184155 Resource 102363 102466 102466 1190721456253 1190812796550 Controlled Indian Summer's Great Ruse

With an eye to the Northwest...

We harvested the family vineyard this week. The summer could not have been better, lots of sun but limited humidity. We had a very late spring and that was the only downside. I almost decided to leave the grapes on the vine for another week of ripening, but with an eye to the Northwest, where Winnipeg already has 45 degree days, we brought in the grapes and were thankful for what have, about 400 lbs of very nice Cabernet Franc.At any rate, we ended up with a good harvest and I am looking forward to some decent wine this year. It's bubbling away now in the winery.Thinking about the harvest made me realize that SightLines's business has run a similar course this summer. Business has been very good with a wide variety of projects, from e-commerce to CRM implementations, for clients in software, hardware, couture, services and food distribution. Business has been steady, not overwhelming, but a good pace of work. So what will the autumn bring?There's a lot on the horizon. If NetSuite does their IPO I expect interest to peak, and quickly. Even without that we are starting to see the normal autumn activity spike. The vacations are over, the kids are back in school and now is the time to start to fine tune the business plan for next calendar year.If you have started to think about NetSuite, then you have probably started to wrestle with several questions. The first is price. Many NetSuite prospects have price shock when they take a look at the product. Their point of reference is the software that you buy off the shelf at office supply stores. Realistically, this is not an apples to apples comparison. NetSuite is a suite, not a point solution for accounting, marketing, customer service, e-commerce, warehousing or any other normal corporate function. The functionality is broad and deep in all areas. Buying NetSuite means buying, finally, a suite that can help you to manage your entire business.The second big question is how to implement. My answer is self serving, I won't hide that fact, but it is also good advice. Do not purchase NetSuite unless you have a partner to help you implement. In fact, start with the partner. Talk about implementation before you purchase the license. It's a significant amount of time, money and effort on the part of you and your enterprise. Do yourself a favor and put the horses in front of the cart. You may never have had to hire an implementation partner before, but you will with NetSuite. Find a partner you can trust, then do the due diligence on NetSuite. 10 application/xml false cabernet franc netsuite netsuite implementation netsuite partner Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; YPC 3.2.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 tfoydel false true false false true 102363 blog blogsite/SightLines/web