This is a Guest Post of an excellent piece written and posted by Michael
Koploy, ERP Analyst, Software Advice, on his blog. Mobile Payments and Mobile
Commerce are two different things and are often confused. I am an expert on
the latter and Michael has done a great job of laying out a great
FAQ-formatted overview of the former. He contacted me and asked me if I would
mind guest-posting. You can link to his post here, or simply read-on.
Excellent work Michael. _________________________________
January 25, 2012
In July 2011, Gartner released a study on worldwide mobile payment trends. In
it, Gartner reported a striking 38 percent jump in mobile payment users from
2010 to 2011, to 141 million. Even so, the report notes that the market has
been slow to develop, and mass market adoption may be more than four years
away.
“The biggest hurdle is the need to change user beh... (more)
Enhanced flagship product includes free Sage Planning for Business to aid
business sustainability
Newcastle, 27 January 2012 - Leading business software and services provider
Sage UK has today launched the next generation of its easy-to-use bookkeeping
software, Sage Instant Accounts 2012. Designed specifically to help owner
managers stay worry free and in control, it allows them to keep track of cash
flow and profitability, submit VAT returns online and prepare year end
accounts. The software also contains a number of enhancements that improve
day to day efficiency and make it ... (more)
Yorktel, an Eatontown, New Jersey-based pioneer and innovator in the audio,
video and web collaboration industry, has selected IFS Applications for its
enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.
Yorktel offers total managed conferencing services, consulting, integration
and operational services, professional video production and postproduction
for visual communication solutions such as videoconferencing, streaming
media, video on demand, custom media studio and room design and multimedia
network management.
After the conclusion of a thorough ERP selection process, Yorktel chose... (more)
Everyone is talking about cloud computing today, but not everyone means the
same thing when they do. While there is this general idea behind the cloud
– that applications or other business functions exist somewhere away from
the business itself – there are many iterations that companies look to in
order to actually use the technology. Cloud computing offers a variety of
ways for businesses to increase their IT capacity or functionality without
having to add infrastructure, personnel, and software.
Here are six different types of cloud computing and a little bit about what
they o... (more)
Insight Enterprises, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: NSIT), a leading,
global provider of technology solutions, today announced that Richard E.
Allen has been appointed to the Company's board of directors effective
January 19, 2012.
“We are delighted to announce Rick Allen’s appointment to our board of
directors,” said Timothy A. Crown, chair of the board of directors of
Insight Enterprises. “Rick brings over 30 years of finance, accounting,
business operations and board experience to Insight. He has extensive
experience with leading information technology companies including 19 y... (more)