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New Accounting System? Sandy wrote the book!
Before diving into a new accounting system project, get some tips from the man who wrote the book.
 
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Before the deluge…Touching the Cloud
'The Cloud' isn’t just on the horizon, it’s well and truly here. Even if your Sage 300 site isn’t yet ready to take the plunge into the deep end you can still make quite a splash with some clever integration.
 
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Extender benefits from Python’s inexorable rise to No 1.
Python - the scripting language used by Orchid Extender - is close to becoming the world's most popular programming language, if it's not already there.
 
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Taking the stress out of ERP Upgrades
Dreading your next ERP Upgrade? You are not alone, but Orchid modules can provide a bridge over troubled waters, enabling version-independent customization and integration.
 
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800km, one million steps, and seven lessons
Orchid's Nathalie Lesbre recently completed the 800km 'French Way' to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. A million or so steps gave her plenty of time to reflect on how the approach she'd taken to planning and executing this adventure might be applied to major software projects.
 
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Sage 300 Screen Customization – introducing Extender OCX Scripts
Orchid Extender, the “Swiss Army Knife” of Sage 300 add-ons, now lets you customize not just Views but also Screens (OCXs).
 
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“There Was NO Collaboration!!!”
That might be music to your ears if you run a fiefdom, but if you are endeavoring to run an open, progressive, productive organization it should sound like an accusation, not a boast. Orchid is in the business of producing software that supports collaboration.