Talented people are the heart and soul of a successful technology implementation. The right talent, in the form of consultants, designers, developers, and testers can ensure the solution meets short and long term needs. This includes hiring recent graduates and executing training programs to turn these graduates from raw talent into Microsoft delivery talent. [...]
Not too long ago, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems were considered mammoth back-office machines managing the financial and accounting processes of primarily large enterprises. I recall vividly my father, a finance director for a Fortune 100 company in the 1970’s through early 1990’s complaining about the inflexibility and complexity of the large-iron based ERP system [...]
This week, I’m at NRF 2012 talking with industry leaders about the latest innovations in retail. Today, there are many prominent technology trends that retailers are looking to leverage to enhance their customer’s experience and increase sales revenue. In fact, there are more than 35 sessions at the show this year discussing many of these [...]
