions. There’s Business Central, or BC, Microsoft’s all-in-one, SMB-friendly ERP system. Then there’s the enterprise pick, Finance & Operations, or F&O, which adds advanced features and AI enhancements to the BC suite. It’s made to support large teams with complex financial…
Preparing for Growth When David Meyer joined Irrimax as Vice President of IT in 2018, the company was poised to more than triple in revenue, which as of 2021 it indeed has! His challenge, as he quickly saw, was the need to implement automation solutions, digitization, core accounting and supply chain systems that would accommodate…
As project-based firms grow, they may find themselves with a teetering tech stack. At the beginning, spreadsheets and institutional knowledge were enough to get projects across the line. Over time, different platforms are added as new functionality and management software are chosen by your teams. One day you look up and your business is running…
The cloud hardly feels disruptive in an era dominated by AI and big data. After all, migrating from on-premises hosting to the cloud has been an urgent matter for years—a critical first step in any digital transformation journey. COVID has further solidified the cloud’s place in the IT stack. We’ve seen organizations scramble to meet…
Small and mid-sized development firms have a unique set of challenges for building, testing and releasing software internally. Specifically, these companies want to capture the time spent on various aspects of the software development cycle within their project-based accounting software. As a project-driven activity, software development requires tracking costs and employee time for each project.…
