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Maison Edwards

Maison Edwards has a dedicated following interested in a wide range of IT-related topics, which include, Cloud, Data Centres and Virtualization, Enterprise Applications, and Storage. Of particular interest to his audience are the ways these technologies build and rely on each other, which Maison is easily able to communicate through his writings. A particular highlight of his work is the ways in which it has been able to help organizations accelerate their migration to cloud and to realize the benefits of infrastructure modernization. 
How to Deploy D365 Without Stopping Production?
Enterprise Applications
How to Deploy D365 Without Stopping Production?

For manufacturers operating around the clock on tight margins, the prospect of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system go-live can feel like a high-wire act without a net, as every moment of downtime directly impacts the bottom line. The traditional “big bang” approach, where an entire system is switched on at once, introduces a level of risk that many 24/7

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Business Central Budgeting Workflow – Review
Enterprise Applications
Business Central Budgeting Workflow – Review

The promise of an all-encompassing ERP system for financial planning often collides with the practical realities of cumbersome workflows and the enduring appeal of spreadsheets, a conflict that defines the budgeting experience for many organizations. The Business Central budgeting workflow represents a core ERP function critical to financial planning and analysis. While the system provides a structurally sound foundation, modern

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Specialized ERP Partners Boost Retail Performance
Enterprise Applications
Specialized ERP Partners Boost Retail Performance

Choosing a new Enterprise Resource Planning system represents one of the most significant technological and financial undertakings a retail business can face, with success hinging on far more than software features alone. This guide provides a strategic framework for retail leaders to navigate the complexities of ERP implementation by focusing on the single most critical factor: the selection of a

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Trend Analysis: Modern Financial Reporting
Enterprise Applications
Trend Analysis: Modern Financial Reporting

The muscle memory of a generation of finance professionals, trained on powerful legacy tools, is clashing with the fragmented reality of modern cloud ERPs. While systems like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central are powerful transactional engines, their native reporting capabilities often fall short, creating significant workflow friction. This article analyzes the trend of bridging this gap, exploring why the expectations

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Is Your Dimension Strategy Breaking Business Central Reports?
Enterprise Applications
Is Your Dimension Strategy Breaking Business Central Reports?

Months after the fanfare of a successful Business Central go-live has faded, a familiar and frustrating pattern often emerges within the finance department as teams find themselves once again wrestling with cumbersome spreadsheets to generate the critical insights leadership demands. This return to manual processes is not a sign of a failed ERP system, but rather a symptom of a

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Are Micro Data Centers the Key to AI’s Future?
Data Centres and Virtualization
Are Micro Data Centers the Key to AI’s Future?

As artificial intelligence permeates every corner of industry, from automated factories to instant medical diagnostics, its voracious appetite for computational power is straining the very infrastructure built to support it. The traditional, centralized data center model, once the backbone of the digital age, is now becoming a bottleneck, throttled by power limitations and the physical distance between data processing and

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Data Centers Build Their Own Power for the AI Boom
Data Centres and Virtualization
Data Centers Build Their Own Power for the AI Boom

With the relentless advance of AI creating an insatiable appetite for energy, the data center industry finds itself at a critical juncture. The traditional model of relying on the grid is becoming untenable, forcing operators to forge a new path toward energy independence. To unpack this monumental shift, we’re speaking with Dominic Jainy, an IT professional whose work at the

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Can Data Centers Keep Up With AI’s Power Thirst?
Data Centres and Virtualization
Can Data Centers Keep Up With AI’s Power Thirst?

The silent hum of progress is growing into a deafening roar as the artificial intelligence revolution demands an unprecedented amount of electrical power, straining global energy infrastructure to its breaking point. As AI models grow exponentially in complexity, so does their thirst for energy, creating a physical world bottleneck that software innovation alone cannot solve. This collision between digital ambition

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Trend Analysis: In-Warehouse Data Processing
Data Science
Trend Analysis: In-Warehouse Data Processing

The sheer gravitational pull of enterprise data consolidating within hyperscale cloud platforms has fundamentally altered the landscape of analytics, creating a new and formidable bottleneck: data movement. This analysis explores the pivotal industry shift toward in-warehouse data processing—a trend that keeps massive datasets stationary while bringing analytics tools to the data, promising to slash costs, enhance security, and unlock unprecedented

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AI-Powered Network Twin – Review
AI and ML
AI-Powered Network Twin – Review

Navigating the labyrinth of modern enterprise networks has become a monumental task, where a single misconfiguration can trigger cascading failures across critical business operations. The AI-Powered Network Twin represents a significant advancement in the enterprise network management sector, aiming to bring order to this chaos. This review will explore the evolution of the technology, its key features, performance metrics, and

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AI Growth Requires Major Workforce Reskilling
Core HR
AI Growth Requires Major Workforce Reskilling

The monumental wave of investment poised to surge into artificial intelligence over the next few years is not merely a financial trend but a clear signal that the very nature of work is on the cusp of a radical transformation. As businesses prepare to increase their AI spending by an estimated 149% by 2030, a stark reality is emerging: the

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How Will Meta Balance Datacenter Cost and Scale?
Data Centres and Virtualization
How Will Meta Balance Datacenter Cost and Scale?

The Billion-Dollar Balancing Act: Meta’s Infrastructure Dilemma As Meta charts a course through an era of unprecedented technological demand, it finds itself at a critical juncture. The parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp recently celebrated a remarkable financial quarter, with revenues soaring to $58.9 billion. Yet, this impressive growth casts a long shadow in the form of escalating operational

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