Cloud 9 ERP Solutions Blog

It’s a tough time for all sorts of businesses, but depending on your specific expertise, the stay-at-home orders may have had a profound impact on your firm.

The phrase, “eating your own dog food,” is one of those marketing terms used by organizations looking to reiterate the quality of their products. Not only does it create early adoption in your organization, it shows confidence in your own products.

Whether you provide ongoing product support for products you built or specialize in being a field service company, when a customer calls, they need you to deliver.

If your workplace is following the advice of the Center for Disease Control, you’re probably reading this from home. If this is a new experience for you, welcome to the remote work world. Though many companies have been considering the concept of remote work for years and others have already put such programs into place, it’s a different experience when an entire workplace is working from home.

This past Tuesday, March 10th, the Northeast region held their inaugural Acumatica User Group at Cloud 9 ERP Solutions Head Quarters in Stamford, CT. The Acumatica User Group is led by Acumatica Gold Certified Partner: Cloud 9 ERP Solutions and Acumatica Partner: CAL Business Solutions.

Whether you’re looking at selling your firm or simply positioning yourself for long-term success, recurring revenue is a big deal right now in the AV space. We’ve discussed this in a variety of articles in the past few months, but we would today like to explore some of the challenges—as well as how technology can empower companies to overcome them.

It’s an exciting time of year—update season. Following the largest-ever Acumatica Summit—an event at which Cloud 9 ERP brought home the awards and an event where R1 2020 was demonstrated to attendees—now Acumatica is putting the updates into action this March.

Few industries skew as old as AV. Naturally, this presents a challenge for hiring managers on a variety of fronts. But it’s something companies need to overcome; just because it’s easier to hire than it is to train doesn’t mean it’s better for the long-term success of your company. But with an aging workforce and a mediocre pipeline, finding professionals requires you to evolve. Today, we look at how to make this happen.

Already a month into 2020 and what a month it’s been for the Cloud 9 ERP Solutions team. Following a busy 2019, we were excited to take a couple days to head out to Vegas for one of our favorite events of the year—Acumatica Summit 2020 to celebrate the past year and learn what’s on the horizon. Here are a few of our takeaways.

Once upon a time, Everest was considered a strong ERP product. Granted, this was more than a decade ago and a lot has changed in the market. A lot has changed with Everest, too, though said changes weren’t exactly positive. New ownership, new ownership of the purchasing company, demise of the partner program, and a shift in business model, just to name a few. Unfortunately, the thing that hasn’t changed much is the software.