by Brian Terrell
The construction industry seems to be booming in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, so I was surprised to recently hear of a young man in Dallas having trouble finding a job working 40 hours per week in that industry. As I considered the situation, I realized that many companies may be lowering the number of hours available to employees, and this could be an unintended consequence o...

by Brian Terrell
I value the insightsDavid Furth provides. David is President and Co-founder of Leap The Pond, an excellent value-added Intacct reseller. He is committed to helping SMB businesses grow.
In a recent post, David explains that SMBs wanting to thrive – and not just survive - need to establish an employee-first culture. They also need to ensure real-time financial performance visi...

by Derek Du

Recently, we were asked to improve the performance of some SQL queries that run for 15 seconds and 30 seconds. At first, we were not sure whether the performance could be improved, given that there were about 80 million data pieces in the database. I have to admit that SQL Server is really powerful as eventually we reduced the time to 2 seconds and 6 seconds!

During the proces...

Yes, we’ve all been using spreadsheets for years (some of us, for decades now…) for simple what-if scenarios, for profit/loss statements, for reconciling bank statements, even for complex risk-analyses.
While some industry pundits are extoling the virtues of a “spreadsheet-free&rdquo...

by Derek Du

We struggled with Windows Azure websites because we couldn’t write logs. Using Log4Net to write to log files as we usually do, does not work for Azure Websites because of the limited file permission. We had to resort to email notifications or Virtual Machine when we needed to debug Azure Websites, which was a big headache!

Fortunately, it is all over now. To write t...

by Brian Terrell

Recently, I spoke to a large group of Intacct value-added resellers gathered at the Intacct Business Building Conference. I introduced several products that BTerrell and our CodePartners division developed to help Intacct client companies automate key business processes in HR, treasury, invoicing, and salesforce compensation. The conference was hugely successful, and I enjo...

by Michelle Tanner
Derek Du is one of our lead software developers. We thought it would be helpful to get some insight from him on his job and how he approaches each project to ensure success of the application and the happiness of the client.

1.  As a client manager and software development engineer, what is your favorite part of your job?

I like the opportunity to work on a variety...

by Emma Tsai

We developed the Company Duplicator for Sage ERP 300 users to duplicate non-transactional records from a Source Company to a Destination Company without the painful manual process of exporting/importing the relevant master file data. You can decide the modules to duplicate and then further select records types within each module. Here are some easy steps to set up the application.
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by Brian Terrell

In a previous post, I explained four reasons why, in my opinion, Intacct offers such a great fit for companies that develop and deliver software as a service. With nearly 25 years of helping clients select and maintain financial software solutions, I understand the importance of connecting a company’s unique needs and qualities with technology to improve the...

by Derek Du

Windows Azure websites allow quick deployment of web applications, but troubleshooting it is quite limited. So, here is a quick reference for remote debugging Windows Azure applications.

1. First enable remote debugging on the Windows Azure website in Configure -> Site Diagnostics -> Remote Debugging. Set it to ON. Also, make sure you select the correct version of Visual Stu...