5 Reasons to Outsource IT

Most people love technology and the added conveniences of its modern advances. There are apps that can sync with your home to turn your lights off when you aren’t home and now there’s even a more sophisticated AI voice recognition program that will explain the meaning of life or direct you to the closest bar for happy hour.

Orchestra’s very own John-Michael Davis recently co-hosted an online expert session with SAP representative Dan Love to present some tips and tricks when using Crystal Reports in SAP. These sessions are aimed to help fellow SAP partners by sharing relevant tips and tricks when running reports and other functions in SAP.

SAP & Orchestra will be exhibiting at the Portland Business Journal's BizGrowth Expo in Portland, OR on Thursday, July 21st! This event is a great opportunity for business owners and professionals to network and explore business solutions available in the Portland area for growing companies.

Orchestra will be on hand demonstrating SAP Business ByDesign, business management software for small and mid-sized companies that helps you accelerate and manage your growth.

Remote Support Platform with Gmail Integration

Being proactive with support is a win-win for both you and your client, when you have the right tools in place. Remote Support Platform, version 2.3 for SAP Business One is the tool to provide you with the monitoring of your client environment.

SAP Business One is now available on the iPad from the iTunes Store for download. It connects directly to your SAP Business One system using the mobile application. The App has a great user interface and extends SAP Business One out to the world's favorite mobile device very nicely. The team at Orchestra is looking forward to the future and what might become available within the iPad App in the coming months and beyond.

The Best-Run Breweries, Run SAP

SAP has been the leading provider of enterprise software for many different industries. What most people don't know is that SAP has been the leading provider of enterprise software for the brewery industry. With breweries like, The Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams), Molson Coors, Anheuser Busch, Beck & Co (Beck's), and Carlsberg-Tetley (Carlsberg), SAP has been the vendor of choice for the Brewery Industry.

A recent study by SAP shows:

"150 Billion liters of beer are produced per year with SAP Software"

The OrchestraTeam has taken SAP Business One, which is SAP's solution for small and midsized companies, and extended it for Craft Breweries. OrchestratedBEER is SAP for Craft Breweries.

SAP Business One 8.81

SAP Business One 8.81 is the new release from SAP, and is currently available in Ramp Up. The new version of SAP Business One brings a myriad of new features, enhancements, and exciting updates to the application, which we'll highlight in this post.

As you can see below in the image of the SAP Business One Roadmap, 8.81 is the first of two minor releases coming in 2010-2011 for SAP Business One 8.8.

Cloud Computing is to Data, as Banking is to Money

There once was a time when people had to protect their valuables much differently than we do today. Before the first banks were established, people kept their valuable belongings in their home or business. Some people built treasure chests, giant safes, hidden rooms, vaults, and etc.

Then came banks...

Now people could store their money and valuable belongings in a place other than their own home or business... However, there was a catch. Immediately people were reluctant to store their valuables in a "bank" and not in a place which was in their possession. The idea was scary. The level of concern people had and the trust needed for people to use banks, caused skepticism to this "new age" concept.

Orchestra will be exhibiting at the Grow Your Business Expo in Seattle, WA on November 4th!  The event is a great place for business owners and professionals to see what is available in the Seattle area for growing companies. Orchestra will be on-hand demonstrating SAP Business One, business management software for small and midsized companies that helps you accelerate and manage your growth.