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		<title>Virtualization vs. Cloud Computing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How Cloud Computing or Hosting compares to Virtualization Virtualization and cloud computing are different approaches to solving the problem of maximizing the use of available resources. Virtualization is one physical computer pretending to be many computing environments. Cloud computing is many different computers pretending to be the one computing environment. The flexibility of virtualization makes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ERP Cloud Vendor&#8211;Which SaaS Solution is for you</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 19:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ERP Cloud Vendors are appearing almost daily, how to choose? There are now probably 25+ viable vendors who sell their software ‘in the cloud’ and who claim to be ERP Cloud Vendors.&#160; Now the terminology can be confusing and I wrote about what each means here. ERP Cloud Vendor – Which to look at?&#160; My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SaaS, Hosted or Cloud&#8230;What&#8217;s the Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 17:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What really are the advantages and disadvantages to each of these deployment methods? How are they defined?  What do they mean?  Clients First has recently joined the ERP Software Blog which is an alliance of Value Added Resellers (VAR’s) that post useful blog posts on one central site.  We just uploaded a new posting on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oracle&#8211;Yet another major failed project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 12:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it’s that time of year.&#160; It’s been a while since we have seen an ERP train wreck spelled out so publicly.&#160; This article recently appeared in PC World: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/228412/oracle_sued_by_university_for_alleged_erp_failure.html I don’t want to completely take sides or a make a judgment here as Oracle has yet to state their side of the story and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAP Business ByDesign and Dennis Howlett&#8217;s findings on SAAS/Cloud Purchases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dennis Howlett &#8216;AccMan&#8217; recently wrote a blog post talking about how some analysts (Gartner in this case) asked some questions of those using the SAP Business By Design solution went about their purchase. You can read the post at the link but I did find something troubling. It sounded like many of the people who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SaaS vs. Cloud ERP vs. On Premise Computing.  Will 2011 be the big breakout year?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 14:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Panorama Consulting Group, a respected mid-market ERP think tank, they are starting to think so.&#160; Eric Kimberling and I actually seem to have a pretty parallel feeling on the market.&#160; Both of us felt the solutions were seriously overhyped.&#160; However, based on more recent surveys, the various leads I’m seeing cross my desk, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking of selling your business someday? You need to implement a CRM/ERP system now..</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:39:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across an article in Accounting Today written by a regular columnist, Gene Marks.  Gene talks about a ‘friend’ who is looking to sell his business and retire but is finding his business is worth less than he thinks.  There a few common reasons mentioned including: Non-exclusive product agreements Non-exclusive employee agreements No intention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some blog articles truly are worthless</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a blog article I found purporting to compare Microsoft Dynamics AX to Sage ERP X3.&#160; If you read this, it isn’t quite written by a ‘bot’ but could very well have been put together in an ‘overseas factory.’&#160; This is either the worlds worst blog or much more likely yet another attempt to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Green with ERP</title>
		<link>http://www.clientsfirst-us.com/blog/partners-perspective/industry-insights/going-green-with-erp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Chinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Sheldon Kralstein When we think about “Going Green” we tend to visualize conservation, protecting nature and our fragile environment.  Businesses and technology play a very important role in the Green initiative where the definition can be extended to include: Reduction of operating costs resulting in increased profits Gains in efficiency and productivity Improved customer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clients First Receives Prestigious President&#8217;s Award</title>
		<link>http://www.clientsfirst-us.com/blog/partners-perspective/industry-insights/clients-first-receives-prestigious-presidents-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like a lot of businesses, we have been fighting hard over the last few years to maintain our business during this latest recession. And it’s paid off. This month we were recognized with the prestigious 2010 Microsoft Dynamics President’s Club Award. But what exactly does this mean? The President’s Club Award recognizes the top 5% [...]]]></description>
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