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Forrester’s Case for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the Cloud: 60% ROI

This blog was written by Robert Ruppert, Regional Sales Manager for Enavate, and reprinted with permission. Leading technology research firm Forrester recently interviewed seven Microsoft Dynamics 365 customers that implemented the cloud-based ERP to replace aging, siloed ERP systems that offered bad user experiences. As in most cases, the decision to…
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Pajama Day AKA Working from Home

Photo appears courtesy of Marco Verch. Do I really wear pajamas when I work from home?  A bathrobe and slippers?  Not really, but since I go to the gym daily after my workday, I do wear workout clothes and sneakers.  That is a huge savings on not having to have…
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Streamline Your EDI Transactions with Electronic Trading Profiles

Updated July 7, 2023 You’ve taken your first steps as a small business owner—you have a website, business cards, a line card, and other collateral for your business. You’ve implemented or will soon implement some degree of EDI capability. Your next step is to put that EDI to use with…
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SHA-1 vs. SHA-2 Digital Certificates – What’s All the Fuss About?

Photo appears courtesy of F Delventhal. Many of you probably know about the new requirements coming regarding SHA2 digital certificates.  Before we discuss that, let’s first look at SHA-1.  What is SHA-1?  According to Wikipedia, in cryptography, SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm 1) is a cryptographic hash function designed by the United States National Security…
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RFID in Football – What Does This Have to do with EDI?

  Photo appears courtesy of Jonathan Holmes. RFID (radio frequency ID), a cousin to the EDI 856 ASN document, which is used to track shipment cartons along the supply chain all the way to the distribution center has a new, wider adoption in NFL football. What?!  With the Super Bowl and entertaining (and…
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Tech Savvy Generation Z Entering the Workforce

Photo appears courtesy of Derek Σωκράτης Finch. There have been a lot of articles complaining about the Millennial Generation in the workplace.  We have a different opinion about this new generation that is now in college and will soon be entering the workforce.  Many refer to this new crop of young…
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The Need for Speed: Software, Hardware and Everything In Between

Picture appears courtesy of Fritz van Eerd – Hockenheim. A consultant we work with started his software company in 1976 and bought a computer for development.  It had 48K of RAM (that’s ‘K’, not ‘MB’) and 12MB of disk space (that’s ‘MB’, not ‘GB’).   It cost about $70,000.00 (that’s 1976…
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Five Common Mistakes When Setting Up an AS2 Connection

Having been deemed the “AS2 Queen” in EDI circles, I thought it would be nice to summarize five of the most common mistakes that I have encountered in working with AS2 connections and support. The AS2 communication protocol for EDI can be a very cost-efficient solution for companies wanting to exchange…
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My Cyber Monday Woes

Photo appears courtesy of Liz West.  Guest blogging for GraceBlood is Nathan Camp of Liaison Technologies.  I was intent on making this last holiday season a time of reflection and peace. I would not succumb to witty advertising campaigns inducing me to spend money on needless gifts. But then those brilliant marketers at…
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EDI and the Internet of Things (IoT)

I teach some college classes and have been working on some material to add to my Management Information Systems class.  The topic I have been researching is The Internet of Things (IoT) which is one of the top 5 hottest trends in IT right now (along with Cloud, Big Data,…
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