Critical Questions Small Manufacturers Should Ask Before Buying a Cloud-based ERP Solution

Over the last few years, Software as a Service (SaaS) has become a compelling and credible delivery model for business applications. SaaS, also referred to as “On-Demand” or “Cloud Computing”, eliminates many of the barriers that keep companies from implementing or upgrading their software, and can help you reduce costs. More importantly, it enables you to focus on your core business operations instead of managing IT. So Cloud-based ERP may be right for your business, but where do you start?

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Why Choosing the Right ERP Can Help Simplify the Ever-Changing Business of Manufacturing

As the manufacturing sector is poised to enter a new era—with additive manufacturing, cluster manufacturing, and near-shoring—and as digitization of the shop floor is creating new connections and new data streams, the need for responsiveness is more critical than ever.

Organizations must turn the explosion of data they have into intelligence and insights to support real-time decision making, at every level and across every function in the organization, and the extended supply chain.

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Android Programming Cookbook

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Android’s user interface is mainly based on direct manipulation, using touch gest…

The Forrester Wave: Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI), Q3 2016

In this 28-criteria evaluation of hyperconverged system providers, Forrester identified the 12 most significant companies, researched, analyzed, and scored them. This report shows how each provider measures up, including Pivot3 named as Leader, and helps Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) professionals make the right choice for their Business Technology (BT) agenda.

Some key takeaways include:

  • Forrester’s research uncovered a market in which 3 companies, including Pivot3, lead the pack in a tight cluster of technical and strategy criteria.
  • The hyperconverged market is growing because an increasing number of I&O professionals see the solutions as a way to address their top challenges.
  • As legacy storage becomes outdated and hyperconverged systems mature, improved data services, including efficient erasure coding, flexible replication, and multiple hypervisor support, will dictate which providers will lead the pack.

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