Nov 16, 2021 | Cloud, Wiki
What the heck is a cloud anyway? Everyone is talking about the cloud! We’ll just move our servers to the cloud. Why don’t we store it in the cloud? Which cloud are you using? In plain English… a cloud is a place to store data or software on the...
Jul 23, 2021 | Salesforce, Software
Salesforce buys Slack. So, what does this mean for Not for Profits? Increasingly, more and more mid to large size organisations are adopting Salesforce as their CRM. However, there is still a heavy reliance on third-party applications such as Microsoft Outlook and...
Jul 5, 2021 | Articles, IT Budgets
I started my career as a contracting officer for the US Air Force where I wrote and evaluated Request for Tenders (RFTs) for a living. I did this again later in my career as a consultant in the IT industry – helping clients purchase systems and outsource...
Jul 1, 2021 | Learning Management Systems (LMS), Software
I’m increasingly helping Not for Profits choose a Learning Management Systems (LMS), particularly since the pandemic began. One study believes the global LMS market is worth over US$15 billion in 2021 with at least a thousand vendors offering more features than...
Jun 29, 2021 | Cloud, IT Budgets
The use of public storage clouds like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services to host organisational data is not new. Neither is the use of Software as a Service (SAAS) such as Salesforce or Xero. Nevertheless, I still hear about organisations trying to replace old...
