D!conomy – CeBit’s Ideas and Solutions for a Digital World

10.04.2017
Category: Technology Innovation

As the great and the good in IT flocked to Hanover for CeBit 2017 last week, I was grateful not to have to walk the floor and instead I reviewed the key themes at the event, from the relative comfort of my desk.  Amongst event keynote subjects, like the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), a topic which CeBit calls 'D!conomy' caught my attention.

Top ERP Vendors Battle Head-to-Head

22.03.2017
Category: Technology Innovation

Larry Blitz, editor of Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) Vendor Showdowns, recently conducted a match-up between top vendors in the small business software category. The three vendors battled head-to-head included Epicor ERP, Infor SyteLine and NetSuite were compared across 10 main modules comprising of over 2,500 features and functions.

Internet of Things…Let’s Make Connections

27.02.2017
Category: Technology Innovation

The Internet of things is literally connections; connections between machines, connections to the Cloud, connections to business applications, connections between people. At this time I see three phases of IoT; the launch phase, where we are today is to monitor and alert, phase two, intelligence within things, and phase three, self-learning things. 

Internet of Things…and the Data We Love

10.02.2017
Category: Technology Innovation

The Internet of Things is a fast growing platform of connected devices, machines and cloud technology, which is helping businesses better manage process, machines and decision making. But what is the Internet of Things (IoT)? I like to describe it as, 'Devices connected to the internet to be used for the collection and analysis of data for the automation or control of a process.' Yet the term "Internet of Things" did not come about recently.

Epicor Rises to #1 in Top 10 ERP Report

26.01.2017
Category: Technology Innovation

Epicor ranked number one over a fierce set of competitors in the first annual Top 10 ERP Systems Rankings Report by Panorama Consulting Solutions, a top influencer group and leading ERP consulting firm.

Epicor CFO Discusses Corporate Challenges

25.11.2015
Category: Technology Innovation

In an interview on SearchFinancialApplications.com, Kathy Crusco, executive vice president and CFO of Epicor, answered questions ranging from the challenges of merging two organizations (Epicor and Activant) to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s new standard for recognizing revenue.

How To Get The Most From Your ERP

24.11.2015
Category: ERP

In a fascinating discussion of what’s going on with enterprise resource planning (ERP), Nigel Montgomery, research director at Gartner Research, tackles a host of questions that should be of great interest to anyone following enterprise IT.