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Episodes
41 episodes
Client Impact with Guest Pat Moss of Marshall & Moss Group
In today's episode we're joined by Patrick Moss, CPA, senior accountant at Marshall & Moss Group. Marshall & Moss Group is a public accounting firm specializing in union, Taft-Hartley industries and multi-employer benefit funds. Pat sha...
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Custom Software in Banking With Metropolitan Commercial Bank
Nick Rosenberg, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Payments for Metropolitan Commercial Bank, joins us today to explore the uniqueness of MCB, its clients, and the technology demands and sophistication required to turn its gears with c...
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15:35
Client Impact with Guest Shalom Maidenbaum
Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group have been successfully helping taxpayers across Nassau County in Long Island, New York, maintain a fair assessment of their homes for 30+ years. Today we're exp...
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22:06
How Your Data & Software Decisions Impact Customer Care & Satisfaction
We've all been on a website, using an app or working on an application that frustrates us. Best case, we roll our eyes and persevere. Worst case, we stop using the thing altogether. Meanwhile, customers are more concerned than ever about how th...
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Culture & Command Lines: How Your Software Impacts Employee Engagement
We don't often think of how the technology we use at work impacts employee engagement and company culture - yet technology is maybe the one predictable constant across any department and the full scale of a business. When employees are frustrat...
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Do You Need a Chief Data Officer? Putting the Right Point Person on Your Software & Data
As data and software become more sophisticated and as Big Data becomes increasingly relevant to today's companies, it's essential to know - who's in charge of this stuff? Especially in small and mid-market companies, we usually have leaders in ...
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Sustainable Success: Keeping Your Data, Software & Technology Working For You
Technology changes so fast that it's easy to feel concerned that the solutions you adopt today could be obsolete tomorrow. How can you be confident in the software you've chosen? Are you sure that's the right database? Will the skill sets you'r...
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Did You Hire The Wrong Developer? Building Your Best Team
Many custom software and database developers come to the work with their own ideas of best practices, preferences and habits. When can this be a strength, and when can these characteristics become a liability? In today's episode, we're looking ...
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The Potential Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Software Implementation
Low-code and no-code software solutions, applications and automation environments have made it easier for companies to customize how technology can work for them. But when is going it alone the right option, and when should you enlist a profess...
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The Expert's Advantage: Putting Experience To Work For You
InterSoft Associates has been serving clients since the days of Microsoft DOS (Google it). As technology changes and software becomes more capable and sophisticated, it's easy to chase the shiniest object or go all-in on the newest platform. To...
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The Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Data Migration
One of the most important things for a company to do is to make sure that their data is safe and secure. Data migration is a process of moving data from one system to another system. It’s not always an easy task and it can require a lot of time...
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Client Impact with Guest Lew Bader
Counseling in Schools does the important work of empowering and "awakening possibilities" with strength-based counseling programs for children and families across New York City. In today's episode we'll meet Finance Director Lew Bader and learn...
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Microsoft Migration: Why You Should Upgrade From Access
Microsoft Access is, for many database consultants, developers and even small and mid-market businesses, the introduction to databases and database management. Like a lot of legacy software in need of upgrading and migrating, depending on Acces...
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"Right" Data: Rethinking Big Data in Your Business
Gathering or mining as much data as you can in your business helps you have options when it comes time to put that data to use. In today's episode we're exploring just that - your business. Learn some essential approaches to leveraging...
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16:55
Understanding Business Intelligence: Inertia, Insight and Impact
Some companies have fully developed Business Intelligence (BI) initiatives while others could be doing much more with their data. Still others might have adopted Business Intelligence practices and not even know it! In today's episode we're rem...
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Making Data Migration Successful: Overcoming Obstacles
Are automated, Do-It-Yourself solutions the right path to data migration in your company? Can't the built-in migration wizards help you easily move to .NET or other, newer technologies? Today we're exploring common obstacles and pitfalls to avo...
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14:51
Migration Myths: Debunking Reasons You Haven't Made Your Move
There can be valid reasons for not migrating software, systems and databases to the cloud or to updated, upgraded systems. But too often companies put off migration not for strategic considerations, but because they're comfortable or complacent...
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Client Impact with Guest Gus Patakakis of Long Island Server Solutions
In today's episode we're joined by Gus Patakakis, CEO of Long Island Server Solutions. L.I. Server Solutions is a Managed Service Provider (MSP) and "much more", offering "cradle to grave" Managed IT and ...
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Cloud Conversion: Considerations For Migrating Your Data
In today's episode we're exploring important considerations your business should put top of mind when migrating your data to the cloud. A key advantage of migrating to the cloud is access - data is available anytime, anywhere, and to people or ...
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3 Business Advantages of Using Custom Software
When Microsoft's business solutions application Power Apps was involved in the leak of over 38 Million data records - including some from Microsoft itself - a focus was put on the potential hazards of "DIY" development. In today's episode we're...
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3 Dangers of Outdated Software (And How To Avoid Them)
With outdated software usually comes outdated technologies, which can put your company at risk for security breaches, data loss, and lost productivity. In today's episode we're exploring these dangers in-depth, including how the custom experien...
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Big Data Analytics: Information, Interactions, Insights
Analytics from the data, or information, your company uses, stores and interacts with helps tell a story. History has deeper meaning and future planning can be more specific - and accurate - when leveraging the interactions and insights Big Dat...
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Big Data Consultant: Seizing Opportunities
Big Data is a phrase that essentially means connected information. In the hands of the right Big Data Consultant, that information becomes transformational. Better business decisions get made, sharper insights are discovered, and ultim...
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Left Out in the Code: FoxPro and End of Life Migrations
FoxPro was a Microsoft database management system that was discontinued in 2007, yet there are companies that are still using systems and software designed around it. Migrating databases and systems when they reach end of life can seem daunting...
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Protecting The Customer: Why Your Custom Software Development Should Include a Proof of Concept
Custom Software Development can involve many people, sometimes shifting priorities and often new, innovative approaches. In today's episode we explore why the Proof of Concept is essential in crafting new custom solutions. Often a simple demons...
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