The Aegina Technology Consulting Advantage

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Implementing a new business system is often a big change to the way your business operates, and there will be a number of business benefits sought by taking this course of action. You will naturally want to avoid some of the typical pitfalls businesses fall into when deciding on a technology solution and will need answers and advice along the lines of: 

• Selecting a single unified solution that provides visibility of accurate real-time data, i.e. a single source of the truth as data in disparate systems rarely provides an accurate picture;

• Selecting a future-proofed solution that not only caters for today’s business problem, but allows for being scaled as the business grows;

• Researching options for systems that offer better integration with other business systems as opposed to staying with just what you know because it doesn’t require any effort to understand it. 

• Proper recognition of outdated legacy systems is understood and that the implications of persisting with systems that have existed since the early formation of the business could be holding the organisation back. Clear articulation of the business-related impact of legacy systems to management is a must.

• Defining an intelligent process for assessing the need to customise software and avoiding the over customisation that often happens. Customisations are often a necessity; however, poorly implemented customisations are difficult to upgrade and roll forward. This can lead to version (or system) lock-in, increasing the inertia to be overcome when changing or upgrading a system. Adopting a buy before you build approach is often a better philosophy to run with.     

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These are some of the common areas that get overlooked when making business system technology decisions, at Aegina our team are on the watch for these typical traps when selecting new technologies.