XTIVIA BLOG
Businesses Need Businesses: Two Ideas to Reboot Post-COVID-19
If the disruption caused by COVID-19 has taught us anything, it's that businesses need businesses. We are all interconnected and need each other to deliver value to customers and remain viable for our own longevity. As the CEO of an IT integration firm, connections within a...
Solving Concurrency in Epicor-Salesforce Bi-directional Integrations
Concurrency issues in a bi-directional Epicor-Salesforce integration can hinder your teams' productivity, and mediating them isn't always an easy barrier to hurdle. The main reason is that, although Epicor is an acceptable ERP system for many businesses, the Application...
Frictionless Enterprise Is the Key to the New Normal in Business
COVID-19 is changing the way we do business. While we are in a digital economy, people and process take precedence over technology — until the people and processes are affected. When that happens, morale, productivity, and results are vulnerable... that's where the right...
Sockets, Cores, and Threads, oh my!
What do you mean, exactly, by "CPU"? Once upon a time, computers sat on our desks; we knew exactly how many processors they had; and back then our biggest uncertainty was whether they could handle Y2K. Fast forward to today: our computers have 4, 8 or 16 processors — or quite...
ETL Audit-Balance-Control Recommendations
SUMMARY: XTIVIA recommends that organizations implement an Audit-Balance-Control (ABC) framework to enhance the reliability and transparency of ETL/ELT data pipelines by leveraging comprehensive metadata to automate reconciliation and error recovery. Audit procedures maintain a...
Common Causes of Software License Noncompliance
One of the biggest threats to a business is the repercussions of noncompliance. Whether you're out of compliance with your security system and privacy protocol, your financial documentation, or your software licensing, noncompliance is a difficult barrier to hurdle. In an age...
API and Platform Integration Tools
The right integration tool is key to unlocking unified API management and successful digital transformation. Today's technology-focused environment is flooded with API and platform integrator tools, making the right choice hard to find. Over the past 20 years, XTIVIA's platform...
Salesforce and Epicor: Why You Should Go for a Custom Integration
As the link between company resources and customer information becomes more vital, the need for CRM and ERP integrations is quickly growing. Having succinct connections between inventory and sales, purchasing and customer reporting, and other resource-sales correspondence has...
What is CRM and Why is it Critical to My Business’s Success?
What is a CRM? CRM stands for Customer Relationship Management. In terms of Software, CRM is a system, either cloud-based or on-premise, that improves customer relationships by assisting in customer acquisition and retention, providing significant sales growth. A CRM system is...
Top Three IBM Licensing Metrics: PVU, RVU, and User-Based
IBM software licensing can get complicated. With thousands and thousands of products and licensing possibilities, figuring out the right metrics structure isn't always the most straightforward process. To help clear up some confusion around a few popular IBM licensing metrics,...