By Jeb Buddecke, Practice Leader, Director of Enterprise Applications at Sphere Partners Acumatica is the fastest-growing cloud ERP 6 years in a row and is loved by users and industry analysts. Built as a cloud-native application, it was launched in 2008 and offers financial management, distribution, manufacturing, construction, payroll, WMS, mobile, customer management, project accounting,
As the world economy enters into a phase of recession and general economic “tightness”, companies are asking the timeless question of how to save money during difficult times. This timeless question of course has timeless answers: Increase revenue (by accelerating go-to-market speeds of products) Reduce cost (by modifying team sizes or existing investments) These answers
At the start of any software development project, the team has to select the appropriate development method. The method should incorporate the client's requests and the product specifications. Although several methods are available, most teams choose the incremental or iterative framework. Understanding how they work will help you and your team select the most suitable
My name is Olga Douhaya and I’m a project manager and business analyst. I’ve worked at Sphere Partners for over 3 years, overall in IT for 15+ years. In this article, I will share common mistakes and best practices for Business Analysis. If you are not a business analyst, you might think this
Business intelligence (BI) tools empower data-driven decisions through data visualization, mining, and business analytics. Businesses make better-informed decisions through actionable insights. Data visualization and aggregation tools help us understand the numbers and make sense of business data. BI software brings data to life, allowing you to interact, analyze and present the data. BI tools gather,
By Jeb Buddecke, Practice Leader, Director of Enterprise Applications at Sphere Partners I talked to an IT Director recently who mentioned to me all the different software applications (NetSuite, Teams, Slack, monday.com, Zoho, Salesforce, Canva, DocuSign, ShipStation, SmartSheets, Jira, etc.) their company is using. Many are redundant and none of them are integrated with each
By Jeb Buddecke, Practice Leader, Director of Enterprise Applications at Sphere Partners Acumatica and monday.com are two of the fastest growing, modern business management applications on the market today. Acumatica is a leading Cloud ERP used to manage financials, distribution, manufacturing, projects, and other back-office operations. monday.com is a cloud-based low-code Work OS platform that allows users
Acumatica vs NetSuite: An Alternate Assessment Both Acumatica and NetSuite are established, vetted, and leading ERP systems, and there are many published comparisons of the two. However, most of those focus on the functional comparisons between the two. While this whitepaper considers some functional differences, it focuses on other aspects to consider when choosing
Keeping pace with the demands of an ever more online world means ever more aspects of your business will inevitably move to take advantage of the benefits provided by cloud computing. While it is easy to think of the cloud as simply a set of infrastructure that just exists, somewhere in the digital ether, the
So, you have an excellent app or software idea, the next breakout solution that potentially disrupts your industry. Or your solution solves your customers' pain points once and for all. How do you get it from concept to launch? One proven approach to software development is the agile methodology. Agile can get your app into
