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Should You Use Pinterest?

Is your company using Pinterest? I’m not entirely sold that this photo sharing site is suitable for every type of business. It’s presently the darling of the social media set and generating lots of referral traffic from members who brows the oceans of photos – often related to fashion and lifestyle – following links to [...]

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Netsuite Q1 2012 Earnings Call 4/26/12 at 5pm ET

Netsuite is set to announce Q1 2012 earnings today 4/26/12 at 5pm ET. This call is open to the public – you’ll be able to listen though it’s unlikely that you can also ask any questions. While a lot of the talk is financial related – there are often tidbits of very interesting information such [...]

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Sage Summit 2012 Social Media Session: How To Make Money While Friending Blogging and Checking In

We’ve just received notice that our session at Sage Summit titled “How To Make Money While Friending, Blogging and Checking In” is slated for Tuesday August 14, 2012 at 2pm. This panel session will include 90 Minds members Peter Wolf, Robert Wood and Wayne Schulz. While geared toward consultants – the tips and tricks discussed [...]

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Sage 100 ERP Tip: Skip Source Data Truncation

When building a VI job in Sage 100 ERP v4.4+ you may find that data you are importing in excess of the dictionary size is skipped (only the field is not imported – remaining valid fields import) instead of truncating (as used to be the default behavior). Clicking the option “Skip Source Data Truncation” appears [...]

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Hightower Inc Closes Doors – Nobody Officially Saying (Much Of) Anything

After a full week of wondering whether Sage partner Hightower, Inc of Skokie IL would re-open their doors it appears that they will not.     As you may have heard, Sage partner Hightower shuttered their business suddenly on Tuesday March 20, 2012. Hightower was one source for Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 enhancements [...]

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Custom Office Now Free For All Sage 100 (Formerly Sage ERP MAS 90) 5+ User Sites?

Chit chat in our private Socialcast member to member forum suggests that Sage have quietly changed their policy regarding the sale of their Custom Office application for Sage 100 ERP. Instead of requiring users of Sage 100 ERP who had not previously purchased Custom Office (at one time it was an optional module) to purchase [...]

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Sage Transformation Journey Revisited: Til Death Do Us Part

Lot’s of changes afoot in the Sage North America marketplace. The biggest recent change has been the seemingly never-ending string of channel pronouncements sprung upon legions of Sage partners. Our 90 Minds Member Peter Wolf has summarized the reasons that many of these changes are not being well received by the channel partners. It’s a [...]

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Sage Partner Portal: Cheat Sheet

Beginning February 27, 2012 Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 — soon to be Sage 100 ERP — partners and customers have their first exposure to Sage’s new partner portal. Listed below are some quick tips that we’ve found which may enable you to gain better access to the site information. These tips are unofficial [...]

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Document Management for Sage 100 ERP (Formerly Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200)

You’re invited to attend Altec’s webinar of Sage ERP Document Management. In this session, you’ll learn how your company can go paperless to work leaner, faster and more effectively! Sage ERP Document Management electronically captures, workflows, routes and archives business documents and reports to reduce handling costs and improve communication. Discover for yourself the many [...]

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Starship 12 for Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 – Starship Link 2.0 Update

This information is mostly old hat for consultants and users who have used Starship for a while. I thought it might be useful to post as a reminder as I have a customer on Sage  100 ERP (Formerly Sage ERP MAS 90) v4.30 who is looking at upgrading to Sage 100 ERP  4.5. This reply [...]

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