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ERP vendor selection. As the following graph shows, the primary candidates for ERP software were SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Epicor, and Infor:

The cloud question. Despite the hype, only 14 percent of respondents are using ERP delivered as Software as a Service (SaaS). Although the best cloud vendors can deliver superior security and reliability than most internal IT departments, market momentum to ERP in the cloud is not there yet, as the following diagram illustrates:

Important lessons. Implementing an ERP system is always complex because the deployment drives changes to both data and processes that extend across departmental boundaries inside the organization.

Example Here is an example on how to prevent users from access the directory, password-protect a specific file and allow userse to view a specific file: AuthUserFile /your/path/.htpasswd AuthName "Authorization Required" AuthType Basic Order Allow,Deny <Files myfile1.html> Order Allow,Deny require valid-user </Files> <Files myfile2.html> Order Deny,Allow </Files>

memory_limit - Recommended setting: 512M or higher. The memory_limit parameter mainly comes into play when executing large transactions such as mass update, export and import. If this setting is too low when trying to perform one of these actions, the end user will encounter a fatal error and the process will not complete. upload_max_filesize and post_max_size - Recommended setting: 30M or higher. Both of these settings work in conjunction with each other when uploading files through SugarCRM which includes future upgrades as well as document and note attachments. Please note that there is also a setting in the application which can limit file upload file size for end users so the settings in PHP should be high enough to allow any future upgrade files to be loaded without error. max_execution_time = Recommended setting: 300. This setting controls how long a PHP process will remain active. It is important to set this parameter to a value that will allow for large requests to complete if necessary but also will not hamper performance of the server if running too long.

In regards to PHP setup, the following parameters should be set with values as indicated:

Maximum upload size Admin > System Settings 30000000 (~30 MB) The 'Maximum upload size' controls the maximum file size your users can upload into Sugar. This setting should not exceed the post_max_size and upload_max_filesize parameters in your PHP configuration.

Integration BI infrastructure: All tools in the platform use the same security, metadata, administration, portal integration, object model and query engine, and should share the same look and feel. Metadata management: Tools should leverage the same metadata, and the tools should provide a robust way to search, capture, store, reuse and publish metadata objects, such as dimensions, hierarchies, measures, performance metrics and report layout objects. Development tools: The platform should provide a set of programmatic and visual tools, coupled with a software developer's kit for creating analytic applications, integrating them into a business process, and/or embedding them in another application. Collaboration: Enables users to share and discuss information and analytic content, and/or to manage hierarchies and metrics via discussion threads, chat and annotations.

Information Delivery Reporting: Provides the ability to create formatted and interactive reports, with or without parameters, with highly scalable distribution and scheduling capabilities. Dashboards: Includes the ability to publish Web-based or mobile reports with intuitive interactive displays that indicate the state of a performance metric compared with a goal or target value. Increasingly, dashboards are used to disseminate real-time data from operational applications, or in conjunction with a complex-event processing engine. Ad hoc query: Enables users to ask their own questions of the data, without relying on IT to create a report. In particular, the tools must have a robust semantic layer to enable users to navigate available data sources. Microsoft Office integration: Sometimes, Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) acts as the reporting or analytics client. In these cases, it is vital that the tool provides integration with Microsoft Office, including support for document and presentation formats, formulas, data "refreshes" and pivot tables. Advanced integration includes cell locking and write-back. Search-based BI: Applies a search index to structured and unstructured data sources and maps them into a classification structure of dimensions and measures that users can easily navigate and explore using a search interface. Mobile BI: Enables organizations to deliver analytic content to mobile devices in a publishing and/or interactive mode, and takes advantage of the mobile client's location awareness.

Analysis Online analytical processing (OLAP): Enables users to analyze data with fast query and calculation performance, enabling a style of analysis known as "slicing and dicing." Users are able to navigate multidimensional drill paths. They also have the ability to write back values to a proprietary database for planning and "what if" modeling purposes. This capability could span a variety of data architectures (such as relational or multidimensional) and storage architectures (such as disk-based or in-memory). Interactive visualization: Gives users the ability to display numerous aspects of the data more efficiently by using interactive pictures and charts, instead of rows and columns. Predictive modeling and data mining: Enables organizations to classify categorical variables, and to estimate continuous variables using mathematical algorithms. Scorecards: These take the metrics displayed in a dashboard a step further by applying them to a strategy map that aligns key performance indicators (KPIs) with a strategic objective. Prescriptive modeling, simulation and optimization: Supports decision making by enabling organizations to select the correct value of a variable based on a set of constraints for deterministic processes, and by modeling outcomes for stochastic processes.

1. Uninstall BIP desktop from control->Add or remove programs. 2. Open explorer and go to "C:\WINDOWS\assembly". 3. Check if there are assemblies which start with "TB" If present, remove them all. 4. Open the MS Word startup directory and check there are no files there. The directory is normally the following. C:\Documents and Settings\<user name><Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP5. Open MS Word and check that you don't see the BIP tool bar. -> If you see it, please move Normal.dot to another directory and try again.6. Please check that the OS user you use has an administrator privilege on the PC, this is really important. 7. Please go to Control Panel -> Add or Remove programs and check if the followings have been installed. Shared Add-in Extensibility Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB908002) Shared Add-in Support Update for Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (KB908002) 8. Install BIP Desktop again