Continuing the conversation about Cloud Computing, I ran into this article through a Google Newsfeed this week. It seems to me and to the author of this post http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/03/personal-cloud-2014/ that some companies are not taking Cloud seriously. Tagging onto my post from a couple of weeks ago, the author agrees with my conclusion that deploying enterprise applications
Read MoreLet us explore the future of Business Intelligence. Last week I spoke about Windows 8 and it’s impact on computing. However, let’s further explore the problems, yes problems, with Business Intelligence. Until today, Business Intelligence has been primarily provided by Hyperion, Cognos and other solutions. Many years back, Microsoft introduced Microsoft Analysis Services. However these
Read MoreWhile there are several ways to circumvent this issue, there is really only one solution. That is to rename the field whose name is identical to the table name. I know, I know, Easier said than done right? In fact, in the case that it’s the primary field, you have to go as far as
Read MoreWhat do you do when you are Microsoft, the 800 pound gorilla in the marketplace when both Google and Apple are taking your customers? In 2007, Apple released the iPhone and subsequently in 2010, the iPad mobile devices. Apple’s strategy is to have a single OS on all devices, Mac, iPhone and iPad. Google
Read MoreIt was while working on one of my first projects in Dynamics CRM 2011 that I encountered the following error when creating the Service Reference to the REST endpoint in Dynamics CRM 2011. The custom tool ‘DataServiceClientGenerator’ failed. Data service client code-generation failed: Schema specified is not valid. Errors: (0,0) : error 0042: Name nje_fail
Read MoreThe Cost of Bad Project Management — Gallup Management Journal When I read this article from Gallup Management Journal, I chuckled. Having managed many projects over the last 20 years, I’ve noticed a dynamic that cannot be explained. That dynamic is the human dynamic. You see, early on in my project management career, I
Read MoreHave you ever googled or bing’ed an error and notice that everyone is missing the boat? Well, that happened recently while doing a mail merge of CRM Contacts with Microsoft Word. Here’s the setup: Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM Internet Facing Deployment with a view that was setup to e-mail newsletters Using Microsoft Internet Explorer v
Read MoreIn this blog entry, I want to take on the financial case for moving your business to the Cloud. First, let’s discuss what the Cloud is and what it isn’t in the context of business applications. According to NIST (National Institute of Science and Technology) “Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network
Read MoreWhen you open multiple Microsoft Word documents, you are able to put one on your main monitor and one on your secondary monitor to compare, copy and paste from one document to another. However, if you open multiple spreadsheets from Excel, you can’t do the same thing! This has annoyed me since 2007 when Microsoft
Read MoreEarly in the last century, manufacturers had electrical generators in their facilities and their ability to produce was tied directly to their ability to generate electricity. It was Edison and Tesla who ushered the creation of the electrical grid to the American society. Think about your usage of electricity today. You flip on a light
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