Every day, we hear horror stories about businesses losing money to ransomware attackers. All it takes is one person to open the wrong email and instantly, all your data is held captive unless you pay up. Recently, Riviera Beach, Florida was a victim of this type of attack, crippling the entire city’s computer system. It … Read more
Distribution is a complicated business. Ensuring products flow properly, people work effectively, and cash moves smoothly is a necessity, but too often, processes get gummed up and technology becomes more of a hindrance than a help. This is especially true if you are relying on outdated or undersized technology for the job at hand. Unfortunately, … Read more
Every organization has unique business processes, and tailoring solutions to meet, automate, and scale those processes can be very rewarding wins for your organization. We had a rather unusual client requirement come through that we were able to accommodate in Microsoft Dynamics GP with the addition of Accountable Software’s Forms Printer application. The Problem A … Read more
Have you ever received a suspicious email about your Office 365 account? It might seem legitimate, even with a Microsoft logo, but if you look close at the links or the email address it came from, it’s not from your company. Office 365 credentials are a hot commodity these days. You need look no further … Read more
With today’s rapidly changing business ecosystem, legacy ERP systems are giving way to cloud services. This shift is giving small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) all of the advantages known to larger competitors with the bandwidth and revenue to support such IT efforts. In fact, Gartner predicts 17.3% growth in 2019 to total $206.2 billion in … Read more
If someone asked you right now where your backups are located, would you know? Are you sure your ERP system even HAS reliable backups, with easy access should disaster strike? We don’t ask this to scare you, but we know from experience how critical having a reliable and robust backup plan in place is to … Read more
Even those lucky enough not to have first-hand experience know someone who has been affected by ransomware. The typical attack involves an email which at first glance appears legitimate and sent from a known contact. The user is tricked into opening email attachments or visiting malicious links that snuck through email filters. From there, the … Read more
Data security and integrity is of paramount importance to any business. This is true whether your ERP system is on premise, in the cloud, or a combination of the two. In a previous blog, I talked about our Crestwood Cloud platform and the two complementary backup solutions that we designed to safeguard client data: SQL … Read more
One of the concerns we hear from clients when moving to the cloud is they don’t want to make things different or harder on their users. The cloud tool that we recommend is RemoteApp. You might be used to Remote Desktop, which basically virtualized the desktop that you were accessing. RemoteApp uses the same protocol, … Read more
I’ve often said that “data you don’t have at least two copies of is data you don’t care about.” This simple maxim will go a long way to protect your family photos and other personal data. However, a reliable data security strategy for an enterprise – well, that can be more complicated. But it doesn’t … Read more
You may be wondering how Crestwood takes an on-premise application like the Microsoft Dynamics ERP software suite and migrates it to the cloud, maintaining business continuity during the transition, and how the move benefits your organization. Let’s take a look at the process. First Things First Crestwood will start by analyzing your existing system, taking … Read more
If you use Microsoft Dynamics CRM, now referred to as Dynamics 365, and SharePoint, you will want to read this. Did you know there are quick and easy ways to attach email correspondence and other files to your SharePoint library? Here are some tips for working with the SharePoint-enabled storage accessible from CRM: Log into … Read more