We recently spoke with the Revenue Manager of a mid-market information technology and services company about their revenue recognition process. Her company sells hardware, software, services, and support, in various combinations. These may be sold directly through the channel and on an e-commerce platform. Each of their sales orders has many moving parts including billing […]
Momentum 2.0: Empowering Tensoft Customers
We are pleased to announce Momentum 2.0 – Tensoft’s online user conference – for the third quarter of 2020. Open to Tensoft customers, it will be hosted on September 22 and 23. Momentum is an opportunity for our customers to get in-depth training, to interact, to get insight on the new product updates and to […]
2020 Release Plan for Business Central is Now Available
Last week, Microsoft released the 2020 release wave 1 plan for Dynamics 365. Formerly known as release notes, this plan provides information on the upcoming features that will be released from April 2020 through September 2020 across Dynamics 365 applications, including Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Key Milestones February 3, 2020: Early […]
Building Web Applications Since the Last Century, Part II
When we first started to develop our own apps, we took a step back to see what we thought would be both scalable and attractive to customers. Part of what we saw was the beginning of a trend towards web-based apps instead of traditional client-server apps. Clearly, the ability to deliver solutions as web apps […]
Building Web Applications Since the Last Century, Part I
In a world where “the new new thing” is king and longevity is often slightly suspect, it’s startling to think that we’ve now been building web applications since before the turn of the century. Our current applications and business have evolved to the point where there’s scant (if any) mention of those early efforts on […]
2018 Recap: Top 3 Highlights at Tensoft
In case you missed this last year, here are the highlights that I’d put on my “Top 3” list here at Tensoft in 2018: Momentum 2.0: Tensoft’s New User Conference In October last year, Tensoft hosted its first online user conference, Momentum 2.0 for Tensoft customers. The robust agenda covered interesting topics on Tensoft SemiOps […]
Keeping Your Financials Secure with Cloud ERP
As use of the Cloud has become more pervasive, it’s been interesting to observe the evolution in perception that has taken place with regard to its safety and security. Initially, the perceived risk of having your financials in the Cloud came from CFOs or controllers whose main concern was that they didn’t physically have control […]
The Importance of a Good ERP Partner
I’ve been lucky enough (or unlucky enough, depending on your perspective), to be on both sides of the ERP equation. That is, I’ve worked as a consultant implementing ERP systems and for businesses implementing ERP systems. Now, while this might be obvious to some, I know from experience that companies don’t always really consider the […]
Microsoft’s Cloud Strategy Success Was an Inside Job
Two articles in the same issue of “The Street” recently caught my eye. Both are about Microsoft, and both mention the layoff news that’s emerging as a result of the company’s annual re-organization. The first, Microsoft Gets Rebooted Under Satya Nadella Here Are His Six Biggest Achievements, describes how many of Microsoft’s products were struggling […]
Postmodern ERP: How Did We Get Here?
A few years ago, Gartner introduced the term “Postmodern ERP.” In an earlier blog post, I discussed how they define it, as well as an alternative definition. And, I also described how this relates to Tensoft and its solutions. But I left the question of “how did we get to postmodern ERP?” for another time […]