Released on: May 28, 2008, 3:37 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: SB1 is getting its popularity in US, especially with 2007A
version release. GP at the same time is strong and traditional application, current
version GP10.0 has large number of customers to this time, June 2008

Press Release Body: SB1 is getting its popularity in US, especially with 2007A
version release. GP at the same time is strong and traditional application, current
version GP10.0 has large number of customers to this time, June 2008. The pricing
of two are similar (if you are looking at GP Business Ready). Small business
accounting selection process is sometime a bit nervous and contradiction. So,
please relax and read top level comparison:

1. ERP Application maturity. In other words, you need to decide where is the line,
which you do not want to cross in the sense of being helping ERP application to get
into its maturity (fixing bugs, getting all the required features incorporated into
standard version, etc.) and also letting matured ERP to keep collecting dividends
and funds to switch to retirement. Here GP is more mature, than SB1, at the same
time SBO is already came through its market penetration mode and is very stable to
be implemented. There are additional nuances in this comparison, such as maturity
of adopted modules, outside of the scope of this small article

2. Standard logic flexibility. Here, in our opinion, SB1 has more pluses, comparing
to GP. Intuitive SAP B1 interface incorporates as high end GP matching modules as
customer vendor consolidation, for example. In SB1 2007 you can do it as multiple
partner reconciliation

3. Available local support. Again in our opinion, you should expect to find more
experienced local consultants from both application and technical sides for Great
Plains. In the case of SB1 consultants are in process of getting more
implementation experience and certifications

4. Openness to customization and programmability. Actually both applications are
positioned very good. SB1 has SAP Business One SDK or Software Development kit,
Great Plains has eConnect (and of course Microsoft Dexterity)

5. Database Platform. Here we would like to mention that reasonable of SB1 clients
are on Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The same is true about GP (or even more, GP is
available on SQL Server only since version 8.0). This fact allows you to deploy
such industry reporting tools as Crystal Reports, SRS, as well as just deal with
data querying on SQL select statement level

6. MRP brand. Here you follow your intuition - if you like SAP, who is ERP vendor
or Microsoft, who is more diversified software and technology oriented company



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Contact Details: Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Great Plains and SAP
Business One USA and Canada nationwide. Local service in Chicago, Houston, Dallas,
San Diego. Please visit our information portal Pegas Planet:
http://www.pegasplanet.com . If you need custom programming for GP, we are happy to
help you with Dexterity, eConnect, VBA/Modifier, SQL Stored Procedures, Crystal
Reports, SB1 SDK. We also provide instant support to new and existing clients via
web sessions