Axcient

You can have the best accounting system in the world but it won’t mean a darn thing if the data you input is bad. I can’t say it enough, “garbage in, garbage out.” It is the responsibility of accounting department personnel to make sure that transactions are valid and supported by audit trails. There is [...]

Todd Scallan is Axcient VP of Products. This blog was originally published in The VAR Guy on July 9, 2012. I enjoy “do-it-yourself” (DIY) projects, but I know my limits (well, most of the time). If a project is deemed to be within my abilities — either rightly or wrongly — it’s off to the [...]

This blog by Axcient was originally published in The VAR Guy on May 16, 2012. Everyone in the IT industry likes to talk about the importance of ensuring a quality data backup. We all know how vital that data is to our customers, and how losing data can cripple an otherwise flourishing business. But in [...]

“Trust me.” We’ve all said it. Trust is one of the most coveted and critical aspects of all relationships, personal and business. Think about it – when you ask someone to trust you, you’re asking for their complete confidence and surety in what you say and do. It’s the handshake of handshakes… the promise of [...]

It’s a sad story, one that’s been told many times: Important data wasn’t backed up. Then a tragic event struck. It was a drive crash on a critical server, or a lost laptop, or a natural disaster that wiped out an entire office. All data was lost, which had dire consequences for the affected business. [...]

Over the past month or so I’ve come across a number of articles that derive lessons from iconic movies and apply them to today’s business world.  The first of these I read, “Five Career Lessons from Han Solo,” appeared in Forbes on March 29 and was one of the most read articles on LinkedIn. Another [...]

This blog was originally published in The VAR Guy on March 19, 2012. You’re a VAR, trying to crack into the cloud solutions market. You understand why the opportunity is hot but you’re not exactly sure how to make your first monthly recurring revenue (MRR) sale. After meeting with hundreds of VARs at the HP/Axcient [...]

In previous blogs, I’ve detailed how businesses can calculate their return on investment (ROI) for a business continuity solution and explained why tape backup products don’t meet today’s business needs. In case you haven’t noticed, I think business continuity and data backup is extremely important for an SMB. Still, some SMBs insist on running their [...]

This year, my blog will focus on the questions I get asked about the most. Questions like: What type of accounting software do you use or have used? What type of payroll service? Why? Where can I get information about new regulations? The list goes on and on. Well, I am here to answer these [...]

As appeared in The VAR Guy on February 16, 2012. If you’ve dismissed the cloud as “just another marketing term” to hype the on-demand solutions that businesses have been using for more than a decade, then you’re missing the point. Dave Nielson of Cloud Camp defines cloud technology as that which is “on-demand, self-service, scalable, [...]