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Quote Management System & Order Tracking Software 101

Formal quotes and proposals are a vital part of doing business today. Because they represent potential revenue, having a system in place to track quotes is essential. Historically, this meant handwritten or typed quotes that were filed away until they were needed; if...

Enterprise Mobility Expected to be Primary Focus of IT in 2016

Results of a recent survey conducted by Harris Poll with more than 300 IT decision makers, or ITDMs, show that over 90 percent of them view enterprise mobility as critical for operational productivity, customer engagement and competitiveness in 2016. Furthermore, 87...

Mobile Enterprise Apps: Where Do They Fit in the Overall Plan?

Organizations are embracing mobile apps in growing numbers. Some corporations feel that they need to deploy dozens of apps to thousands of employees, but other companies have a different strategy that negates the belief that only “blockbusters” are worth...

5 Tech Trends Already Driving Mobile Innovation

In recent years, consumers have been adopting mobile apps in ever-increasing numbers. However, enterprise mobility has proceeded at a much slower pace although selected mobile technologies, such as mobile device management, have found wider acceptance. With the...

Better Business Intelligence Through Integration

No matter what industry you are in, you need the best business intelligence possible if you are to make the best decisions. Improving their business intelligence has been a goal for many organizations in recent years, but too often, their efforts come up short....

Business System Integration – Risks, Benefits and How to Integrate

If your business has been growing, you are probably trying to make do with several applications that cannot communicate and cannot be used across all departments in your business. Data needed by one department may exist in a silo owned by another. Reports may need to...

No More Excuses: 5 Steps for Achieving a Paperless Office

At the dawn of the computer age, there were many who predicted that within a decade, businesses would be virtually paperless. That vision has not yet come to pass, but as more companies have embraced the concept of “going green,” the idea of the paperless...

Mobile Apps: Is a Custom App Better than Platform-Based Development?

Having an effective mobile strategy is no longer optional for any business seeking to win new customers or retain and nurture existing ones. The world has been moving to mobile devices for years, and the trend has been increasing dramatically over the decade. In a...

A Quick View of Plug-ins for Customizing Software

You may not know it, but if you have visited more than a handful of websites recently, you have probably experienced a plug-in. In simple terms, a plug-in is merely an add-on to an existing program that provides a specific feature. One of the most well-known plug-ins...

Making Off-the-Shelf Software Work for You

Off-the-shelf software, sometimes called “canned programs,” can sometimes be an ideal way to solve your needs at minimal cost. Because developers can produce a software product once and then sell hundreds, thousands or even millions of copies, they can...