Jan in Malaysia

Microsoft Greatpleans and Navision.

Absolute winners in the market-segement they are intended for.  www.navision.com | www.greatplains.com. Keeps the IT-manager away from all kind of funny meetings with people that are re-inventing the wheel. I have been in situations like that before. It’s absolutely horror and will lead to nothing more than waste of time and resources.

The middelman is doomed ?

For example www.jyvepro.com. The concept is neat but it feels like totally besides the question (for me).  Maybe for some services it might work. Like for realtime translation services…

It should keep track of items to bill but not bill the talker or listener directly. Some of the time is simply not billable. And the thing is that via the payment gateway the money is gone already. I don’t need that. I can easily pay somebody via external systems. Much more fairness in that. Most of time customers will use services based on downpayment. You pay 1000usd and you get 100 hours. In the end of the month you pay for extra services consumed. The invoice will be sent and a nice time-billing-sheet will be presented. These system should be running on different platforms (like Navision, MS Greatplains and others, there is many integrated billing systems out there, go further and you are in the world of ERP-systems and CRM-systems.).

But okay, I like the metering system, but I would prefer not to bill or be billed realtime and I don’t need a middleman like BuyPay, or Clickpay. It’s too much. If I need to have it, well give me paypal. Still got some money stuck there on the virtual world…

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ERP and CRM "integrated" with Skype

The Contact Management Tool™ [CMT] is the latest web-based application that is used to share enterprise contacts, notes, reminders, and sales opportunities. The system is simple to use, secure, private, and may be setup to afford the owners and managers to have a “big picture” view of sales and operations. Low cost, low risk, and high value. The CMT may be used as a stand-alone system and is the foundation of your company’s ERP system Toolbox. The Teamwork Managem  ent Tool™ [TMT] is another web based “Tool” that enables all participants of a project to stay up-to-date, have access to all critical notices, access to the entire team’s directory and real-time access to all project documents. An easy to use interface provides managers with simplicity and efficiency in managing projects.

News-source : http://share.skype.com/directory/erp_and_crm_integrates_with_skype/view/
Company-url : http://www.mycompanytoolbox.com/
Undergoing some testing : in progress.

See also www.erp.webtown.com.my with my «collection» of ERP-stuff.

Petronas KLCC Towers in Kuala Lumpur on Google Earth! in 3D

 www.earth.google.com and it’s overlays by far the easiest way to locate something on the earth. Works fine, when the map is up to date. But even now with an outdated map of 1.5 years I guess for Malaysia, it does not really matter. Big buildings don’t change so fast anyways.  I use this map regularly to find my way in Kuala Lumpur.

Just click below to fly directly to this locations (you need the client of www.earth.google.com).

Google KMZ location file : 080505-__3D_Petronas_Towers_[24649].kmz (131 KB)

Great stuff !

Automation is Changing the Accounts Payable (AP) Landscape

Beyond "In" Boxes and "Out" Boxes: How Automation is Changing the Accounts Payable (AP) Landscape
Today's AP professionals spend much of their day handling paper, resolving vendor disputes, and attempting to keep up with phone calls in the effort to move invoices from the "in" box to the "out" box. Even though elements of automation have been introduced, AP processes continue to represent models of inefficiency. By streamlining the purchase-to-pay process, from invoice receipt and processing through to invoice approval and payment, organizations can more realistically manage costs, address compliance concerns, and improve vendor relationships.

From BottomLine Technologies

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KnowledgeStorm, Inc. [KSCustomerService@knowledgestorm.com]

Accelerating Web-based Applications

Accelerating Web-based Applications: Managed Services Offer Benefits Without Infrastructure Headaches
Web-based applications offer enormous potential for companies to reach out to employees, customers, partners, and suppliers. But they can also generate negative reactions if users suffer performance and availability problems. By using Web-based application acceleration services you can quickly solve performance and availability problems for all your users around the world - without all the implementation and management headaches.

From Akamai

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source : KnowledgeStorm, Inc. [KSCustomerService@knowledgestorm.com]

voice mail and fax software for home, home office, and small business

http://channels.lockergnome.com/windows/archives/20050914_call_soft_pro.phtml

Call Soft Pro is the latest voice mail and fax software for home, home office, and small business users. Simple enough to be used as a basic home answering machine, yet powerful enough to provide small businesses with a professional voice messaging solution. All the features you’d expect are supported:…

 

Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains), Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta), Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) en Microsoft Dynamics SL (Solomon).

	Microsoft Dynamics for mid-sized firms - Malaysia Star The Dan & David Show: Microsoft Dynamics, CRM dramatics, an ... - ZDNet Microsoft Dynamics Gets Ready to Roll - eWeek

 Mid-Sized Business Centre at www.microsoft.com/midsizebusiness

Computers and Internet are as dangerous as Nuclear Energy and Atomic bombs.

 Wisdom of the day (or rather statement) : computer and software-solutions will always do more than what you want them to do; therefore the are in combination with the internet the ultimate uncontrollable pest on the world.

 I have always believed that computers, the internet, certain softwares are worse and certainly more dangerous inventions than the Atomic Bomb or Nuclear Energy if not controlled properly. You could even omit “if not controlled properly”. It cannot be controlled. It will just happen.

Smart Business Intelligence Framework

 The Smart Business Intelligence Framework

B EYE Network: Business intelligence (BI) applications can't meet the needs of business if they are not well integrated with the overall IT environment. Crucial areas of integration: planning, because that's how targets and goals are set; collaboration, because that's how these goals are communicated; business transactions, because that's how performance is measured. Business performance management applications are supposed to track transactions, but buyers should make sure their dashboards are tied to goals, not just sources of raw information.

 

Source : IT Business Edge [knowledgereports@itbusinessedge.com]