Archive for the 'Software Information' Category

Microsoft Great Plains Reporting - Overview for Developer

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Looks like Microsoft Great Plains becomes more and more popular, partly because of Microsoft muscles behind it.  Now it is targeted to the whole spectrum of horizontal and vertical market clientele.  Small companies use Small Business Manager (which is based on the same technology - Great Plains Dexterity dictionary and runtime), Great Plains Standard on [...]

Microsoft Great Plains Integration with Microsoft Access - Overview for Developer

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Microsoft Business Solutions stakes on Microsoft Great Plains as main Accounting/ERP application for US market.  At the same time it seems to be staking on Navision in Europe and has Axapta as high end large corporation market competitor to Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, IBM.  This article is brief review of Microsoft Great Plains integration with Microsoft [...]

Software Piracy

Monday, April 20th, 2009

SOFTWARE PIRACY
We regularly hear reports about the cost to the software industry of software piracy, but are the claims to be taken at face value? Statistics are notoriously biased towards what the author is trying to say.
Types of Software:
There are three basic types of software, although these do have their own subsections, as will be [...]

Cisco CCNA Certification: Becoming A Truly Valuable CCNA.

Monday, April 20th, 2009

I’ve been active in the Cisco Certification track for four years, working my way from the CCNA to the coveted Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert title, and during that time I’ve conducted job interviews and casual conversations with hundreds of CCNAs and CCNA candidates.
The CCNA is an exciting beginning to your Cisco career, but just having [...]

Software Companies: Generate New Revenue Streams and Decrease Costs with Custom e-Learning Content

Monday, April 20th, 2009

It’s no secret that software companies operate in a very competitive space where rivalry is increasingly fierce and where profit margins can be razor thin. New, smaller software companies are sprouting up each month and the leading software companies continually make strong advancements forward leveraging massive cash flow reserves. This cycle makes it difficult for [...]

Microsoft Great Plains Implementation - Overview for IT Director/Controller

Monday, April 20th, 2009

What is installation in the language of technology?  Installation has server and client sides.
* Server side - Installation creates security environment (logins) on MS SQL Server or MSDE, creates system database - DYNAMICS and then company databases.  All these tasks are performed by Microsoft Great Plains Utilities
* Workstation side - workstation installation copies the client [...]

Reduce TCO: The Java Database Way

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

TCO (Total Cost Ownership) is the buzzword in today’s business world. This metric helps enterprise managers assess direct and indirect costs and benefits derived from their investment on IT components and services. A vital component of overall TCO is database management. All information-centric applications need databases for data storage. Also, the storage demands of small [...]

Instant Messaging is a Sweet Way to Communicate

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

MSN messenger is a pretty cool invention. I mean I’m not really into serious discussions on the email, answers to questions can often take a few days to arrive because people are so busy these days. I’ve just been ‘hooked up’ into Messenger and it’s really a different kind of communication, quick, simplistic and even [...]

Microsoft Great Plains Upgrade - Version 8.0 Overview for IT Director/Controller

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

If you have Microsoft Great Plains as main accounting and ERP system you need to know some technical details on Great Plains version upgrade and what is going on behind the scenes, which options do you have in case of Dexterity, VBA, SQL customizations, ctree/Pervasive migration to MS SQL/MSDE.  As of right now it is [...]

Troubleshoot Windows with Task Manager

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Task Manager is a Windows system utility that displays the
tasks or processes currently running on your computer. To
open Task Manager, press Ctrl+Alt+Del. The Applcations tab
lists the applications currently running on your computer.
A single application may actually consist of several running
processes, and many programs that run in the background are
not listed (you can see icons for [...]