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.

How to market your eBusiness with Multi-Channels?

Your e-commerce website needs to grab traffic share from various channels that are available today, every year we have new source of channels making its way into the market.
In the initial days we had Search engines, Pay-Per-Clicks and Shopping engines, today we have Facebook shopping, marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Overstock, Sears and other giants where you could strategically place your catalog or products and  reach out to grab traffic, sales and revenue.

We at InfoSourcing have developed a multi-channel marketing programs for Small and medium business and having worked with our clients over past 6 yrs and managing advertising and marketing in multi-channels we have gained expertise. Our new SaaS model offering OneStopFeed.com automates the process of shopping feeds for Google Shopping, Bing Shopping and TheFind.com we also have eBay and Amazon feed exchange modules built for Interprise Suite.

Your Marketing priorities are based on your marketing budget and the type of product you are selling, here are few channels that are worth listing.

1. Search Engines - Organic the single most ROI
2. Pay-Per-Click - Google Adwords, MS AdCenter, Yahoo network
3. Amazon - Product Ads and Listing
4. ebay - Listing
5. Free Shopping Engines - Google Shopping, Bing Shopping and TheFind.com
5. Paid Shopping Engines - Pricegrabber, shop.com, shopping.com and others
6. Email Marketing
7. Facebook and Twitter marketing
8. 3rd Party integration with shopping carts, order mgmt
9. Multiple websites - Repeat steps 1 through 8

If you are online merchant you might want to consider some of the above channels to market and see its return on investment.

Visit http://www.Info-Sourcing.com - Interprise Reseller
http://www.OneStopFeed.com - Multi-Channel Marketing for Small and Medium business.

Interprise User Conference Scheduled for August 23rd-26th in Las Vegas - Mirage

Just heard the dates are finalized for "Interprise User Conference Scheduled for August 23rd-26th in Las Vegas - Mirage"

Well finally we (partners, customers and the new mgmt team of IS) are meeting in "Mirage" Las Vegas since our last meetup in Sep 2008. I wld love to meet the new team and the old awesome team, hoping this seminar will be "Erupting nightly" with new features, new customers and new IS from Aug 22nd to Aug 26th ;)

Let us know who is making plans to attend the user conference by commenting on this blog....

Interprise Solutions 6.0 BETA version - Jun Update

Just thought of keeping the community members aware of the new upcoming version from Interprise, the much hyped & awaited newer version 6.0

Highlights of 6.0:
1. Installing the newer version requires MS SQL 2008 and most of us have the SQL 2005 or older so upgrade or install of SQL 2008 is bit tricky blame Microsoft for that ...

2. IS 6.0 install was a breeze, ran smoothly and deployed the application

3. By default it logs as guest and it has disabled lots of modules for user Guest due to user roles I believe and that kept me wondering what I'm doing wrong, anyways so pls login as admin/admin and you will be invited to see the new features

4. The Menu and navigation has changed completely it uses the Microsoft Ribbon technology like in MS Office 2010, you might like it if you like ribbon interface

5. Again this is first Beta version so errors do popup here and there, we do see some new features introduced more abt it later ...

6. Overall it's looking good, it still needs fixes and patches in 6.0 life cycle  for us to feel comfortable and get up to the speed of using it. We haven't seen the e-Commerce yet so hopefully next release wld get us current and excited ...

Stay tuned ...