13 common ERP mistakes and how to avoid making them

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	13 common ERP mistakes and how to avoid making them Costing anywhere from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions of dollars, and requiring hundreds of man hours to implement, ERP (enterprise resource planning) systems are huge investments of money, resources, and time. And while a successful ERP implementation can help your organization streamline workflow and cut costs, a poorly planned and implemented ERP rollout can severely cost organizations, in terms of lost productivity and delays. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com 100% Application Availability in the Cloud Optimize your infrastructure for mission-critical applications while minimizing costs. Powered by Microsoft SQL Server and Hosting.com. Availability--Performance--Scalability--Security. Guaranteed. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! In this Issue Apple releases Java security updates OpenStack Essex release is most stable yet, supporters say Chrome beats IE on any given Sunday Work visa debate shifts from H-1B to L-1 visas Megaupload says case could affect other cloud storage services RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hosting.com What if your key applications FAIL? Build for 100% application availability in the Cloud with Microsoft SQL Server. Achieve the highest levels of availability, performance, scalability, and security for your mission-critical applications while minimizing cost. Learn more at the April 12 webinar from Microsoft and Hosting.com subject matter experts. Register now! Apple releases Java security updates Just a day after reports spread about a Java-based Trojan horse that could install itself on your Mac without requiring that you enter a password, Apple has released Java for OS X Lion 2012-001 and Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 7. Read More OpenStack Essex release is most stable yet, supporters say The latest version of the cloud operating system OpenStack, known as Essex, will be released on Thursday, and supporters say that its stability should encourage larger deployments. Essex, the fifth OpenStack release, includes 150 new features and enhancements, said Jonathan Bryce, co-founder of Rackspace Cloud and chairman of the OpenStack Project Policy Board. Fifty-five companies and 200 developers contributed code to Essex, he said. Read More Chrome beats IE on any given Sunday Over the past three weeks, Google Chrome has beaten out Internet Explorer as the No. 1 browser in the world -- but only on Sundays. Monday through Saturday, IE has remained the browser with the highest worldwide market share -- although its lead is slipping. Read More Work visa debate shifts from H-1B to L-1 visas The U.S. this week began accepting applications for H-1B visas for the next fiscal year, but that's not the big news it was in previous years. The H-1B has been a powder keg among IT workers for a long time, but the real battle this year is over the L-1 visa. The L-1 visa is used for intra-company transfers of employees from foreign offices to U.S. offices. Read More Megaupload says case could affect other cloud storage services A verdict against Megaupload in the U.S. would mean other cloud storage providers can be held criminally liable for illegal content stored by customers on their networks, an attorney representing the shuttered file-sharing site said on Tuesday. Read More
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