Many of you know we are a computer consulting practice. We also do process improvement (on a small scale) and give advice on sales processes (again on a small scale). We do not in any way claim to be experts in selling. We are however pretty knowledgeable about what sales people will or will not do when it comes to using technology in their daily life. Boy are we experts. We have heard every single moan, groan, complaint, lament there is to why someone should not need to use a CRM or tool in

It's a new year and time for new year's resolutions. A few years ago I started calling  them "goals" because a goal has, hopefully, a finite deadline. Resolutions often don't. As I sat here pondering what were my 2019 personal goals, I also starting putting together my business goals. And I came up with a fun way to match up common terms we use when creating personal goals and relating them to business. Here's what I came up with. 1. Managing weight. Just like we personally want to

We have been notified today about an issue with the third-party software component that supports the licensing of all Act! versions between Act! 2005 and Act! v20. This may affect your ability to take certain common actions with the Act! software and your future ability to access your Act! database. First off, please see the official announcements from SwiftPage.  These are specific to the versions of Act! being addressed. For currently supported versions v19 and v20, go here.

This is the official statement regarding the third-party licensing software used in Act! and is addressing current users of Act! v18.   In accordance with the Act! Support Obsolescence Policy, support for your version of Act! - Act! v18 - ends on November 30, 2018.  After this date, no further Service Packs, Hotfixes, or compatibility updates will be delivered for Act! v18.x products, and you will no longer be eligible to receive support for any issues encountered with your

This is the official statement regarding the third-party licensing software used in Act! and is addressing current users of versions 19 and 20.   We have recently been informed that an embedded third-party software component of Act! that facilitates licensing services is being discontinued by the manufacturer at the end of this year.  Because our records show that you are using a supported version of Act!, a new licensing component will be introduced for your version.  View the&

This is the official statement regarding the third-party licensing software used in Act! and is addressing current users of versions Act! 2005 to and including v17.   Our records show that you are running an unsupported version of Act!.  In accordance with the Act! Support Obsolescence Policy, you are no longer eligible to receive critical updates and enhancements that ensure your product continues to run optimally. Important Notice: We have recently been informed that an

Last week Microsoft started deploying its October 2018 update (called version 1809) for its Windows 10 operating system.  Since then there have been reports of people losing some or all their personal files during the upgrade process.  Here is a good summary of the issue from Engadget: https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/05/windows-10-october-update-1809-delete-data-wipe-user-profile/ That article describes a tool and a setting normally not used or needed except in large corporations or

20 years ago, I went out on a limb, cut the cord with corporate America and started our company. It's been fun, and at times, pretty much an up hill journey with some years being better than others. But we are still here thanks to a really wonderful staff of people holding us up alive and well. It's our customers that have made us successful.  And our vendors and products.  We have written products people love.  We support products people love.  One product in particular is