BTerrell Group Blog

I spoke with a CFO of a small, but growing business recently, and he asked me a simple question, “Why should I implement a new ERP system?” The answer is simple, robust, and one I explain quite frequently. That being said, I want to share, over the next several weeks, some of the main reasons I believe companies may need to implement a new ERP system.

I hear the term “cloud washing” used all the time.  Cloud washing happens when a software marketing department applies the word “cloud” to legacy applications in order to attach to the branding momentum and real value of the cloud.  This deception confuses those shopping for true cloud based applications like Intacct.  How does one differentiate between the real thing and the pretenders?

Much has been recently written about the OpenSSL bug known as "Heartbleed", which is a vulnerability in the HTTPS protocol for Apache and nginx web servers. The vulnerability could allow unauthorized users to read unencrypted web traffic, including passwords.  Early stories circulated that as much as 2/3 of the Internet was affected by the bug.  According to the latest articles, it likely had a much smaller impact.  However, the defect was found to have effected some of the largest providers of Internet and cloud-based services, such as Amazon, Google, Akamai, Blackberry, Tumblr and even the Canadian version of the IRS.