CLOUD SOFTWARE VS. ON-PREMISES: DATA SECURITY
To be fair, for every instance of a security breach of a cloud service, there are likely 10,000 breaches of on-premises systems.
CLOUD SOFTWARE VS. ON-PREMISES: SYSTEM AVAILABILITY
System availability is always one of the greatest concerns of any company’s executive management team. For some companies, a system that is down is merely an inconvenience. For many others, they are out of business until the ability to process returns. So, this issue of system availability has been turned…
DSD Business Systems garners media attention with Sage Software Awards
“Performing at this level is a true team effort, and I’m extremely proud of all our staff and all our North American offices,” said Doug Deane, President of DSD Business Systems.
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WHAT IS A TORCH AWARD AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE?
A Torch Award is presented to members of the Better Business Bureau in recognition of their superior commitment to exceptional standards that benefit their consumers, employees, suppliers, shareholders and surrounding communities. DSD Business Systems is proud to have won the San Diego Torch Award, for a company our size, in…
INSOURCING
In a recent blog, I talked about offshoring and how the perceived benefit of paying a lower wage can be more than offset by a slew of disadvantages. Not the least of those disadvantages is a lack of control over “your” programming staff. This was reinforced by an article that…
USING OFFSHORE PROGRAMMING SERVICES
Offshoring is one of the most popular business trends, and there are many who will say that it’s patriotic. What could be better for our economy that making a large profit on our software products and support services that originate in a country with cheaper prevailing wages, and then spending…
DSD BUSINESS SYSTEMS CHOSEN AS SAGE 100 ERP GOLD DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR
I’m very proud to say that DSD Business Systems has been chosen as the 2012 Gold Development Partner of the Year for Sage 100 ERP. This is only the second year that Sage has given this award, and I’m gratified that DSD Business Systems has received it both times. The…
CLOUD VS. ON-PREMISES: BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS OF A “LOCAL CLOUD”
Two of the most substantial cost benefits of cloud software are: 1. It is available via subscription pricing, so there’s no huge purchase investment. You can just “rent” it. 2. It is hosted on a remote server. Others pay for the electricity, air conditioning, equipment repairs and operating costs. But…
CLOUD VS. ON-PREMISES: IS THERE A RELIABILITY DIFFERENCE?
Salesforce.com, a widely used and respected cloud CRM product, experienced an outage on June 28, 2012. You can read more about it at Salesforce Outage June 28th. Amazon Web Services also had an outage on June 30,2012 which brought down well-known websites such as NetFlix, Pinterest and Instagram. Read more…