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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Programming environments and the software production process
- Introduction: The creating of a computer program involves a number of stages which can be made easier with several separate software utilities. There are now integrated set of support programs which combine all the necessary utilities to provide a complete program development environment. These are known as programming languages, which include:BASIC: Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic I...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The software 2005 conference - a review
- The Software 2005 conference is now a wrap. This conference, presented by M.R. Rangaswami and The Sandhill Group, is now an annual event and attendance increased 35% this year over 2004. It is an ideal opportunity for those in the enterprise software industry to see what's new and what's coming, as well as to catch up with old colleagues and make new connections. It is also a perfect forum for sta...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A symons mark ii function point counting example
- I provide, here clear explanations and a count of function points, using the Symons Mark II method.We start by identifying the subprocesses (entry, exit, read, write) for each functional process; The size of a functional process is the sum of its data movements (entry, exit, read, write) and the size of a piece of software is the sum of the sizes of all of its functional processes.So...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Cosmic: a small improvement on the symons method
- The COSMIC FP (function point) software quality metric, is no longer 'proposed' but an actual system in use and internationally recognised, whereas MarkII, like other older systems, is not recognised anywhere, and, even in the UK is in decline if not actually dormant, so this debate is already over.Historically, from my limited understanding of the situation, it seems that originally there ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Seven reasons why a hosted inventory management solution might be right for your organization
- Upgrading. Downtime. Maintenance. Hardware obsolescence. Implementation issues. The litany of headaches related to the implementation and on-going care-and-feeding of enterprise based applications is enough make the savviest of companies want to engage in anything but another software implementation. Like a full-blown IRS audit. Anything?If your organization is evaluating inventory manageme...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Multinational corporation erp implementation ? microsoft business solutions great plains
- If you look back to the history, you will see that ERP for large publicly traded company had to be built upon very reliable hardware (more likely non-Intel hardware: mainframe, Sun sparc, etc.), powerful database platform: Oracle, DB2, Ingress, Sybase and reliable OS: UNIX. 10 years ago Microsoft had Windows NT first tries, plus Windows 95 was kind of revolution, but not the one to stake on for co...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Microsoft great plains integration manager: using continuum ? overview for developer
- Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains has I'd say end user integration tool ? Great Plains Integration manager. Integration Manager itself uses OLE functionality to validate text or ODBC integration files data through Great Plains forms behind the scenes. This sounds very promising and powerful ? however the realities place the restrictions. We heard a lot of complains about Integration Manage...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ukraine it myths dispersed
- While Ukraine is becoming a new popular IT outsourcing destination, there are still many myths about it and no clear understanding of the opportunities outsourcing to Ukraine can present. Let us look closely at some of those myths and find out whether there is any truth behind them.Myth No. 1 ? Ukraine is politically unstableThis myth has seen its rise in November-December 2004 durin...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - It strategy for midsize business: microsoft vs. java, great plains & crm
- Midsize business or non-profit organization should decide if one-vendor solution would be appropriate and the associated risk acceptable. In our opinion, balancing the risk of one-vendor-approach is not economically feasible and should be avoided. This means that you need to decide if you plan to be Microsoft-oriented or Java/Unix/Linux/Oracle oriented. In the case of Java direction ? you again ha...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Rapid application development - is it really a need of today?
- Rapid Application Development (RAD) is a software development methodology. In this competitive world, software product delivery time should be as little as it can be. The RAD is a way to this. As the name suggests, RAD technique allows RAPID application development, with development time, usually, 30 to 90 days.Before touching upon the topic in details, I would like to make you feel that yo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Screenplay and script writing software
- When it comes to screenplay software each screenwriter needs to determine what they need from the program they purchase and pick one that fits their specific needs. Screenwriting software doesn't write the screenplay for you. Why do I say this? I don't want you to be under the impression one software application is "better" or the "best" script writing software. No script writing software should b...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 15 questions to ask your software vendor
- When making a decision to buy any piece of software there are a number of criteria typically evaluated. One of the most important elements in the decision process is the strength of the company that builds the software. In fact a survey of 19,000 customers has identified that company strength is the most important factor in choosing software, with the price of the software being the fifth most imp...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 mac security tips you can?t live without
- So, you've bought a new Macintosh, and now you may be wondering how to make it safer. There are several things that you can do which will protect your Mac from viruses and hackers. Macs are already very difficult to hack, but don't let that fact allow you to become lenient with your security.1. Download all of the software updates available. This seems like a no-brainer, but some Mac users ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Microsoft ecommerce web-development: great plains econnect .net ? highlights for programmer
- In our small article we'll consider Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains Sales Order Processing module as eCommerce backend. Plus we'll cover what is possible and impossible in eConnect and why. Microsoft Great Plains is one of the most popular ERP in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Middle East, Latin America, UK and South Africa. Due to the MBS strategy ? Great Plains Dynamics was pu...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Spyware definitions list
- The adware and spyware definitions list is very long. But the definitions listed below are the most common ones. This is a glossary of spyware facts and terms so you'll know what these malicious programs are and what they can do to your computer.AdwareAdware components are generally installed along with a shareware or freeware programs you download. The adware developer creates pop u...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Os 101: suggestions for choosing an operating system
- An operating system (abbreviated OS) is essentially the path through which a computer accesses files, games, the Internet, and all vital stored information. The OS is the most important program on a computer because it runs all of the other programs. The major operating systems are Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Unix. The operating system is essential to the computer, and so extreme care ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How the firefox: how to... manual helped me
- A few months back I really got sick of my computer always being slow and having system errors. So I started doing a bit of research and heard of a new browser called "Firefox".After a few months of going through it I started to see a huge difference in my computers performance and as a result in my own productivity online and off. This was a direct result of using the Firefox browser. So I ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Microsoft great plains: service business customization & integration example
- Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains might be considered as ERP platform, ready for customization and integration. Microsoft Business Solutions partner typically does one of the two things: specializes in the industry (in this case it goes for the nation-wide clientele) or specializes in the local or regional market. In this small article we'll consider the specifics of the services industry ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - .net charts and graphs interact with businesses and customers
- Bar charts, bar graphs, and any other chart or graph used in financial statements, inventory reports, sales reports, and a slew of other types of reports have typically been paper reports or online reports depicting various levels of complex information for tracking, investing, planning, and buying. However, until the .net graph, .net chart, .net map, and other .net charts came along, the relation...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Microsoft great plains: offshore customization & development ? overview for consultant
- When you visit department stores and see that majority of the apparels are produced in other countries, not US ? you probably do not worry about this fact. About 10 years ago, when Clinton's high tech era was at the inception ? we saw the signs of high tech professionals inflow in the USA from overseas. Nowadays the trend is reversed ? instead of importing high tech people, we are at the beginning...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Erp software financing: the future? ? overview for company owner
- In our case ? we serve Microsoft Business Solutions ERP and CRM products: Microsoft Great Plains, Microsoft CRM, Navision, Microsoft RMS, as well as we do customization and integration to these products. We would like to share with you our experience with financing through Microsoft Financial Corporation, the entity handling software financing for Great Plains, CRM, Solomon, Navision & Axapta....
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Microsoft crm messaging through lotus domino email server - balanced solution
- Microsoft CRM and IBM Lotus Notes Domino seem to be taking completely different paths and if company is Microsoft oriented - we see MS CRM, MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, SharePoint, etc. In the case of Lotus Domino - it is opposite - Lotus is corporate Information Media and could technically play CRM role with internal messaging coming through Lotus Domino server. However realities of modern corpora...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Great plains dexterity ? microsoft great plains customization overview
- Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, former Great Plains Software Dynamics and eEnterprise are Dexterity-written applications. Also small business line: Microsoft Small Business Manager or Small Business Financials is written in Dexterity and uses the same code base as Great Plains.The history of the Dexterity. Great Plains Dexterity - is proprietary programming language and technolog...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Microsoft great plains: if you are orphan client ? what to do and faq
- Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains, former Great Plains Software eEnterprise, Dynamics and Dynamics C/S+ is very popular ERP and since 1994 has been successfully implemented for mid-size and mid-size to large companies in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Middle East. During the economic recession time 2001-2004 the majority of businesses cut to virtually zero th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Recovering microsoft great plains customization ? tips for it director
- Remember nice and prosperous Clinton era? When you implemented innovative those old days accounting application ? Great Plains Dynamics. And did a lot of customizations to fit your business requirements precisely. You still remember the names of consultants and programmers who did the job and probably the name of the company ? Great Plains reseller in your business metro. This company more likely ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Anti-virus software
- Anti-virus software is used to find, remove or fix files that are infected with computer viruses. Most anti-virus companies release weekly updates of their databases to help keep you safe. Your anti-virus software uses these weekly updates (also known as virus signatures or definitions file) to identify newly discovered viruses.The most basic anti-virus programs normally have several featur...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Groupware finds home in american business: collaboration tool analysis
- What is Groupware?Have you ever had to manage document collaboration in a hurry? No need to be ashamed if you said "yes." Virtually every American business has experienced moments of ad hoc team collaboration. In other words, the ideal business collaboration method involves meticulous record keeping and organization; all deadlines are met; nobody feels rushed. That doesn't sound very realis...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Ukraine: a prospective player on the world software outsourcing market
- The destruction of the Soviet Union about 15 years ago, made a huge country with a great level of IT science divided into small bricks. Nowadays, despite Russia's expansion into the world software development market, Ukraine keeps playing an important role here too. There are several prerequisites for this.PrerequisitesTraditionally, Ukraine always was a technical region of th...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Implementing erp for large publicly traded corporation ? microsoft great plains
- We would like first emphasize the change in the paradigm. If you look back ? 20 years or even 10 years ? those days you saw ERP/MRP monster applications/systems winning time. Everyone wanted to be looking large and, especially due to traditional business consulting sales efforts ERP applications were sold to large and mid-size clientele. The proposed strategy was: you need three components:...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get the best accounting software for your small business
- Buying accounting software is a major investment. It's an important decision and you need to be sure of all the facts before you buy.You certainly wouldn't want to get accounting software and then find a few months later that the software can't handle your growing business.You also don't want to be fooled into buying low priced software and then finding out that you have to make mult...