That was my assumption as well.
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From:
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Of Robert Kula
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 1:00 PM
To:
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Subject: RE: [Vantage] How was Perspectives
Ever since Harrah's bought them out.
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From: Todd Hofert [mailto:
todd@...]
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:38 AM
To:
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Those at Caesars got Internet that did not work very well in their room
for 11.95 per day. I ended up complaining and they refunded my Internet
fees.
All in all I was kind of disappointed with the service as a whole at
Caesars. I have been there on several occasions in the past and had
become used to a very high level of service. That level of service is no
longer there in my opinion.
Todd Hofert
IT Director
Spartan Graphics, Inc.
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Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:24 AM
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Because I signed up late, I didn't get to stay at the luxurious Caesars,
but at the Flamingo ($100/night wasn't bad, but my room sucked but my
CFO got a huge upgrade - guess it pays to wear a tie at the reception
desk). I was thinking that to reduce the lines at the available PCs,
Epicor should contract with Caesar's (or whoever) next year and have
Perspective Attendees get free Internet in their room (again, since I
wasn't there, I don't know what those at Caesars got).
Steven Comeau
Manager of Corporate IT Systems
Main Tape
1 Capital Drive, Suite 101
Cranbury, NJ 08512
1-800-526-8273 x332
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From: Todd Caughey [mailto:
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Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:12 AM
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Sorry - it's been a mad house at work since returning. I think I posted
a brief recap in another topic thread previously but here are some other
comments...
1. There was much more emphasis on labs and the lab rooms were much
larger (with more PCs). Labs also were scheduled on Sunday afternoon so
this effectively expanded the conference to 3-1/2 days (4 if you
golfed). Maybe it was just because I was more interested in them but
there seemed to be an emphasis on labs for dashboards, customization and
personalization in 8.0.
2. The "lab" or just plain general session I most wanted to see but did
not was on the basic "mechanics" of 8.0. The underlying architecture
and administration details. I would really like to learn more about how
it all works, which software components do what and some "best
practices" tips. This sort of detail was missing from the agenda.
3. The migration steps for getting from 6.1 to 8.0 were the same old
story. Very light on details and 7 of the 8 steps seemed to be "hire an
Epicor consultant". What exactly would "schedule resource for
installation" mean other than hire them to install it? Actually the push
to use consulting was toned down a bit but from what I was hearing from
people doing it on your own is still like a journey in the dark - you're
on your own. My biggest gripe was that there was not a session for step
by step guidance on installing 8.0 on a test server (see #2 above).
4. There was a lot of verbal confusion about Crystal Xi (special Epicor
version) and XI (as in roman numeral 11) which would be Crystal 11. I
might be wrong but my impression was 8.0 uses Crystal 10 (not 11) and
that Xi is 10 with adaptations (and pricing) for Vantage 8.0. Still I
heard many people talking about Crystal 11 too - was it just me or were
they too confused? I never did see a session on what exactly Crystal Xi
is (see #2 above).
5. Another bit of confusion (maybe just me) was about the difference in
how the workstation interacts with the server. My gut feeling (all I
have because this was not explained well anywhere) is that all the
visible stuff is generated on the workstation saving bandwidth for the
data that fills in the blanks -AND- that all the selected data
(sometimes how much is up to the user) is shoveled off to the
workstation for processing then transactions for updates are sent back
to the DB. Thus, if you do as in 6.1 and earlier and "select all" you
are going to severely impact performance. I'm not sure if I am right
about this because there was no good explanation of the interaction
between workstation and server (see #2 above).
6. I was hugely impressed (and a little frightened) by the depth to
which the UI can be customized - in particular what a person skilled in
VB.net can do. A really nice feature...saving multiple customizations
and allowing them to be "exported". The Yahoo Group is going to need a
much larger upload area.
7. The general sessions were OK for getting background info on Epicor
and "the state of the company" - which I like to monitor so I know they
will be around for awhile - but at least this year they were much
shorter. There was some mention in the Vantage/Vista general session
about a roadmap of future versions (like 8.05) but these were really
light on content and specific changes between versions.
8. The food lines at lunch were really long - way too long. When 20
sessions let out all at once it does not make a lot of sense to keep
half the lines closed waiting for people to come later while 50 or more
people are queued up at the few serving lines that are open. On top of
which the few that are open end up depleted and people are waiting for
restocking making the lines that much longer while perfectly good food
is waiting in the closed lines. My gripe here is that I wanted to get
in, eat, talk with tablemates, get out and visit hall of solutions and
vendor pavilion area (one in the same) before the afternoon sessions
started.
9. It was really nice they had the PCs for checking email outside the
exhibit area and available for longer hours. But there were only 10 and
the lines were long. Not sure if this was demand related or if it was
because those using them seemed to tie them up a long time (mostly while
trying to type while also on cell phones). Perhaps they need a sign
encouraging speed if people are waiting....or those timers they use for
chess matches.
Cliff, for your specific questions on T1 links and document linking for
Part file info (within Job and Part tracker) I was not able to find info
on but my sense from other conversations there as well as info here on
the board is that 10 users at the other end of a T1 will not be a big
problem and if the document linking is not there as promised then
customization will be able to do the trick. So I don't see any show
stoppers in 8.0 for these issues.
All in all it was still a very worthwhile conference even if I came away
with more questions than I left with. I did gain a lot of insight into
customization potential and how this will impact my investigation for
upgrading. The result of the 8.0 info I obtained (and from comments on
this group) is that we are delaying our upgrade investigation by a few
more months and won't attempt a test server to play around with 8.0
until after the start of 2006. This would push a "go live" date into
mid-2007 for us. So....I will have one more Perspectives for them to
address the "mechanics" questions ( see #2 above ;) ) if I still have
them then.
I did not attend the party Tuesday night (again). It is really hard to
justify $75 for my wife to attend with me. We decided early on that for
us that $75 was better spent checking out the Star Trek Experience at
the LV Hilton (now a short monorail ride from the Flamingo). My 2
cents....it was worth it once (barely) if you are a trekkie and can
devote the time to read all of the displays and look at the exhibits but
the two shows alone are not worth the full price. They also need to
update the whole experience - especially place the ship consoles with
LCD screens and "real" interactive screens tied into the "story". Now
that we've been there and done that....once was OK but I would not do it
again for that price.
Question for other attendees who had spouse/guest attend with them and
got the full meal/party guest pass.....did they have tables at lunch
designated for "guests" so spouses would not have to sit and listen to
discussion of manufacturing and computers? My wife's biggest worry
about the guest package was having to endure boring computer talk at
lunch.
-Todd C.
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From:
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Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 4:52 PM
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Subject: [Vantage] How was Perspectives
How about a recap of Perspectives all you Perspectives goers. I haven't
seen any chatter about How Great or worthless it was... Did they make
you sign an NDR ??
Cliff Drumeller
IT Manager
Mass Precision Sheetmetal, Inc.
408 954 0200 ex 217
408 314 7420 cell
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