Bring IT On Microsoft, Launches NAV ERP 2009

Ran into this article on Computer World and worth reading about new version of NAV ERP for Mid-market, it would be interesting to compare the feature sets between NAV ERP and Interprise Suite ERP and see its flexbility...

Microsoft to launch major upgrade to NAV ERP software Dec. 1: "November 19, 2008 (IDG News Service) Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009, the latest generation of one of the company's midmarket ERP products, will be generally available Dec. 1 in 14 countries, the company said today at its Convergence conference in Copenhagen"

Its has been more than 5 yrs now, haven't heard the status of the famous so called "Project Green" which is combined ERP from Microsoft after they acquired several differnet ERP/Accounting systems I would assume they are gonna push NAV as the bigger brother here ...

Does NAV ERP fit the bill for small and medium business? Can IS compete with NAV ERP in Mid market space, 2009 would be watchful year with down turn on Wall St and Main St..

All Major software companies releasing their great versions in Dec'08 targeting 2009, Interprise is releasing its 2009 version mid Dec'08 so stay tuned ...

What should be the "Best" Price for Interprise Suite?

Did Wall street meltdown hit the main street yet? With layoff's and economy slow down we are seeing this down turn in ERP market too. Recently NetSuite an ERP vendor for small and medium business reported loss, read below quote

NETSUITE LOSS WIDENS. Online application vendor NetSuite lost $6.2 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, up from $1.7 million in last year’s corresponding period, as the growth in operating expenses outpaced the growth in revenue. Revenue for the most recently ended period reached $40.4 million, up from $28.1 million in last year’s third quarter. Operating expenses rose to $32.8 million... - Source: Consulting Insights By Bob Scott

Interprise Suite is standing firmly to release its 2009 version in Dec'08 filled with lots of features, are they going to get hit with the economy slow down? we have to watch how the market goes from here ....

But with the increase demand for integrated systems for small and medium business who want to automate their entire business process defintely need ERP which is afforable, it becomes even critical to define the "best" price point for your product, with recent price increase of Interprise suite from $795 per user to $1295 (effect from 2009) would defintely hit hard on small business owners who are looking for intergated solution.

Customers who are looking for ERP should act now to purchase Interprise Suite (before end of this month Nov) as prices are low at $995 per user or atleast you could lock down the prices.

Interprise is closely watching the market & its popularity and based on which hopefully they will determine the best price for the slow down economy.

For more in depth comparison on ERP product click here.

ERP Vendor Highlights:
1. NetSuite loss widens and they are losing in share value
2. Everest Software down sizing its employees in India and cutting cost
3. Interprise Suite increases its prices from $795 to $1295

More and more companies are down sizing or right sizing for the 2009 market showdown.

Interprise Suite Training - Day 4 & 5

I'm so behind now in posting and recovering from the jolt of information Interprise struck us, even a geek like me can't digest, I pity those customers, there is so much to learn and use this product in several different ways.

Anyways on Day 4 more on what we did on Day 3, SDK training widened into creating shipment plugins exact same steps IS developers did to integrate the shipment module to IS, something interesting was happening in POS room, the Encampus guys were revealing their new assult products into the market, their new reporting engine its so dynamic we had ton of questions on how to use.... and some highlights

1. The report engine works seamlessly with Encumpus POS and IS

2. Report engine can plug into any third party database and provides you with reporting capabilities, ahh Crystal watch out.

3. It has capabilities to use Stored procedures, queries and also schedule when the report needs to be triggered and take action

4. In future it can also connect to web services and run reports on those kind of data too...

The kiosk intergation was neat, load POS on that box, configure and you are ready to collect data or payments, it can be stand alone or integrated with backend IS.

ASPDotNet Storefront, well we continued our think tank sessions with Rob who digged into XML packages and ran through e-Commerce sceanrios, should i mention in the end Rob said "No more suggestions looking at me" coz we couldn't resist asking can it do this, how abt that?

But they did take notes on what features to be added for future releases, one of the feature was to allow custom fields to show up without tweaking the code behind files, seamlessly from IS, allow to show custom stock status messages few to mention here ....

On thursday we hit Tabu dance club in MGM partyed all nite and wrapped up the event on friday, woke up late and was just socializing with IS developers and others.

I missed my flight for some stupid mistakes by the airport people, they moved the gate from D24 to D23 and they never bothered to post that info on their monitors and assumed everyone will hear to their great announcement, what they don't know is everyone has iPod or iPhone connected to their ears ...

Anyways after waiting for 7 hrs and getting frustrated bought a new ticket and flew out off Vegas.

What happens in the day stays with us but what happens in the nite stays in vegas ;)

It was an excellent seminar I attended since 2003 and a great location to attend the seminar.

Day 3: Interprise Suite Training

Day 3 had multiple tracks or session to cover the breadth and depth of ERP software, that's how big an ERP training requires to get everybody up to the mark of using the software. My goal was simple jump into every session to get the feel of integrated module so here I go....

SDK Track - Visual Studio 2008 will enable off line operation of allowing users to download and cache data onto your laptop and work on by creating sales order and then hook up to your
internet connection and sync up your data with ADO .Net Sync functionality and this will be supported by IS shortly.

Marketing Track - SEO tips and email marketing on how to improve your web business, Jeff touched various marketing techniques such as social marketing, forums, blogs so it was another track of information for customers comes in handy

Application Track - CRM demo was breeze as it was demonstrated by Curt, did I say he is so organized and comes with this massive knowledge of IS and can teach any dummies, yeah he is writing Dummies for IS.

E-Commerce Track - The most exiciting track of all for us the e-Commerce demonstrated Rob and Ryan, was very interactive and hands on experience on how to code XML Packages and reuse them in storefront, understanding of skinning, ways to deploy IS website, Q n A, demos, talk and some jokes, very relaxed environment ramped the day.

If you are in Vegas and stayin at MGM never miss a chance to visit the shows, we did attend Cirque De Soleil "KA" and wow what a show, don't miss it, here are some pictures.....

Day 2: Interprise Suite User Conference

Day 2 was user conference opened to prospects, customers, resellers and integrators it was open ended session for users to view the powerful features IS had to offer for small and medium business along with Q & A which was the first half of the session highlights.

After lunch the afternoon session the audience witnessed the extended family of integrators namely:

Rob from ASPDotNet Storefront
Ezra from Premier POS
Kevin from B2B Gateway
and Curt, IS specialist

EDI Functionality:Integration with EDI gateway is made easy by plugging EDI module developed by B2BGateway.Net, now its click away to send your PO's to your vendors and recieve inventory products and stay integrated.

E-Commerce:If you like to stay on top of your world wide web you need e-Commerce, the one which is integrated with your back end inventory controls control what products are shown on your website and order full fillment and customer relationship all tied into one integrated eBusiness solution.

Point of Sale: If you are in retail environment and want to stay connected with your

powerful back end ERP application and let your cash registers sell your inventory faster through the retail stores and have them still be able to order from Web and pick up the products at store.... the musical symphony of ERP application.

All the integrated products are built on single mantra "customizable" , any user can spend couple of hours and customize the application whether its ecommerce template or designing your POS application or even writing plugins for Interprise its possible to customize your software to meet your business needs.
... the wow factor was demonstrated.

Everyone was invited to MGM Grand Buffet for dinner and what I noticed there was some similarity between the buffet and ERP software, seriously look at it this way in buffet you get all sorts of food to taste yet it cost you one price, you have several different customers tasting different recipes and I compare that with ERP which hosts several different modules and customers use it in several different ways for operating their business and yet its integrated as all-in-one software under one price.

...... My favourite was dessert vis-a-vis e-Commerce.

Interprise Suite Conference 2008 - Day 1: Meet the Resellers

The 2008 IS conference hit the road at MGM, Las vegas on Sep 15th hosting the reseller conference with almost 40+ resellers across United States and few handful of resellers from UK and Australia.

• With new channel management initative geared up to satisfy the hungry small and medium business looking for integrated business solution, this was a good crowd to start with .....
  
  The day starts with introduction from Mike and Gary along with few product screenshots and questionnaires, then they bring out the big guns 2009 product road map and pricing, Interprise is now going to introduce 4 different flavors of its product.
  
  Interprise Suite Express Edition
  Interpirse Suite Small Business
  Interprise Suite Standard Edition
  Interprise Suite Advanced Edition/Enterprise (Product name yet to be finalized, should we can call it Interprise Suite ERP Edition)
  
  Next slide the waves hit the shore, with new pricing matrix and how it will drive new leads and channel management and how small business, start ups, mid size business all can be on same platform to grow their business using Interprise Suite and this really captures the pain in the market and providing the solution through direct and involving VAR/Reseller channel.
  
  Few gray areas need to be addressed such as pricing, market segementation, features in different versions, but truly a good move to capture small, medium and large business using the channel partners/VAR's.
  
  It was 5:30 and the session ended and party begans in Vegas, we all ended up in Gameworks for dinner and some fun with toys amongst IS employees and other resellers..

Interprise Suite, rehearsal of music symphony

Interprise Suite, rehearsal of music symphony - With a week to go now for the first major conference since Taylor acquisition this year, we look forward to meet the new executive team and its members.
Since attending their first reseller conference in Los Angles in 2006 Interprise Suite has come a long way in building partners and the product itself.

In 2006 since we signed up as resellers, the software was still maturing its ERP features, by end of 2008 it will be musical symphony for small and medium business to run their integrated business. The base product is now seamlessly integrated with e-Commerce and POS modules, its capability to customize and allow solution providers to build integrated modules using SDK is just the right recipe for good eats.

We will blogging from Las Vegas in a week from now, so stay tuned for IS symphony.

Interprise Suite eBusiness Edition - Glimpse

An Glimpse of Interprise Suite eBusiness Edition -- As Interprise Suite gets ready for the finale in Las Vegas its latest all integrated eBusiness edition is getting wrapped up to be delivered with a punch for small business. We got the latest eBusiness edition which integrates the backend ERP with renowned ASPDotNet Storefront e-Commerce seamlessly.

The concept of ERP integrated with e-Commerce allowing publishing of the catalog easier for business owners and avoiding duplication of orders thus leveraging the concept of integrated software, very few software’s did this concept such as Everest Software and NetSuite, however none can deliver the punch Interprise eBusiness delivers and here are few reasons.

1. Interprise Suite and ASPDotNet Storefront is seamlessly integrated; you can enable every page of the ASPDotNet Storefront from Interprise Suite software.
2. You can control your catalog publishing to World Wide Web with a single click, "Show on Web" option allows you to sell your inventory to your shoppers.
3. All orders are recorded into Interprise Suite in real time and order status and tracking is transmitted in real time.
4. Finally you can now host your website on any dedicated ISP servers and your backend can sit in-house or co-located or at the ISP place separated by few inches or few thousand miles and it all works seamlessly without a glitch - never attempted before by leading ERP vendors.

We will be posting new features, product highlights and success stories as we explore more about this latest eBusiness edition. So keep tuned in.

2008 Interprise Annual Conference in Las Vegas

Interprise announced the "2008 Interprise Annual Conference" in Las Vegas scheduled from Sep 15th through Sep 19th and this could be meeting ground for resellers, customers and the new member of Interprise Suite from Taylor Corp.

This event is venue at MGM Grand Casino and it would be definitely worth mentioning that Everest Software, another ERP vendor in Virginia is also hosting its conference around same time Sep 15th through Sep 17th and the venue is at MGM, ohh boy there will be less rooms to book, so better hurry and book your slots for IS seminars.

InfoSourcing is Reseller for Interprise Suite, we are also leading solution provider for other ERP products such as Everest Software, we have been customizing ERP application for last 5 yrs and have been associated with Interprise Suite for couple of years now as resellers, so we would definitely be there to attend IS conference.

Interprise Suite New Pricing is Small Business friendly

Interprise Suite's new pricing helps to gear towards small and medium business budget by offering the integrated solution at affordable prices compared to other ERP software's.

Interprise Suite's new pricing is defintely 3 times lesser when compared to Everest or NetSuite, its 3 user license cost $2,995 and 5 user cost $4,585 and 20 user license cost around $16,500. The e-Commerce module is just $1,995 and POS system is $995, by offering products at such lower prices helps small and medium business to bootstrap quickly and hit the road, truly a ROI package.
(prices are subject to change, please contact our sales rep for current prices and specials).

You can access Inteprise Suite's new Product brochure and technical brouchure by visiting our website InfoSourcing - Interprise Reseller.

Interprise Suite 2008 Prices after Taylor Corp acquistion

Interprise Suite is acquired by Taylor Corp, the new management is backing the production of ERP software.

The latest release of Interprise Suite is Ver. 1.0 SP4 and is priced $2,995 for 3 users and each additional user is $795, Interprise is priced at affordable compared to other ERP software costing almost double the price for user licenses.

Call us to get more pricing details & updates.

Interprise Suite is available & suited for following countries.

Inteprise Suite gets acquired by Taylor Corp

We are pleased to announce the acquistion of Interprise Suite by Taylor Corp.

Interprise Solutions has been acquired by the Services and Technology Division of the Taylor Corporation. The Taylor Corporation is Forbes Private 200 Company with over 100 subsidiaries and 14,000 employees worldwide. I believe this acquisition will be a very positive development for our reseller partners as it will provide Interprise Solutions with the resources it needs to be successful inthe marketplace.

What does this mean to small and medium business?
Well, since Taylor Corp is huge orgnization, it can bring some high level management team to coordinate the development and marketing process in order to streamline product features and be able to sell and support product and services.

Interprise suite is yet to dominate in ERP market space where NetSuite and Everest have been playing for last 10 years and it would be interesting to see how fast Interprise Suite can add some critical features and start capturing some market share, but at the affordable prices they have to offer, every small business owner can't miss to evaluate this product line.