SharePoint for Business: Where It Fits and Where It Fights You SharePoint handles documents and light workflow well, and fights you on relational data. Here is how to tell which side your project Read more
Which Business Processes Are Worth Automating First? A practical way to rank automation candidates by frequency, error cost and stability - and the categories of work that should not Read more
Choosing an ERP or CRM Without a Six-Month Evaluation A practical method for selecting ERP or CRM software: start from your real differentiators, score against scripted scenarios rather than feature lists, Read more
Customer & Partner Portals: When Self-Service Pays Off Every time a customer emails to ask “where’s my order?” or a partner calls for a document they should be Read more
Digital Transformation Without the Buzzword: A Practical Path “Digital transformation” has been said so many times, by so many people selling so many different things, that it has Read more
Breaking Down Data Silos: The Case for Systems Integration Most businesses don’t have a data problem — they have a data silo problem. The information exists; it’s just trapped Read more
CRM That People Actually Use: Beyond the Software Purchase Companies buy CRM systems expecting a single, trustworthy view of every customer. What many get instead is expensive shelfware — Read more
ERP Implementation: Why Projects Fail (and How to De-Risk Yours) ERP implementations have a reputation, and it is not a good one: over budget, over time, and underwhelming at the Read more