| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation
Shorter Time to Value with “IFS Upgrade” Program

The aim with IFS Upgrade is to help our customers upgrade to the latest version of IFS Applications, thereby quickly taking advantage of new functionality to improve productivity and their competitive edge.

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
The Business Case for Mobility

A mobility business case must show both tangible and intangible returns that drive a company toward its business goals. Today IFS launches new public mobility pages where you can get inspired by the business benefits using IFS mobile solutions.

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Creativity & Innovation, IFS Labs
4 Behavior Patterns That Will Help You Flex Your Creativity Muscles

Below are four different kinds of innovative personalities. Do you represent one or several?

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Integrating Field Service Management with ERP – Doug Baker Podcast
Field Service Management integrated with ERP

Listen to Doug Baker discuss how field service management software often needs to be integrated with other enterprise software. Learn three essential tips for integrating your field service management software with ERP software and other operational systems, data warehouses or data sources.

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Business Technology, Creativity & Innovation, Events
LOOKING BACK…AND LOOKING AHEAD!

Seeing the results of the post-conference survey, I am pleased, but not surprised, by the activity that got the most positive response. It was the Meet the Expert area. Dear R&D colleagues, feel proud as your contribution to a successful conference is crystal clear.

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| | Estimated reading time: 2 minutes | Strategy
The Different Personas in the Mobility Community

The mobility trend is now entering a second phase where companies are formulating mobile strategies to benefit from the new mobile technologies. They are now busy replacing old mobile devices with smartphones and tablets, and are equipping their staff with business apps as a new and productive user interface to their business applications.

The business mobility community is diversified and covers a broad range of users. It can be separated into three distinct groups…

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | IFS Labs
Internet of Things – When Everything is Connected
Internet of Things

What if every item you see around you is connected to the Internet. Let’s consider the implications. If every item produced had a nano chip with an IP-stack to send and receive small pieces of information, it’s really just our imagination that stops us from realizing what can be achieved.

Let’s take a closer look at one of the areas that is certain to make some waves over the next couple of years; the Internet of Things.

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Strategy
How Mobility Makes ERP Easier and More Fun

The music industry has transformed thanks to new technologies and new behavior. Mobility is transforming our everyday lives and transforming industries. Which industry is next?

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Creativity & Innovation, IFS Labs
It’s a Brave New World with IFS New Functionality

Innovation is encouraged at IFS Labs – the opportunity to run with an idea and to see where it leads. IFS Labs are exploring many new and exciting developments that bring huge practical benefits IFS users. David Andersson, Director of IFS Labs, shared six philosophies at our IFS World Conference that we’re basing our future product on.

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| | Estimated reading time: 4 minutes | Business Technology, IFS Labs
I, Robot – Can Artificial Intelligence Play a Role in Business Applications?

You have seen the Hollywood interpretations of artificial intelligence (AI). But what about AI in the real world? What about automating some of the decisions that we do manually in our businesses today? Or what about using AI to provide a better alternative to rule based processing which we use so much of in our business applications?

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| | Estimated reading time: 8 minutes | Creativity & Innovation
7 Tips to Becoming a Better Public Speaker

In this post I want to share seven things to remember when you prepare and perform a presentation. I called it “The 7-up speaker technique.”

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| | Estimated reading time: 3 minutes | Business Technology, Events
3 Things I learned at the IFS World Conference 2012

One thing I always make sure to do a few days after is to spend a couple of hours reflecting on what the event actually meant to me, IFS, and our customers.

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