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Interprise Suite Ver 6 Final Release - Interprise Solutions

2011-12-16T12:52:00.000-08:00

A long wait is now over with the release of latest and greatest version from Interprise Solutions, the new Interprise Suite Version 6.0 is finally released to general public.

We have been evaluating the current version 6.0 for past 6 months, and we have numerous features being implemented that business would love to use for their operations and we are getting ready to take on any implementations, customization and deployment for small and medium business.

Our new Interprise Plugin is revamped with new features using IS 6.0 SDK it's scheduled for beta release during Jan 1st week 2012.
The new plugin covers it all, your Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Shopping feeds, Market place (Amazon, Ebay & Others), Social Media Optimization and Google Analytics, all in one package easy to use for Ecommerce customers so you can scale your business for 2012.

We are very excited with this final release and we look forward to new releases and match Interprise time lines
for our customization's, implementations and plugins.

1. Dec 20th - Availability of 6.0 downloads for customers/prospects for evaluation of licensed versions
2. Jan 1st week - Availability of 6.0 to OnCloud customers
3. Mid/End of Jan - Availability of 6.0 to Existing licensed customers
4. Jan 15th - InfoSourcing ECommerce plugin
5. Feb 1st week - Implementation of customized websites for existing clients
6. Feb 15th onwards Implementation of customized websites for newer clients
7. Mar - New Implementation and Migration for new customers

Visit our website for latest Interprise product features, news and case studies and stay tuned for more information.

Happy Thanks Giving 2011 - Thank You For Your Business

2011-11-21T14:58:00.001-08:00

Hello Business Owners,

We at InfoSourcing would like to wish all Interprise Customers, Re-sellers and Community members a very "Happy Thanksgiving 2011"

It's the time of the year when you thank your customers, vendors and developers, we would like to thank you all by giving away 10 Golden coupons for Google Adwords.

If you haven't started advertising on Google Adwords yet, and are thinking of getting started with a new account then email us we can mail you or send you this personalized "Google Adwords Golden coupon" (Google sent us 10 coupons free) so we want to share it with new business like yours.

See attached picture, hurry we got only 10 coupons to gift, this is for new Google Adwords account ONLY, 1 per customer and use it before Jan 31st 2012.

Visit Interprise Solutions forum link too

Social Media Optimization (SMO) - Does your Business need it?

2011-11-15T21:45:00.000-08:00

Social Media Optimization (SMO) is the latest buzz word for marketing professional, so what is SMO? Is it important for your website to be optimized or enabled for Social media interactions?

With Facebook (FB) eating a major chunk of internet where people are posting comments, pictures, videos and everything they like or dislike and their friends interact and creating a whole new wave of online shopping or influencing the buying decision of the consumer or friends.

This is a new world just like what we had in early 2000's when SEO was the buzz word and people were trying to get their website optimized and attract traffic, now it's time for SMO so you can engage your fans, shoppers, consumers or friends to stay in touch and grow your fan base or customer base.

So what is Social Media Optimization and what sites should we target? We highly recommend the following social media websites that needs to be integrated with your websites.

1. FaceBook
2. Google Plus
3. Twitter
4. Blogs
5 YouTube
6. Bookmarking websites such as Digg and others
7. Amazon Wishlist
8. Others - there is always others category

Facebook - Increases your social interaction to the level you have wouldn't imagine, your website and products get viral, you add more friends, fans and create a brand. Facebook has largest social fans/friends and the leader in social media enabling Companies to push their brands and products by engaging them throughout the sales cycle of discovery, sales and feedback.

Examples:
Branding: We have FB integration implemented for Hips and Curves and since then they have gotten more likes on their products and they are able to brand their products on Social media.
Product Decision: Another way to use FB likes is by asking your shoppers or fans to decide which product is worth building and StyleFactory uses FB for product decision whether to build it or not.
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Google Plus - Next big thing after Facebook is the new Google Plus (G+) get your business account established and start populating with fresh news, updates and build a fan base so more and more people G+ or plus your website links this will all add into Google's Search algorithm for higher ranking.

This is going to get big,bigger than Facebook since Google is incorporating the Google Plus into their search engine algorithm so having a G+ pages just like FB pages is important so you can have the G+ button on your website or shopping site and all likes or plus would show up on your Google+ pages, we have setup InfoSourcing G+ page go ahead Plus it.

OneStopFeed Google+ pages account, so you get the idea go ahead and create your own business page and start to populate with posts and share them all over the website so you can engage more with your fans/followers, this will eventually show up on Google's search results.

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Twitter - Any tweets is highly recommended to keep your fans updates about the latest product or something that you found or discovered or something that keeps them engaged and again fresh content is impt for search engines.

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Blogs - Same thing as tweets just that you can post pictures, content rich description targeting keywords and keyphrase helps in SEO

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YouTube - Any videos that can go viral or help your shoppers make the right decision post it.

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Amazon Wishlist- This caught our attention Amazon introduced "Add to Amazon wish list" button so it's easy for shoppers to make their wishlist in common location and then get to it and shop off that list on any other sites. How cool is that?

Check out Amazon Wish list button working on Hips and Curves website
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If your Ecommerce business then you should take a close look at optimizing your website for search engines and enabling your website with social elements, we could help you customize your website, enable social media optimization SMO for sites that are powered by Interprise Suite Ecommerce.

Interprise Suite Ver 6.0 Release Candidate 4 (RC4) - Update

2011-11-15T14:17:00.001-08:00

The new version IS 6.0 RC4 seems pretty rock solid with installation and features. The new install has Card Scanning SDK which I wasn't quite sure and avoided not to install however the install won't go further if we don't install and ended up installing, other than that installation was a breeze.

New Features found
1. Under Customer Tab - New button called Associate Company Information - Not sure what it does but it's out there, any update on this ?
2. CRM tab - Lead drop down - Scan to Lead option looks like a new feature to scan your business cards and convert them to leads nice feature I guess this is where the Card scanning SDK was required, anyways it didn't work either
3. Inventory tab - External Cart Import Wizard - Plugin from eShopconnect try it with caution it will crash entire IS
4. Inventory tab - Bin Location wizard - Does this mean we can now allocate our stock to Location - Zone and Bin?? Couldn't figure out quite what it does or how to use it.
5. No changes in Item attribute feature

6. A new template look and feel for eCommerce website, it's way better than the earlier ones and it looks kind of neat and ready to use out of the box with few changes to images and colors.

Overall it's a good build, my first stab at it I didn't experience any errors or issues by running through entire process of creating leads, customer, quote, order and invoice and reversing the entry with RMA, Memo and running a customer statement just worked flawlessly.

Good job IS team, let's get the RC5 or the final build and get the ISE source code and SDK ready so we can test with some real data by migrating from older version.

Visit our website for more information about Interprise offerings and services

Case Study: Trusted Pet Pharmacy Allivet's Ecommerce solution

2011-11-08T10:36:00.000-08:00

Allivet Pet Pharmacy Case Study - Nov 10th 2011

We are delighted to announce another successful migration of website from Volusion to Interprise Suite ECommerce.
Allivet, a trusted pet pharmacy online etailer selling pet vitamins and supplements were faced with challenges to increase their online presence and compete with big guys such as 1800Pet Meds and others.
Allivet used Interprise ECommerce for their Shopping cart solution so they could finally have a powerful back-end software to publish their catalog and channelize their one source.

Allivet were looking for complete Ecommerce solution provider who could make a difference in their online business and find the perfect match with InfoSourcing for their website customization, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and multi-channel marketing to compete against the big guys.

We at InfoSourcing love customers who have products to sell to consumers and our expertise was called in to get their organic search results higher, migrate them to newer solution, integrate their online ad solutions and multi-channel marketing.

Allivet, most trusted Pet Pharmacy since 1992! has been in the business of providing pet medications,Farm and Ranch tools and veterinary supplies for more than 14-years, and have a client base made of both domestic and international customers.

We offered our innovative SEO Dashboard solution that automates your entire product catalog with breeze and ensure your website is fully optimized for search engines. We extended our services in migrating their old website to new with 301 redirects, website submissions and targeting Pay-per-click campaigns and shopping feeds program through www.OneStopFeed.com

Organic results are soaring with increase in traffic for the holidays. For all your online pet medication visit www.Allivet.com trusted source for pet pharmacy.

For all your Interprise Suite Ecommerce customization, plugins, SEO, Shopping feeds and Multi-Channel Marketing services we cover it all - ECommerce 360 visit us at InfoSourcing

Holiday Shopping Starts Now, Are You Ready To Grab Attention?

2011-10-30T22:03:00.000-07:00

We are now officially entering the biggest season of "Holiday Shopping" starting from Halloween season till New Year's Eve, online sales will soar high during Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, every consumer/shopper would be looking for the best deals on the internet.

If you are not ready you might miss the biggest event of the year, so get ready for the shopping mania.

If you currently operate an E-commerce website/store then you need to have your product catalog submitted to Comparison Shopping engines mainly "Google Products", "Bing Shopping" and "The Find" Shopping engines.

If you are wondering why we are showcasing only 3 engines when there are 50 others comparison shopping engines? Well as a business owner myself and working with several small and medium business throughout US for last 10 yrs we noticed our customers like "Free", so we list the top 3 free comparison shopping engines that can send tons of traffic and increase your online sales conversions.

Google, Bing and TheFind Shopping engines is absolutely free you don't have to pay for any clicks made on their website and traffic is pushed to your website unlike other paid price engines such as Pricegrabber.com, Shop.com, Shopzilla.com, so why not take advantage of free and submit your data feed to Google, Bing and TheFind and start getting free traffic for this holiday season.

We at InfoSourcing have kick started our OneStopFeed.Com Multi-channel marketing program for Interprise customers, we made it simple and easy to integrate your shopping feeds from Interprise to all these engines. You can subscribe to our feed program and install our Interprise plugins for Version 5.0 and 6.0, configure and generate feeds and we will handle the rest.

Your feed will be submitted weekly/Monthly to these engines and get the latest products to shoppers, few our customers have already started to see the spike in their online traffic and sales, our program also tracks your website traffic through Google Analytics tool (another free tool to use, i love free).

You will be able to start generating traffic within few days of subscribing to our feed program, take advantage this holiday season and Subscribe for as low as $59 per month.

Visit www.OneStopFeed.com for submitting your product shopping feeds to free shopping engines Google, Bing Shopping and TheFind.com.

4th Quarter - This Week, this year 2011 - New Product and Services for Consumers

2011-10-02T18:07:00.000-07:00

October 1st week marks the beginning of the 4th quarter and the most important quarter for business, this is when the largest online shopping sales happens and this part of the year most people shop the most due to holidays and also due to the fact it's financial year ending and organizations with sufficient budget would like use their allocated funds for their inventory.

Consumer technology Companies understand the magic 4th quarter and they are launching their new products and services to consumers and business to capture the market share, here are few worth noting down

Apple's iPhone 5G
Android's new operating system
Microsoft Mango
Facebook Timeline
Google Analytics
Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet
Interprise Suite ERP Software Ver 6.0

Apple's new iPhone 5G features the next generation of mobile computing and consumer driven features, Android iPhone's competitor is also releasing it's new OS partnered with Samsung to compete in mobile space along with Microsoft Mango mobile version.

In the tablet war Amazon introduced its new tablet for the masses Kindle Fire new kid on the block and it's prices are affordable priced at $199 compared to $499 for iPad and Samsung tabs.

Facebook the social media giant is unveiling the timeline feature update to 800 million users the largest online user base and also rumors of introducing paid plans for users who have large fan base business and prominent people would be their biggest audience.

Google Analytics has rolled out a new product updates with real time updates of traffic instead of 24 hr delay restrictions it had before, with this change they are now offering Enterprise analytics and offering at larger clients who can afford $150k per yr.

Interprise Solutions maker of ERP software for small and medium business is launching their new version 6.0 to small and medium business world wide, with its new features it will now directly compete with other leading ERP brands such as NetSuite, Everest, SAP Business One, TradePoint, Sage, MS Dynamics and Quickbooks and business might see the value when they compare Interprise Suite with other brands.

We are seeing innovation on all fronts targeting consumers and the market is flooded with new products, new services and only the strongest will survive and as a business owner you need to capitalize by using the right technology and services to compete.

Get your wish lists, gift cards, shopping bags ready for a roller coaster ride of the yr 2011.

Which ERP Software Fits Your Business - NetSuite, Interprise Suite or Everest?

2011-09-09T13:22:00.000-07:00

Why Interprise Suite should be your next ERP Software?

If you are in the market for evaluating ERP software for small and medium business then you would have run into several different companies, products and lots of options and variations and wondering which software is going to fit my business and what's the best choice? Whom should we trust? Is this Company good? Or they stable or are they gonna go bankrupt? Should I spend $100,000 or $10,000?

What is right and what's wrong? Well we hear this concerns from several business owners in retail, wholesale, distribution and etail customers so we decided to highlight some of the competitors and the reason for us to partner with specific ERP vendors and why business should decide to choose Interprise Suite versus other ERP software's?

We have done all the research in evaluating the next best ERP for Small and medium business considering the fact that Small and Medium is vaguely defined and also each business have their own budget constraints, here are few that we have shortlisted and reason why we like one of below the most.

Interprise Suite - Been in market since 2003 onwards with new management take over in 2010
Everest -Been in market since 1998 however is declining since its latest acquisition in 2010
NetSuite - Market leader in ERP software but priced highly after 2nd yr and moving away from small business or those who can't afford $10,000
ABAS - Not heard of
Acumatica - ERP vendor their ecommerce or POS solution is not comparable they are more focus like other ERP such as Sage or MS Dynamics, not focused on eBusiness
Enterprise IQ (IQMS) - Not heard much abt, they have unique licensing options

We have done very detailed comparison of ERP software's in SMB sector module-module comparison btwn Interprise Suite Vs Everest and NetSuite and we find these 3 software's worthy of considering as fully integrated ERP software with Accounting, Sales, Purchases, Inventory, Purchasing, CRM, POS, EDI and other options. Click here to read more about the ERP comparisons

Stability of Companies:

1. NetSuite - More stable is what we feel coz it's listed on Nasdaq and backed by Oracle so obviously we all tend to feel comfortable dealing with Companies that are listed as a stable Company.

2. Everest Software - Not listed but had 4 Venture Captials invest in millions and was recently sold to Versata who acquired Everest and its customer base on short sale and cut its entire work force and outsourced everything since then customers are jumping ship which is very clear the Company is viewed as "Not stable" with high support prices.

3. Interprise Suite - Not listed on Nasadaq however it did go through acquisition from Taylor Corp couple of yrs back and since then it was re-acquired by private investors who were also users of Interprise software so they can continue the progress of ERP development and to market its offerings, since Mar 2010 they had exponential growth in software in terms of ERP features and customer base, with it's new version 6.0 it's going to be tough contender for NetSuite.

I don't want so sound like i'm pitching for Interprise as the greatest software or perfect software for business, I have been in software development for more than 15+ yrs and have worked in ERP systems for more than 12+ yrs and have seen Companies risen and fallen. Every software has it's own distinctive competencies and feature sets, also it's own issues, bugs and fixes or constraints in it's growth.One Size doesn't fit all and no software is perfect. You need to observe the Company and its trends in software development.

NetSuite is not profitable still since their expense is equal to their revenue, they are also trying to move away from smaller deals which was their core business Read more about this article which highlights the small business being avoided by NetSuite

Everest - Lots of our customers ask is Everest a stable Company are they going to be in business next yr or they gonna go bankrupt, do I need to be on Support contract? Our answers is the same we aren't sure since the recent acquisition and SMB research group have done an in-depth article about Everest Software and its future plans.

Now Interprise Suite, within last 1 yr the following things have happened

1. Launched new website www.InterpriseSolutions.com after take over

2. 1000+ new users signed up on their community

3. Their daily traffic to website is higher as per the Alexa reports. Alexa Traffic Rank is 318,206 and reputation of 45

4. Here is an email we recd from their top management with regards to future plans

Our focus has not changed over the past 8 years. We are committed to helping small businesses operate more effectively and efficiently while providing the best ROI in the industry. We have been investing heavily in upgrading and improving our existing products (6.0), investing in creating new products and platforms for the future (POS/InterpriseTouch), investing in building an open community (we are closing in on 2,000 community members), investing in building an education portal for our customers (Still a few months away but coming along - http://university.interprisesolutions.com/), investing creating a dynamic new website for prospects, customers and partners (http://next.interprisesolutions.com/), investing in our new Cloud environment and investing in new and exciting services such as the Connected Business Network.

5. We are re-seller for Interprise from past 5 yrs and have moved several customers from Everest and NetSuite to Interprise Suite and also customized several eCommerce websites

6. Interprise had its 2011 User conference in Las Vegas on Aug 23rd More about it here

7. 50+ re-sellers signed up for reselling their ERP products

8. Pricing options for a fully integrated ERP software with ECommerce + source code + Unlimited websites costs $995 per user or $99 per user OnCloud ($69 each additional user)

9. New POS built on open source technology SilverTouch which enables to build software apps on any platform that support silverlight like android devices or iPad's.

10. Community of developers, 3rd party developers, resellers, certification programs all helping the end users

As you see there are various factors while evaluating the ERP software, too many choices can spoil the fun, working with an expert always helps you to narrow down your choices and hear both sides of the story unlike the sales rep who wants to sell software and make commission and really not bother about your business or whether you are happy with your solution, long term relationship is key in such engagements.

Feel free to comment on this post and share it with others, if you want to discuss more about ERP software give us a buzz we will be more than happy to guide you not sell the software, but purely FREE information.

Are you ready for Mobile traffic?

2011-09-02T11:09:00.000-07:00

A report by ABI Research found that mobile online shopping in the United States rose from $396 million in 2008 to $1.2 billion in 2009. The same survey predicted that mobile would bring in $119 billion by 2015. - Source: Mashable

So more and more consumers get their hands on smart phone such as iPhone and Android devices they have the mobility to shop online or compare products and price or even just look up for hot deals. Having an eCommerce website is a must if you targeting online shoppers but having mobile ready site makes it even more important to facilitate those shoppers who are researching your products or ready to buy in the shortest time available during holiday seasons.

Interprise Solutions is launching its mobile solution this Holiday season and a sneak preview of it's mobile solution can be seen on their blog posted Sep 2nd by Gary. We will keep you updated on features, how it works, whether it can be customized for your mobile business solution, stay tuned ...

Interprise Suite Seminar 2011 - Day 3 & 4

2011-08-31T13:17:00.000-07:00

Day 3 & 4 Aug 25 & 26th

If you were overwhelmed with new features and excited about the latest happenings with this new version 6.0 and you stepped out to enjoy Vegas, you got to get yourself into the session by 9 am how does that sound? Well that's what everybody did and few people had to demo/speak at the seminar too ...

Day 3 was more of the same of Day 2 but wit more in depth review of features of how to use it, examples, more screenshot, live demo and breaks to caffeine ourselves so we can sit through the seminar.

Track 1 covered setup and management of Ecommerce, Report engine and CRM module. Track 2 was more of POS, Customer and Supplier modules. Again if you are a Geek then you will love Track 3 and 4.

Track 3 caught my attention since Ramil the head of product development was walking through a bunch of nerds about the new revamped SDK (Software Development Kit) and this version of SDK looked much easier to use, simpler and intuitive for developers. He walked us through some basic stuff on how-to's and then showed us real life example of creating an order template and integrating with Order processing.

Track 4 - I had to really wake myself up to be there at 8:30 am so I can present my ECommerce 101 presentation which covered everything that you ever wanted to know abt running your eBusiness successfully from SEO, PPC, SEM, Social Media, Shopping feeds and Multi-channel marketing.

Track 4 also had topics from Lerryn, eTail Solutions, Barcoders and other notable speakers.

Day 4

We had half-day session on 26th Friday covering left over topics such as Banking, Accounting, Inventory and Shipping module features that couldn't fit into other days were covered.

Track 3 & 4 on final day was more of networking, questions, brainstorming sessions. Honestly I couldn't make myself available since we had rock party the previous night and I ended up sleeping more ...

What Happens in Vegas, Kind of Stays in Vegas :)

Most of us were ready to head back to our business/offices and those who dropped in from East coast had to rush before Hurricane Irene hits the east coast on Sat evening.

OVERALL, we liked the new version 6.0 (and beta 7 was release that week) it was packed with powerful automated features that small and medium business can use in their daily operations to run their business, some of the high level features worth noting down

1. Interprise Suite is fully ERP ready

2. Just the Ecommerce solution is worth the install rather than Magento

3. New POS in Silver light seem very promising

4. Integration with Shipping module and other partner's plugins makes it more scalable

5. New revamped SDK is developers delight

6. Pricing you can't just beat it for what you get, under $5000 you get Combo meal, with bottomless fries and unlimited coke. (If you want me to translate that then 5 user license + E-Commerce unlimited websites)

Interprise Suite Seminar 2011 - Day 2

2011-08-31T12:48:00.000-07:00

Day 2 - Multi Track Session

Day 2 Aug 24th started with 4 tracks and this is where it gets interesting and if you are representing your Company alone then you have to shift gears and jump between sessions but recommended way to do it is always attend in groups at least 2 people from a Company so you can always share notes at the end.

Track 1 was Product overview from Curt and Track 2 was all about 6.0 and new features and this is where all the newbies and existing customers were glued to the presentation, Track 3 and 4 was more of eCommerce and latest technology from Interprise as well as System Integrator.

Honestly for me Track 3 & 4 was very interesting just coz i'm a Geek and I love what other Geeks do, so in this scenario I was overwhelmed by Ezra's new baby "Silver Touch" it really touched my Geek brain. SilverTouch is a development platform for developing rich user interface like Flash but using Silverlight technology from Microsoft that interfaces with Interprise database or with any other database. We got a glimpse of POS module that's developed using the SilverTouch interface, awesome idea to keep it open source and I thk this will be a killer for iPad/Tablet apps if Silverlight gets supported by Apple and Android devices ....

After sitting in the seminar for 6+ hrs listening to new features, coming soon, new features etc overloaded with information you get brain damage and you step out of the seminar head back to your room(s) and take a power nap before you step out to play Craps, blackjack or just the slot machine or watch some shows vegas has to offer or if you are like me then you would rather party all night ;) !!!!

Day 3 & 4 gets harder ...

Interprise Suite Seminar 2011 - Day 1

2011-08-24T19:32:00.000-07:00

Day 1 - Interprise Suite User Conference at Hotel Mirage, Las Vegas.

It was hot outside and pretty cool inside, no i'm not talking abt the weather in Las Vegas i'm expressing my views about Interprise Suite new Ver 6.0 code named Eireen (Ever wonder how Interprise comes up with product code names ;) I thk I know the secret... )

On day 1 we had business owners from all walks of life along with re-sellers/partners and developers representing their clients all in all we were around 100+ looking for some serious new features in Interprise. The Philippines team has been cooking the ERP features for last few months and currently unveiled IS 6.0 beta 7 during the demos.

Yossi, Iuval and Gary's team took the stage and introduced the new platform and their business strategy for 2011 and 2012, sneak preview of new website look and feel was provided by Gary and we think the new website looks more refined and business friendly, looking fwd for new site in few days ...

Cloud hosting was big deal, Curt Rice was pumped up with the offerings that small and medium business could leverage with this solution. Ezra walked in with his Geek hat covering the REST web services and SilverTouch the next big thing that we could expect from Ezra's team in Point of Sale (POS) and much more...

It was the day of showcasing the product and it's framework which allows solution providers to broaden the ERP features vertically which allows business to scale to enterprise level. We had demo from each of these vendors and integrator such as Barcoders, B2B Gateway, TransNational, TrustWave, eTail Solution, Lerryn and others.

Stay tuned for more updates on rest of the days and more pictures abt the event.

Thinking About NetSuite, think again or read this article

2011-08-12T19:46:00.000-07:00

Interesting article I ran into this week about why NetSuite is not ready to sell if you are a business owner and can't spend more than $10,000 per year for their ERP software and we aren't surprised if NetSuite filters it's pipeline filled with small and medium business ready to buy their ERP software hosted solution.

Every ERP vendor has tried to define the term "small and medium" and they end up serving only medium and high business since the cost of setup and training would be much higher and smaller customers won't have that budget, so customers need to understand what features they need and whether they need an ERP solution to scale their business.

We did a comparison matrix of couple of ERP vendors against NetSuite few years back and it still holds good even till date, read more abt it http://www.info-sourcing.com/comparison_enterprise_softwares.htm

NetSuite stops selling to smaller businesses. Congratulations

By Dennis Howlett | August 9, 2011, 12:50pm PDT

Does Interprise Suite fit "Small and Medium" business?
From what we heard from Gary Harrison at Interprise Solutions, they are announcing their new pricing for small and medium business, which will allow business owners to jump on the band wagon for their hosted SaaS solution starting from $59 per month per user and you can scale it up as your business grows. Stay tuned for more announcement.

Interprise Suite User Conference in Las Vegas Aug 23rd 2011

2011-08-12T08:59:00.000-07:00

We are thrilled to be part of the IS seminar in Las Vegas from Aug 23rd to Aug 26th at Hotel Mirage. This year seminar focus on newer version 6.0 which is totally revamped with new UI (User Interface) design, newer modules such as Shipping, Business Intelligence and whole lot of enhancements all around the software.

Also look out for new POS (Point of Sale) module written in Silverlight technology and I so look fwd to it since I heard good things about it. The new SDK is also getting airbrushed and will get hands on experience for developers and integrators.

Also InfoSourcing's CEO Harsha Sarjapur is one of the invited speakers in the seminar and we will be covering the Ecommerce 101 session on Aug 25th at 9 am to 10:30 covering range of topics from SEO, SEM, PPC, Shopping feeds, multi-channel, Social media and Analytics. Be there it will be ton of information for business owners to learn the trade secrets of Ecommerce.

We will also showcase our OneStopFeed Multi-channel solution that will grow more than shopping feeds and cover marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay and other marketplaces.

If you are a business owner and planning to attend the General session on Aug 23rd then visit our website and Sign up for FREE, yes we are offering 100 free passes to any business who wants to evaluate Interprise for their business.

Visit our website for more about Interprise Suite 6.0 and meet us up in Las Vegas too. Stay tuned for more updates from the seminar, live blogging.

How to market your eBusiness with Multi-Channels?

2011-06-27T07:20:00.000-07:00

Your e-commerce website needs to grab traffic share from various channels that are available today, every year we have new source of channels making its way into the market.
In the initial days we had Search engines, Pay-Per-Clicks and Shopping engines, today we have Facebook shopping, marketplaces such as Amazon, eBay, Overstock, Sears and other giants where you could strategically place your catalog or products and reach out to grab traffic, sales and revenue.

We at InfoSourcing have developed a multi-channel marketing programs for Small and medium business and having worked with our clients over past 6 yrs and managing advertising and marketing in multi-channels we have gained expertise. Our new SaaS model offering OneStopFeed.com automates the process of shopping feeds for Google Shopping, Bing Shopping and TheFind.com we also have eBay and Amazon feed exchange modules built for Interprise Suite.

Your Marketing priorities are based on your marketing budget and the type of product you are selling, here are few channels that are worth listing.

1. Search Engines - Organic the single most ROI
2. Pay-Per-Click - Google Adwords, MS AdCenter, Yahoo network
3. Amazon - Product Ads and Listing
4. ebay - Listing
5. Free Shopping Engines - Google Shopping, Bing Shopping and TheFind.com
5. Paid Shopping Engines - Pricegrabber, shop.com, shopping.com and others
6. Email Marketing
7. Facebook and Twitter marketing
8. 3rd Party integration with shopping carts, order mgmt
9. Multiple websites - Repeat steps 1 through 8

If you are online merchant you might want to consider some of the above channels to market and see its return on investment.

Visit http://www.Info-Sourcing.com - Interprise Reseller
http://www.OneStopFeed.com - Multi-Channel Marketing for Small and Medium business.

Interprise User Conference Scheduled for August 23rd-26th in Las Vegas - Mirage

2011-06-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

Just heard the dates are finalized for "Interprise User Conference Scheduled for August 23rd-26th in Las Vegas - Mirage"

Well finally we (partners, customers and the new mgmt team of IS) are meeting in "Mirage" Las Vegas since our last meetup in Sep 2008. I wld love to meet the new team and the old awesome team, hoping this seminar will be "Erupting nightly" with new features, new customers and new IS from Aug 22nd to Aug 26th ;)

Let us know who is making plans to attend the user conference by commenting on this blog....

Interprise Solutions 6.0 BETA version - Jun Update

2011-05-31T10:47:00.000-07:00

Just thought of keeping the community members aware of the new upcoming version from Interprise, the much hyped & awaited newer version 6.0

Highlights of 6.0:
1. Installing the newer version requires MS SQL 2008 and most of us have the SQL 2005 or older so upgrade or install of SQL 2008 is bit tricky blame Microsoft for that ...

2. IS 6.0 install was a breeze, ran smoothly and deployed the application

3. By default it logs as guest and it has disabled lots of modules for user Guest due to user roles I believe and that kept me wondering what I'm doing wrong, anyways so pls login as admin/admin and you will be invited to see the new features

4. The Menu and navigation has changed completely it uses the Microsoft Ribbon technology like in MS Office 2010, you might like it if you like ribbon interface

5. Again this is first Beta version so errors do popup here and there, we do see some new features introduced more abt it later ...

6. Overall it's looking good, it still needs fixes and patches in 6.0 life cycle for us to feel comfortable and get up to the speed of using it. We haven't seen the e-Commerce yet so hopefully next release wld get us current and excited ...

Stay tuned ...

Google Products Data Feed Updates - Multi Channel Marketing

2011-04-07T18:04:00.000-07:00

Google Products, free comparison shopping engine requires all merchants to provide their data feed with unique identifiers in their feed by May. 2011 this transition may require merchants to understand the need of unique identifiers in the feed.

We advise Interprise merchants to start working on gathering data such as UPC/EAN/ISBN/MPN fields in your database and modify your listing to reflect the latest changes and keep it ready, tested before the May deadline.

If you are selling Apparel or custom made goods then you don’t have to meet this requirements but if all other merchants who are selling parts and accessories might need to submit either one of these unique product attributes UPC/MPN and if you are selling books then you might have to send ISBN number.

Now our plugin allows to choose Interprise fields easily and submit it to OneStopFeed services so your product listing is current and accurate for Google and other engines to showcase in their comparison engines.

For more updates on Google products visit Multi Channel Advisor Blog and to submit your listing to Google, Bing Shopping and TheFind visie Multi Channel Marketing program services at www.OneStopFeed.com and take advantage of affordable pricing and widen your reach of customers.

Future of ERP Software, Could IS 6.0 or 7.0 cover this?

2011-03-23T11:03:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't it be great to have an ERP system that automates your business and also evolves with latest trend and yet be affordable for small and medium business?

Here are our wish list or wanna have those features in the Software.
We composed these questions or feature list based on our interactions with several ERP customers who are using Interprise or other various ERP software’s such as Everest, NetSuite or simply looking for integrated software to run their business ...

Multi Company, Multi currency and Multiple Website all in one easy to use software, truly multiple …
Inventory Controls, Warehouse management, Stock allocation (I mean really stock allocation for orders on web, manage back orders, notify customers and be able to sell sell more …) Kind of amazon.com how they handle their inventory, come on it’s not that hard.
E-Commerce truly that is evolving by the trends not tiny miny feature but ability to launch new websites with easy from single database, Search engine friendly (SEO), ability to interface with multi-channel, product feeds, social media out of the box, not stand alone ecommerce or open source, I need integrated shopping carts with everything integrated and should not cost me leg or arm.
How about letting others developers develop what they are good at and let the framework take care of the rest? Yes I’m talking about SDK (Software Development Kit) which can flood the marketplace and surpasses maybe Apple or Android marketplace, I mean real apps not crappy game apps, I’m talking abt apps such as Sales order on iPad or Samsung tablet or Motorola Zoom taking orders when I’m in a trade shows, Can I?
A software that can be hosted on shared or dedicated hosting or one that can be hosted at ISP or on premises or one that can be accessed from China while you talking to your suppliers during your business trip
A Software which can be learnt easily, not because it has less features, but more support options for customers or end users like ability to walk into product trainings, seminars, or find a consultant or reseller who can guide them in right direction and show them how to scale their business using ERP software, that’s when the true powers lies, a larger community much larger than facebook.

All of this and much more evolving technologies need to be part of “One Software” and it shld be available “Now” and not in 2020 I’m talking about 2011, right before we jump into biggest season of the year, last year's online shopping surpassed 1 Billion in sales just during thanks giving holidays, this year it may surpass those numbers, are you ready?

Can you compete with other business? Can you sell more, ship more …. Well if you are ready then bring your inventory and cup of coffee we are ready to scale your business.

Call us or Visit our Website and learn more why we are excited and how we can scale your business.

Interprise Update: We were shown sneak preview of "what's coming up in 6.0 Ver" which is scheduled for launch early 3rd Qtr (don't hold me for the dates).

The demo blew our expectations, all our features/wishes are added/granted and it looks way too good to believe and I kept saying "I couldn't believe it's butter/IS" so we are excited with the new developments and enhancements they have made in such a short period, we will be posting more updates as we get our hands onto 6.0 pre-release/beta versions.

In few more weeks we will try to list all the juicy features coming up in 6.0 and how they can make your business operate more efficiently and allow you to sell more ... Stay tuned ....

Interprise Workshop at Los Angeles March 30 to Apr 1st

2011-03-08T08:09:00.000-08:00

The Power Business / Software Workshop offered by Interprise Solutions will not only help you to organize and manage your business more effectively, but it will also efficiently help you to drive your revenue, and control your expenses.

For three days, Interprise Solutions offers you the chance to engage in full, in-depth discussions with software instructors, experience hands-on exercises that are sure to enhance comprehension and a receive a detailed review of all material covered within the program. Paired with this, you will also receive a CD comprised of course material and videos

Hurry if you want to get trained with Interprise ERP software now is the time to join the training and learn how to use the powerful beast for your business so you can tame the beast and be more productive and less frustrated.

We highly recommend training coz it's not easy to use an ERP system so get your hands on it experts training you at their LA location.

Have fun !!!

Interprise Suite 5.6 Scheduled for release Early Dec' 10

2010-12-05T20:56:00.000-08:00

We passed through another year of Cyber Monday with Online sales surpassing Billion dollar mark and as we head into X-Mas Holidays we will see the holiday season trend to continue.

Talking about trends, Interprise has been busy cooking newer versions with some newer features the latest to hit their download section is Ver 5.6 we got in-sight to couple of features that will roll out and one of the interesting feature from SEO point of it is "Item Image Enhancement".

The item image enhancement makes it easier for merchants to create items and associate a file name instead of auto serialized numbers and giving it a proper name makes it even better and stands out in Search engines as engines index images based on filename of the image itself.
So instead of 100.jpg it we could say Canon-powershot-S90.jpg then it would make more sense for engines to index that and most likely show up in image search results on Google, Bing and others.

Here is a sneak peek at the screenshot of IS 5.6 Item Image Enhancement and we will discuss more features as 5.6 gets ready to release in a week's time, so stay tuned...

Interprise Suite 5.5 is now available for Public

2010-09-15T16:27:00.000-07:00

Interprise Solutions has announced availability of its new version for public release and it's now available for download for existing customers.

Enhanced Performance
Designed for PA-DSS compliance
Paypal Express Checkout service integration
New, faster installer
New, online store demo database
Improved cache engine
Improved SDK
Improved customization synchronization
We did download and upgraded our client and noticed few changes overall "With 5.5 we’ve taken the most fully integrated eCommerce / CRM / ERP solution and made it even better with the addition of a two entirely new modules – live chat and shipping"

New Chat module catches attention for business owners since you don't have to pay expensive fees to integrate this on your eCommerce website. It took few hrs to read through chat documentation and set it up but once hooked it really adds value to your website.

You can setup different chat rooms for Sales, Returns and other departments and have the client/agents installed on your sales rep workstation and be able to monitor your web traffic and answer any question that's asked or you can invoke a conversation with the shoppers and help them by pushing the URL for the right product they are looking for, it really helps in conversion

We will update more as we learn about the new features in 5.5 so stay tuned ...

Trends in e-Commerce Solutions

2010-08-30T12:34:00.000-07:00

e-Commerce is also evolving as the market tightens in tough economy, shopping cart vendors need to evolve with newer technologies or integrate with 3rd party vendors or simply enough have to create interfaces for smart phone such as iPhone and Android, add social networking features and keep its ever growing customer base engaged in the market.

There has been 2 new developments in the field of e-Commerce:

Firstly Interprise Suite or Interprise Solutions are engaging themselves as pioneer integrated e-Commerce solution provider and will be launching the new e-Commerce plus edition of their ERP software which will allow customers to use the software and be able to scale their online business with much easy and then eventually upgrade to licensed versions.

Secondly Aspdotnet Storefront one of the best .Net framework with 10000 customers was recently acquired by Vortx, for those who have not heard Vortx they use to be Dev Net partners with Aspdotnet Storefront and they liked the software so much they ended up acquiring them, it makes all the sense as they have developed the next generation mobile shopping solution using Aspdotnet storefront for smart phones.

Interestingly InterpriseSolutions e-Commerce (ISE) is also built on same .Net source code and Vortx wld be targeting Interprise customers to provide their cutting edge solution.

Customer Satisfaction, Interprise Suite's New Mantra

2010-06-16T06:16:00.000-07:00

Having heard lots of negative comments over forums and discussion boards by few customers who are un-happy with Interprise Suite, either a) their expectation was too high or b) they were not able to use the product correctly...There is no product out there which is bug-free.

It's good to hear positive comments from customers, customers usually don't comment but very few do and we appreciate it, here is one such email that hit our inbox appreciating the IS team and thought of sharing...

"Thanks for your time and as I said to Curt yesterday that I like the new Interprise team. Proactive, responsive and can actually talk, understand and resolve. Hope you guys keep it that way.

Regards
Alok - Australia"

We like the positive energy from the new Interprise team, they are proactive and willing to hear your problems and fix them, trying to create a community of ERP users.

How to run Interprise Suite on iPad - Video from Ezra

2010-06-10T07:40:00.000-07:00

Interprise on iPad - Now you can run IS on iPad by installing citrix app on iPad which connects to your server and ohhlaalaa you can run Interprise anywhere on the cloud.

To read more about this visit Interprise Suite forums.