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Tom Foydel

Tom Foydel

Spent several years with ADP where I learned Oracle, and then 9 years subsequently with Oracle as an ERP consultant and Project Manager. Founded SightLines Consulting 5 years ago as a NetSuite VAR and consultancy. Committed early on to the idea of software as a service and happily the wider world seems to be getting the idea.
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NetSuite OneWorld Implementation Released!

NetSuite OneWorld Implementation Released!

By Tom Foydel on January 5, 2012

The NetSuite Implementation Book is Published Nearly 400 pages of NetSuite, from basic questions of what you need to know about NetSuite’s place in the ERP/CRM market, to how to get started with the account setup, and details about how to setup specific business models work in OneWorld; I packed a lot into these 400 [...]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged implementation, netsuite, NetSuite OneWorld, OneWorld, SaaS | Leave a response

AisleBuyer: At the Intersection of Consumer and Enterprise Technology

AisleBuyer: At the Intersection of Consumer and Enterprise Technology

By Tom Foydel on October 13, 2011

Tweet Where Many Goliaths Have Failed, A David Comes Forward Thinking about it now, the David and Goliath metaphor may not work perfectly, but it does quickly focus this post. The enterprise world has spent untold billions of treasure on customer relationship management over the past two decades, and you have to ask to what [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged AisleBuyer, CRM, E-Commerce, NetSuite and NetSuite Consulting, Retail, SaaS, Technology for the Small to Medium Enterprise | 1 Response

SaaS ERP Migration: Question Is Not When But How?

SaaS ERP Migration: Question Is Not When But How?

By Tom Foydel on September 20, 2011

One of my linkedIn groups is having a discussion about the mass migration to ‘Cloud’ ERP. There have been several good posts that covered everything from control, licensing, security, definition of cloud, etc. It’s the sort of discussion that the EI’s used to have a few years back on a regular basis. We were probably a [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, Cloud Suite, Enterprise resource planning, ERP. SaaS ERP, integrated suite, netsuite, SaaS, software as a service, Suite | 3 Responses

Does Social Add Complexity or Replace It?

Does Social Add Complexity or Replace It?

By Tom Foydel on September 7, 2011

Listening last week to salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s keynote address at DreamForce 2011, I started to see social and enterprise apps come together in a more meaningful integration than I had seen before. Suffice it to say that a lot of enterprise software analsysts have been very cool to the idea of the social enterprise. This is unfortunate because it [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #DF11, chatter, complexity, dreamforce11, ERP Complexity, linkedin, SaaS, salesforce, salesforce.com, Social Enterprise, Technology for the Small to Medium Enterprise | Leave a response

Google Adwords and SEO: Beware of the Fraudsters

Google Adwords and SEO: Beware of the Fraudsters

By Tom Foydel on August 29, 2011

Most of you probably already know this, but I thought it worth mentioning here that SEO fraud appears to be increasing rapidly, along with Google Adwords fraud. Businesses across the spectrum are anxious, to say the least, to increase business. This might be one reason that the amount of daily calls, emails and other detritus [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged AdSense, AdWords, E-Commerce, Fraud, google, netsuite, NetSuite and NetSuite Consulting, SEO, Technology for the Small to Medium Enterprise | 20 Responses

Software Atomization

Software Atomization

By Tom Foydel on July 26, 2011

The first best of breed software that we helped to replace was Cullinet’s A/P system. It was 15 years ago, a number hard to believe even as I type it. The company was a Fortune 500 goliath with an enormous IT department. Their goal was to eliminate a slew of legacy applications in favor of [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged enterprise software, integrated suite, netsuite, on-premise software, OpenAir, Oracle Corporation, SaaS, sap, Technology for the Small to Medium Enterprise | Leave a response

Breaking Under the Weight of Complexity

Breaking Under the Weight of Complexity

By Tom Foydel on July 1, 2011

Does information technology need to be so complex? To answer the first question we must ask another:  What drives complexity? Vendors tell you that they respond to customers, and it’s true that many customers demand that software meets their highly idiosyncratic requirements, that’s true, and requirements drive complexity. But is it also true that vendors for many [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged complexity, erp, ERP Complexity, microsoft, mobile apps, mobility, netsuite, on-premise, oracle, SaaS, sap, workday | 3 Responses

SuiteWorld: Day 2

SuiteWorld: Day 2

By Tom Foydel on May 12, 2011

Let’s start with the best and work our way down:   The Google Apps integration was very cool. It reminded me of a demo I saw last year of Appirio’s integration with sf.com. Both use Google gadgets, but Celigo’s integration between google and NetSuite goes much further; it’s a two way integration. You can see [...]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged eBizNet, NetSuite and NetSuite Consulting, nsw11, Qontext, SaaS, social business, suitecloud, Technology for the Small to Medium Enterprise, warehouse management system, yammer | 1 Response

Day One Of NetSuite Suiteworld 2011

Day One Of NetSuite Suiteworld 2011

By Tom Foydel on May 11, 2011

Some of the most interesting things I heard from Suiteworld day 1:   “Let’s face it, no one wants to do accounting in the cloud, they want to do business processes.” From Zach Nelson’s morning Keynote yesterday. He’s right. Selling accounting in the cloud is silly. Selling a business process that includes vendors, customers, partners [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Accenture, Baker Tilly, McGladrey, NetSuite and NetSuite Consulting, nsw11, oracle, SaaS, Technology for the Small to Medium Enterprise, Uncategorized | Leave a response

Thank You, Henry Taub

Thank You, Henry Taub

By Tom Foydel on April 7, 2011

We came across several news articles this week announcing the passing of Henry Taub. Mr Taub was the founder of ADP or Automatic Data Processing, one of the world’s largest information services companies. You might not have heard of Henry Taub, and likewise you might not comprehend  his impact on the information services industry. He [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged ADP, Automatic Data Processing, Henry Taub, ibm, information services, payroll, SaaS, services, Technology for the Small to Medium Enterprise | 2 Responses

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