I am very excited about Cloud ERP and the potential opportunities for customers, however, I like to speak to the minority opinion for a balanced discussion. Just as ERP was deemed the panacea for all business automation pains, Cloud ERP is positioned as a revolutionary approach to deploying an ERP solution. Cloud ERP provides a solution that is flexible, adaptable, scalable, efficient, and affordable.
To understand what the cloud really means for Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision) we first have to agree on what we mean by the cloud. Forrester published the SaaS (Software as a Service) Maturity Model which probably does the best job of helping to calibrate cloud conversations so that everyone is talking about the same thing.
Our colleagues at ERPSoftwareBlog just published this great infographic to explain ERP in the Cloud. It’s a great visual to quickly comprehend the differences between Software as a Service (SaaS), Hybrid Cloud Services and On-Premise Solutions for ERP solutions.
Nu cloudgebaseerde applicaties meer ‘mainstream’ worden, neemt ook het gebruik van SaaS-gebaseerde ERP-software snel toe.
During 2011 I have conducted sessions on utilizing cloud services at various events (Convergence US, Directions EMEA, Dutch Dynamics Community Event, NAV Tech Days, Airlift in Munich and Directions US – and every time I have promised that I would blog about how to do these cool things – how can you as a NAV Partner or a NAV Customer take advantage of the Cloud.
If you haven’t already read part 4 (and the prior parts) you should do so here, before continuing to read this post.
In this post, I am going to create a small Windows Phone 7 application, which basically will be a phone version of the sidebar gadgets from this post.
If you haven’t already read part 3 you should do so here , before continuing to read this post. By now you have seen how to create a WCF Service Proxy connected to NAV with an endpoint hosted on the Servicebus (Windows Azure AppFabric).
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