| Marlow Recommends | US Retailers penetrating Global Market
2010 appears to be the year of Global expansion into new retail markets. With that outreach comes new trading issues, different divisions, and net new trading partners. If you're in this mode, there are several things that you'll need to consider when looking at Electronic trading. There are different EDI standards, different EDI transactions, different needs with regard to data content, and trading partners that may not have been asked in the past to support different order ... Read More >> |
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| Five Criteria | 5 Things to Know About Cloud vs Hosted vs SaaS
Common knowledge has it that if you were to move some or all of your IT efforts to the Cloud, your world would be as right as rain. Whether you agree with that premise or not, competitive pressures will eventually force you to move to the Cloud. That's just the way it is. Ok, fine, you say. But what is this Cloud, where does one find it, and aren't I already there since I'm using Software as a Service (SaaS) products?
All fine questions, to be sure. The answers, however, are as easy to na...
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| Cecil\'s Journey | Cecil's SaaSy Cloud Trip
I'm making my way west over the next few weeks, taking the I-10 route across the Southern States then up the California coast. The half dozen clients I'll see along the way have more in common than their convenient location along my route (and the fact that they share my love for local cuisine). All of them are either in the midst of evaluating SaaS based solutions for their EDI processes, or have already made the change.
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| From the Top | ThinkStrategies Interview (audio) - Jeffrey Kaplan
Earlier this week I talked with Jeffrey Kaplan, the company's founder, about the state of SaaS and Cloud computing strategies. I specifically asked Jeffrey to help me understand what critical factors make an application or service a SaaS environment rather than simply a hosted application rebranded as something else. Listen to Jeffrey's explanation, and see if you agree.
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| Project Management | Getting Back to Basics
When there's a lot going on, we often push the fundamentals aside and forget the basic skills that have been part of our success. Project management has been a central part of my own success from the beginning of my career. So, when I'm faced with new challenges or when I'm wondering why a project isn't going as well as I'd like, I remember this acronym: IPEMC.
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