First impressions of the Cloud will snare your thoughts and shape your views about Cloud Computing. If you continually hear from your IT department that the Cloud is a fad and that data is not secure, moving forward, you will be not be open to learning more about it. However, if early on, you heard
Read MoreIf you give the Cloud a chance, you will clearly see the advantages of moving your entire business to a hosted, virtual environment. Even though, cloud computing has recently exploded and is gaining momentum, just like everything else that is new to the market; there is a user adoption curve stretched over the lifespan of
Read MoreOkay, confession time: this blog is late. I usually publish my blogs on Friday’s and an endless number of things have gotten in my way. However, the biggest thing that has gotten in my way is simply this: Writer’s Block! Oh yeah, good old Writer’s Block! But then, recent events have brought me to thinking
Read MoreWhen you are considering ERP or CRM software, what factors do you weigh when thinking about deploying on premise or in the cloud? Do you like the flexibility of deploying in the Cloud with scalable users and fixed monthly billing? Are you more confident with the perceived security of deploying on premise? Who owns your
Read MoreThe anticipation of my first Convergence had been building up since January. Convergence is a gathering of Microsoft Dynamics users, partners and ISV’s who come from around the world to crash a city for a few days to learn more about the Microsoft Dynamics family of products and network with fellow business product users. As
Read MoreContinuing 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 MoreWell here is an interesting one for you… I have been doing some report modifications for a client that is using Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Online. When I attempted to upload my changes, I recieved the following error message: Error Uploading Report An Error Occurred while trying to add the report to Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
Read MoreYet more fixes for CRM 2011 Outlook client. While trying to configure the CRM client for Outlook on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 for CRM Online you get the error: “Cannot connect to Microsoft Dynamics CRM server because we cannot authenticate your credentials. Check your connection or contact your administrator for more help.” Note:
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 MoreMost CEO’s believe their data is more secure in house compared to the Cloud. They fail to realize that their servers are often stored in a locked closet or other room, vulnerable to theft and natural disaster. They also fail to realize that Cloud providers have much more expertise securing data offsite than their own
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