March 15, 2019

Five Fantastic Sites for Keeping Up With Business Trends in Tech

in: Business Tagged: business, tech

Technology is constantly changing. Entrepreneurs looking to gain a competitive edge can stay at the forefront of their industries by regularly reading the following tech websites and blogs. These resources provide inspiration for improving business practices, attracting investors, and navigating fluctuations in domestic and global markets. TechCrunch Focused on the business side of tech innovation, […]

April 23, 2018

Signs You Need to Overhaul Your Legacy System (i.e. that custom software you had built over 5 years ago)

in: Software Tagged: business, business efficiency, business productivity, custom software, legacy software, Legacy Systems, Programming tag, softwares

We see it all the time: a company has a long-established software system that’s either fully custom or has been customized to fit just right. It’s perfect, or as nearly perfect as software can be. And then the company grows. It evolves with the changing marketplace. Little by little, that perfect fit starts to pinch […]

April 6, 2018

Improving Salesforce User Adoption

in: Business, Programming, Software Tagged: business, business efficiency, business productivity, salesforce, Salesforce administration, user support

Salesforce User Adoption, Part II: Improving Salesforce User Adoption Creating a great Salesforce app for your team is only part of the solution; the other part is getting your team to use the app. The best tool in the world is useless if it’s not used! You’ve seen plenty of tips about signs your team […]

March 23, 2018

Tips for Using Salesforce Record Types

in: Business, Software Tagged: business, salesforce, Salesforce administration, Salesforce business processes, Salesforce record types, Salesforce setup

Many companies use Salesforce not only for sales-related CRM but also for managing disparate business processes. Salesforce record types can help administrators fine-tune their orgs and manage business processes for different users effectively. Sometimes, administrators go a little overboard with custom record types. Even after reading the documentation, it can help to see how other […]

February 15, 2018

Monolithic Rollouts of Legacy System Replacements

in: Business, Developers, Programming, Software Tagged: business, business efficiency, business productivity, consulting, custom software, custom software development, Programming tag, software development, softwares, solution design

Legacy system conversion projects are always challenging. Rollout strategy can make a huge difference in successful user adoption and overall project success. Only when I began writing them down did I realize that I had recurring dreams.  I had believed that my dreams were largely random and varied, but instead I learned that I had […]