I’ve been debating for a month or so about whether I should write this posting or not but, as the continued dripping of economic data comes out and healthcare has been ruled “legal”, I thought “let’s give our readership the […]
Last week the NAED Annual was held in Washington DC and, while we’re sure that NAED will announce strong attendance, it seemed like a very quiet event…perhaps because the hotel is a little spreadout, perhaps because many meetings took place […]
We just came back from the NAED South-Central in Orlando wanted to share our observations, in no particular order: The lobby seemed to be regularly packed, as was the 1st night reception (the 2nd night seemed to have 1/3rd the […]
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The Marriott Marco Island played the backdrop for the latest NAED Eastern Regional meeting. And while there were some who planned on staying through the weekend, turning it into a vacation, and some who had “socialized business meetings” on a […]
“Your Blueprint to Success” was this year’s slogan for the 54th IEC National Convention & Electrical Expo in Louisville, KY. Approximately 500 attendees took advantage of the numerous education courses as well as the trade show. Here are some of […]
The following post was originally posted on Wednesday, May 11. It is being reposted as Google / Blogger had technical issues on Thursday and “lost” the posting. Last week I attended the NAED Leadership Summit in San Diego (yes, a […]
By now many have heard that Activant was sold to a private equity firm and that Apax Partners, the acquirer, also purchased Epicor with plans to merge the two companies, creating a well-diversified corporate software company serving manufacturers and distributors […]
The NAED SouthCentral was held last week in San Antonio, TX. Our schedule was chockerblock full with meetings with distributors and manufacturers. In fact, over the 2 1/2 days of the meetings, we didn’t have a break for our typical […]
Just returned from the NEMRA meeting which was held in Boston. And the powers above looked over NEMRA as the weather was great for winter in Boston (it’s snowing there today but last week was blue skies!). The meeting was […]
