Interprise Suite Seminar 2011 - Day 3 & 4

Day 3 & 4 Aug 25 & 26th
 

If you were overwhelmed with new features and excited about the latest happenings with this new version 6.0 and you stepped out to enjoy Vegas, you got to get yourself into the session by 9 am how does that sound? Well that's what everybody did and few people had to demo/speak at the seminar too ...

Day 3 was more of the same of Day 2 but wit more in depth review of features of how to use it, examples, more screenshot, live demo and breaks to caffeine ourselves so we can sit through the seminar.  

Track 1 covered setup and management of Ecommerce, Report engine and CRM module. Track 2 was more of POS, Customer and Supplier modules. Again if you are a Geek then you will love Track 3 and 4.

Track 3 caught my attention since Ramil the head of product development was walking through a bunch of nerds about the new revamped SDK (Software Development Kit) and this version of SDK looked much easier to use, simpler and intuitive for developers. He walked us through some basic stuff on how-to's and then showed us real life example of creating an order template and integrating with Order processing.

Track 4 - I had to really wake myself up to be there at 8:30 am so I can present my ECommerce 101 presentation which covered everything that you ever wanted to know abt running your eBusiness successfully from SEO, PPC, SEM, Social Media, Shopping feeds and Multi-channel marketing.

Track 4 also had topics from Lerryn, eTail Solutions, Barcoders and other notable speakers.

Day 4

 

We had half-day session on 26th Friday covering left over topics such as Banking, Accounting, Inventory and Shipping module features that couldn't fit into other days were covered. 

Track 3 & 4 on final day was more of networking, questions, brainstorming sessions. Honestly I couldn't make myself available since we had rock party the previous night and I ended up sleeping more ... 

What Happens in Vegas, Kind of Stays in Vegas :)

Most of us were ready to head back to our business/offices and those who dropped in from East coast had to rush before Hurricane Irene hits the east coast on Sat evening.

OVERALL, we liked the new version 6.0 (and beta 7 was release that week) it was packed with powerful automated features that small and medium business can use in their daily operations to run their business, some of the high level features worth noting down 

1. Interprise Suite is fully ERP ready

2. Just the Ecommerce solution is worth the install rather than Magento

3. New POS in Silver light seem very promising 

4. Integration with Shipping module and other partner's plugins makes it more scalable 

5. New revamped SDK is developers delight

6. Pricing you can't just beat it for what you get, under $5000 you get Combo meal, with bottomless fries and unlimited coke. (If you want me to translate that then 5 user license + E-Commerce unlimited websites) 

Interprise Suite Seminar 2011 - Day 2

Day 2 - Multi Track Session

Day 2 Aug 24th started with 4 tracks and this is where it gets interesting and if you are representing your Company alone then you have to shift gears and jump between sessions but recommended way to do it is always attend in groups at least 2 people from a Company so you can always share notes at the end.

Track 1 was Product overview from Curt and Track 2 was all about 6.0 and new features and this is where all the newbies and existing customers were glued to the presentation, Track 3 and 4 was more of eCommerce and latest technology from Interprise as well as System Integrator.

Honestly for me Track 3 & 4 was very interesting just coz i'm a Geek and I love what other Geeks do, so in this scenario I was overwhelmed by Ezra's new baby "Silver Touch" it really touched my Geek brain. SilverTouch is a development platform for developing rich user interface like Flash but using Silverlight technology from Microsoft that interfaces with Interprise database or with any other database. We got a glimpse of POS module that's developed using the SilverTouch interface, awesome idea to keep it open source and I thk this will be a killer for iPad/Tablet apps if Silverlight gets supported by Apple and Android devices ....

After sitting in the seminar for  6+ hrs listening to new features, coming soon, new features etc  overloaded with information you get brain damage and you step out of the seminar head back to your room(s) and take a power nap before you step out to play Craps, blackjack or just the slot machine or watch some shows vegas has to offer or if you are like me then you would rather  party all night ;) !!!!

Day 3 & 4 gets harder ...

  

Interprise Suite Seminar 2011 - Day 1

Day 1 - Interprise Suite User Conference at Hotel Mirage, Las Vegas.

It was hot outside and pretty cool inside, no i'm not talking abt the weather in Las Vegas i'm expressing my views about Interprise Suite new Ver 6.0 code named Eireen (Ever wonder how Interprise comes up with product code names ;) I thk I know the secret... )

On day 1 we had business owners from all walks of life along with re-sellers/partners and developers representing their clients all in all we were around 100+ looking for some serious new features in Interprise. The Philippines team has been cooking the ERP features for last few months and currently unveiled IS 6.0 beta 7 during the demos.

Yossi, Iuval and Gary's team took the stage and introduced the new platform and their business strategy for 2011 and 2012, sneak preview of new website look and feel was provided by Gary and we think the new website looks more refined and business friendly, looking fwd for new site in few days ...

Cloud hosting was big deal, Curt Rice was pumped up with the offerings that small and medium business could leverage with this solution. Ezra walked in with his Geek hat covering the REST web services and SilverTouch the next big thing that we could expect from Ezra's team in Point of Sale (POS) and much more...

It was the day of showcasing the product and it's framework which allows solution providers to broaden the ERP features vertically which allows business to scale to enterprise level. We had demo from each of these vendors and integrator such as Barcoders, B2B Gateway, TransNational, TrustWave, eTail Solution, Lerryn and others.

Stay tuned for more updates on rest of the days and more pictures abt the event.

Thinking About NetSuite, think again or read this article

Interesting article I ran into this week about why NetSuite is not ready to sell if you are a business owner and can't spend more than $10,000 per year for their ERP software and we aren't surprised if NetSuite filters it's pipeline filled with small and medium business ready to buy their ERP software hosted solution.

Every ERP vendor has tried to define the term "small and medium" and they end up serving only medium and high business since the cost of setup and training would be much higher and smaller customers won't have that budget, so customers need to understand what features they need and whether they need an ERP solution  to scale their business.

We did a comparison matrix of couple of ERP vendors against NetSuite few years back and it still holds good even till date, read more abt it http://www.info-sourcing.com/comparison_enterprise_softwares.htm

NetSuite stops selling to smaller businesses. Congratulations

By Dennis Howlett | August 9, 2011, 12:50pm PDT

Does Interprise Suite fit "Small and Medium" business?
From what we heard from Gary Harrison at Interprise Solutions, they are announcing their new pricing for small and medium business, which will allow business owners to jump on the band wagon for their hosted SaaS solution starting from $59 per month per user and you can scale it up as your business grows.  Stay tuned for more announcement.

Interprise Suite User Conference in Las Vegas Aug 23rd 2011

We are thrilled to be part of the IS seminar in Las Vegas from Aug 23rd to Aug 26th at Hotel Mirage. This year seminar focus on newer version 6.0 which is totally revamped with new UI (User Interface) design, newer modules such as Shipping, Business Intelligence and whole lot of enhancements all around the software.

Also look out for new POS (Point of Sale) module written in Silverlight technology and I so look fwd to it since I heard good things about it. The new SDK is also getting airbrushed and will get hands on experience for developers and integrators.

Also InfoSourcing's CEO Harsha Sarjapur is one of the invited speakers in the seminar and we will be covering the Ecommerce 101 session on Aug 25th at 9 am to 10:30 covering range of topics from SEO, SEM, PPC, Shopping feeds, multi-channel, Social media and Analytics. Be there it will be ton of information for business owners to learn the trade secrets of  Ecommerce.

We will also showcase our OneStopFeed Multi-channel solution that will grow more than shopping feeds and cover marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay and other marketplaces.

If you are a business owner and planning to attend the General session on Aug 23rd then visit our website and Sign up for FREE, yes we are offering 100 free passes to any business who wants to evaluate Interprise for their business.

Visit our website for more about Interprise Suite 6.0 and meet us up in Las Vegas too. Stay tuned for more updates from the seminar, live blogging.