After more than 30 years since its release, Essbase continues to be leveraged by hundreds of financial services companies to address key needs related to financial and management reporting, profitability, planning & forecasting, and other use cases. But it’s 2023, and many companies recognize the benefits of downsizing on-premises footprints and migrating to the cloud – whether their environments are managed by IT, financial systems, or finance. Alithya has helped numerous companies with digital transformation efforts to reduce complexity and operating costs while enhancing functionality for end users. Attend this live session to learn what it will take to migrate your Essbase applications to Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud Enterprise and determine what approach best fits your profile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i7vo38lSOY

Rob Jolliffe of Sabre Limited has been adapting fixed-fee services models to suit his Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central clients for nearly five years. At Directions North America 2023, Rob will be helping lead a workshop for Microsoft partners who want to explore fixed-fee models, share experiences, and even work on new strategies and frameworks that suit the Dynamics 365 channel. On this episode we talk about fixed-fee strategies, expectations for Directions North America 2023 overall, and some signs of where partner sentiment is heading in the space. Show Notes: 1:00 – Rob's history attending and participating at Directions NA events 3:15 – Why partners will be talking about fixed fee service models at Directions 5:30 – Understanding different fixed fee models being used in the Business Central channel 9:00 – The workshop Rob is co-organizing and what they hope to get out of it 13:30 – Why fixed fee models are good for clients 16:00 – Other themes Rob is watching for at this year's event 20:45 – The value for non-BC professionals attending an SMB Business Apps event 22:30 – Predictions and observations about partner sentiment heading into Directions NA 2023 25:30 – Will Microsoft continue to adapt CPP to make it work better for SMB partners? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_4vcD4Fj5c

Step by step walkthrough to guide you through deploying Viva Sales within an organization. You'll see how to deploy the Viva Sales Outlook add-in and Teams app to unlock the power of Viva Sales to sellers within your organization. Learn more at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/sales/install-viva-sales #Microsoft #MicrosoftDynamics365 #VIVA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUro3dyhgFc