Tag Archives: Sage Summit

Tuesdays with Practical Finishes 10th Year without Finite Capacity

This month marks the end of our 10th year hosting Tuesdays with Practical, our online user group meeting series for our Sage ERP customers. It’s still hard to believe it all started with a small idea from two of our customers while attending Sage Summit.  It was my first year working at Practical Software Solutions. I… Read more »

Early Bird Registration Ending For Sage Sessions CRE

With less than a week left in the Early Bird registration period for Sage Sessions Construction and Real Estate, I started thinking about how long we in the Sage CRE community have asked for an event like this. I know ever since I attended my first Sage Summit in 2013,… Read more »

Sage Summit 2019: Returning to a U.S. coast near you

Kerstin Demko, the director of Sage North America’s Partner Marketing, announced the self-proclaimed worst kept secret last Thursday: Sage Summit 2019 will take place this year. And once again, Sage has listened to its customers and partners. Even more interesting: Sage received some feedback on the changes even before it… Read more »

Discrete manufacturers spending big on cloud technology

In a few weeks, Greg Lafferty is going to have another chance to share his knowledge about The Cloud when he presents “Mysteries of the Cloud: Solved” during the Plug & Cutting Conference. While I was updating the slide deck last week, it got me thinking about The Cloud and… Read more »

Sage Summit dropped for Sage Sessions in 2018

Sage Sessions 2018 Sage 500

I know I may have said this once or twice (or 50 times), but Sage has a habit of listening to its customers’ feedback, especially when it comes to its big events. So when Sage announced last week that it was foregoing Sage Summit this year in favor of a… Read more »

Recapping the Production Technology Conference

Production Technology Conference Booth

No matter how much bravado you have, it’s always nerve-wracking to step into the unknown. And usually, the fear and doubt is usually for nothing. My dad had the best advice about these types of situations: “Don’t panic early.” Think about it: It gives you permission to panic if the… Read more »

Guest Post: Sharing Knowledge Through TUG Conference

TUG Conference 2017 classroom

This week, one of our Sage CRE customers, Rhiannon Thompson of Davidson Excavation in Russiaville, Ind., gives her impressions of attending her second TUG National Users Conference: When I first learned the Sage Summit 2017 Tour stop in Atlanta and the 2017 TUG National Users Conference were overlapping, my heart… Read more »

Sage Summit 2017 epilogue: Tell Sage what you think

Sage Summit 2017 feedback

I have a confession to make: I write really long blog posts. If you got through my wrap-up of Sage Summit 2017 — congratulations! You read a 2,000 word essay! The funny thing is I still didn’t have enough room to get in everything that I wanted to say about… Read more »

Sage Summit 2017 wrap-up: On honesty and being yourself

Summit 2017 wrapup Sage 500

There was an interesting booth on the trade show floor at Sage Summit 2017 in Atlanta. Set up like an instant photo booth you see at the mall, it allowed attendees to record 30 seconds of “sage” business advice to their peers in return for some very nice swag. Despite my… Read more »

Last-minute advice and info for Sage Summit 2017

Sage Summit 2017 George Foreman

When I told my husband last night that I was going to Sage Summit 2017 in five days, I had to stop and think about it. Five days? Really? Could it really be here this soon? After years of Sage Summit taking place in late summer, it sure feels weird… Read more »