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9 December 2015

Microsoft Dynamics partners band together to offer Cloud ERP solution for Singapore SMEs

A group of Gold-certified Microsoft Dynamics Partners in Singapore, including IBIZ Consulting Services, MSC Consulting, DP Technology and SaaSplaza have collaborated to offer Red Dot ERP, which introduces a cloud-based business solution packaged for small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore.

Red Dot ERP is based on a seamless integration of Microsoft's enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, known as Dynamics NAV, which allows SMEs to gain greater control over all financials and key processes within their business, and Microsoft Office 365's productivity tools.

For S$99 per user per month, Red Dot ERP provides:
Full financials management, 
Supply chain management and sales management,
Microsoft Word 2016 on five devices per user,
Microsoft Excel 2016 on five devices per user,
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 on five devices per user,
Microsoft OneDrive for Business with 1TB storage per user,
Microsoft SharePoint for document management,
Skype for Business for instant messaging, video and audio calls around the world, and the 
Yammer business social network 

All of these functions can be accessed securely anywhere, on any device including the iPad, iPhone, and any Android device via the free applications made available in the Apple and Google store respectively. 

"SMEs in Singapore today face an extremely competitive environment and are constantly challenged to increase productivity and reduce cost in order to stay relevant in the market place. As a company that is all about empowering individuals and organisations to achieve more, we are encouraged by Red Dot ERP's efforts to provide SMEs with a one-stop service by integrating Microsoft Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics into a seamless software-as-a-service that is cost-effective and secure.

"Through this, SMEs will be able to access enterprise-grade capabilities that will allow their employees to do their best work wherever they are, and connect with their customers to build profitable customer relations through better business intelligence," said Gerald Leo, Director, Small Midmarket Solutions and Partner Group, Microsoft Singapore.

"In the past, businesses were hesitant about transitioning to the Cloud, fearing that their data would not be safe. However, Microsoft have recently achieved the highest level of certification (Level 3) for the Multi-Tier Cloud Security Standard for Singapore (SS 584) for Azure and Office 365, as well as Level 2 for Microsoft CRM Online. We support Microsoft's commitment to offer a truly holistic and trusted cloud to the local ecosystem, including self-disclosures which will allow our customers who are moving to the cloud to better understand and assess the cloud security they require," said Herb Prooy, Director of SaaSplaza. 

24 July 2015

HP enhances MSA Storage for SMBs

HP has announced innovations for HP MSA Storage aimed at helping startups, small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and customers with small sites become more competitive.

New enhancements for MSA 2040 Storage help customers make better and faster decisions by accelerating applications by as much as 45% at no additional cost, through firmware upgrades1. Several new MSA 2040 bundles lower the cost of deploying hybrid flash by up to 45%2. New serial attached SCSI (SAS) connectivity for MSA 1040 Storage makes it the most affordable shared storage system in the market from a major vendor3.

“In the idea economy, time is everything. The smaller the business, the more this is magnified,” said Pras Moorthy, Country Manager, HP Storage, Singapore. “HP is committed to bringing high-impact technologies like flash to smaller customers at incredibly affordable prices – and we are doing it on proven platforms like MSA to give them the power to accelerate their business growth with confidence in their IT infrastructure.”

To help new customers accelerate business initiatives and access these higher performing systems, HP is introducing several new, aggressively-priced, hybrid flash MSA 2040 bundles. These bundles bring hybrid flash to even more affordable price points—up to 45% savings4

HP also announced new more flexible connectivity choices for MSA customers looking to deploy shared storage to support application high availability without the cost of dedicated storage networking infrastructure. The new HP MSA 1040 SAS array with support for high performance 6Gb/12Gb SAS direct host connections makes it possible to directly connect up to four application servers to create a fully redundant shared pool of capacity that can scale up to 384 TB. Eliminating dedicated SAN switching infrastructure greatly simplifies deployment for smaller sites and costs 34% less than other connectivity options.3

HP is also helping customers reduce power and cooling costs through certification of the MSA 2040 Storage family as part of the ENERGY STAR programme to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint. The EPA has reported that use of energy-efficient servers and storage within data centres can reduce energy consumption by 20-55%5.

Pricing and Availability

· Firmware upgrades to HP MSA 1040/2040 are available via support pages on www.hp.com and are free of charge to existing customers on warranty or support contracts. The latest version, GL210R004, is available to customers in Singapore.

· HP MSA 1040 SAS array bundles are available to customers in Singapore, starting from S$7,680, with GST.

· New MSA 2040 ENERGY STAR certified SKUs are available in Singapore, starting from S$9,600, with GST.

1Based on comparison of GL200 code release to GL210 prerelease code on MSA 2040 FC with SSDs. Based on internal testing comparing GL200 code release to GL210 release, HP MSA 2040 systems with SSDs can benefit from up to 45% greater random read performance and up to a 20% greater random write performance using an 8k block size and resulting in an average latency of 30 milliseconds or less.
2Based on HP internal analysis, June 2015.
3Based on HP internal competitive analysis of publicly available competitive information, June 2015.
4Based on HP internal comparison between US list prices and new single SKU bundles. Subject to change without notice. Other MSA bundles may be priced differently. Specific pricing information available through HP direct sales and authorised resellers.
5https://www.energystar.gov/ia/partners/prod_development/downloads/EPA_Report_Exec_Summary_Final.pdf