martes, 26 de diciembre de 2017

Valor de Bitcoin = $ 0? Morgan Stanley hace un argumento defectuoso


A principios de esta semana, Morgan Stanley, el tercer mayor banco de inversión en el mercado financiero global con un mercado de $ 95 mil millones detrás de Goldman Sachs y JPMorgan Chase, declaró en un trabajo de investigación que el valor futuro de bitcoin podría caer a cero, dada su falta de "Valor intrínseco" y precio base.

Hace unos días, el analista de Morgan Stanley, James Faucette, indicó a los clientes e inversores del banco que es difícil justificar el valor actual de bitcoin y que el precio del bitcoin algún día podría llegar a $ 0. 

El escribio:" Pregunta muy difícil de responder, pero algunos puntos a considerar:
  • ¿Se puede valorar Bitcoin como una moneda? No. No hay una tasa de interés asociada con Bitcoin.
  • Como el oro digital? Tal vez. No tiene ningún uso intrínseco como el oro en electrónica o joyería. Pero los inversores parecen atribuirle algún valor.
  • ¿Es una red de pago? Sí, pero es difícil de escalar y no cobra una tarifa de transacción.
El volumen promedio de transacciones diarias de Bitcoin es de $ 3 mil millones (últimos 30 días) frente a $ 5,4 mil millones en el mercado de divisas.

Estimaciones de menos de $300 millones en volumen de compra diaria frente a $ 17 billones para Visa.

Las conclusiones altamente críticas e inexactas redactadas por Faucette que luego fueron enviadas a los clientes de Morgan Stanley podrían ser contraproducentes en el banco ya que los analistas del banco alentaron a los clientes de Morgan Stanley a descartar bitcoin y el mercado de criptomonedas basado en premisas falsas.

Para empezar, la falta de tasa de interés de bitcoin es una característica, no una debilidad, porque el suministro fijo de bitcoin es lo que le da a la criptomoneda su valor. De acuerdo con uno de los conceptos económicos más básicos, si la demanda de un activo aumenta pero su oferta permanece fija o disminuye, su valor aumenta. Bitcoin, durante los últimos ocho años, ha demostrado un aumento en el valor debido a su suministro fijo.

En octubre, CCN informó que incluso Mark Cuban, un crítico de Bitcoin convertido en inversor, afirmó que el concepto de valor intrínseco es defectuoso, principalmente porque el valor de cada moneda y activo en el mercado global es subjetivo.

"Es interesante porque hay muchos activos cuyo valor se basa únicamente en la oferta y la demanda. La mayoría de las acciones, no tiene un valor intrínseco porque no tiene verdaderos derechos de propiedad ni derechos de voto. Usted solo tiene la capacidad de comprar y vender esas acciones. Bitcoin es lo mismo. Su valor se basa en la demanda de oferta. Compré algunos a través de un ETN basado en un intercambio sueco ", dijo Cuban.

Por lo tanto, condenar falsamente a bitcoin dada su falta de tasa de inflación y su valor intrínseco es inexacto y engañoso, ya que el mismo argumento se puede aplicar a cualquier moneda o activo como el dólar estadounidense y el oro. Tanto el dólar estadounidense como el oro no tienen valores intrínsecos.

En 1933, como explicó el CEO de Goldman Sachs, Lloyd Blankfein, el gobierno de EE.UU, abandonó abruptamente el estándar de oro e introdujo el sistema de moneda fiduciaria, o billetes en papel que representan el valor del oro.

Con el tiempo, se descartó la representación del valor del oro mediante dinero fiduciario y, con el tiempo, el gobierno de los EE UU, comenzó a proporcionar el valor en dólares con una flexibilización cuantitativa o imprimiendo más oferta del dólar estadounidense. En la actualidad, existe demanda para el dólar estadounidense porque las empresas y los individuos lo están utilizando para realizar transacciones.

Sin embargo, una moneda fiduciaria también puede perder su valor si la demanda disminuye, como lo demuestra el bolívar venezolano a la fecha.

Goldman Sachs y JPMorgan, dos de los bancos de inversión más grandes del mundo, se han movido hacia la adopción de bitcoin, junto con otras criptomonedas en el mercado. Los bancos que no se adaptan a la tendencia y reconocen la importancia de la aparición de una nueva clase de activos en Bitcoin inevitablemente quedarán aislados.

viernes, 22 de diciembre de 2017

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jueves, 21 de diciembre de 2017

Oracle PartnerNetwork: Our year’s best (and what’s to come!)


What’s a new year without first looking back? Oracle PartnerNetwork had its work cut out in 2017, so we find it worthwhile to reflect on our efforts and progress throughout the year. To celebrate 2017, we’re excited to share our year’s best and a glimpse at what’s ahead.

Oracle CEI Program

Announced at Oracle OpenWorld 2017, the CEI program recognizes OPN partners who demonstrate ongoing expertise, project success, and customer satisfaction during Oracle SaaS Cloud implementations. Rather than focusing on sales statistics, the program rewards firms for proven and sustained exceptional performance in implementing a specific cloud service module within a defined geography. Achieving Cloud Excellence Implementer status is an unparalleled opportunity for further market differentiation, recognition, high value OPN benefits and deeper engagement with Oracle. OPN members who are interested and meet the criteria to attain CEI status can apply via the OPN Portal.

Oracle Partner Immersion Training

Oracle knows how significantly our partners transform our customers' business. That's why we rolled out Oracle’s FY18 Partner Immersion Training. The on-demand learning experiences equip our partners with the same Oracle laser-focused sales training and messaging delivered to internal sales consultants at the start of each new fiscal year – without the lag time you used to have! Partner Immersion is organized into tracks from which partners can access over 20 Guided Learning Paths. You can now leverage the strength of the Oracle Cloud portfolio in real time.

OPN Cloud Connection 

OPN Cloud Connection is the largest interactive global community dedicated to helping you build & grow a successful cloud business. This engaging community is designed for partners to seek out relevant information, exchange ideas, and to learn more about Oracle at a local regional level. This year in particular, the OPN Cloud Connection redesigned its community websites by region, allowing for better networking & collaboration for partners facing some of the same challenges as you. If you haven’t joined your community yet, what are you waiting for?

CRN Accolades 

Oracle is proud to have received multiple awards from CRN throughout 2017. A division of the Channel Company, CRN serves as a source of channel news, trends, analyses, and best practices for the channel industry. It was an honor to be recognized by CRN as an industry leader and we were thrilled to be included as a CRN 2017 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendor, and to receive CRN’s 5-Star Partner Program rating.

Oracle Partner Store

The Oracle Partner Store (OPS) is Oracle’s online ordering system created specifically for Oracle’s Value Added Distributors and partners. By using the OPS, you can apply for membership, distribution agreements, register deals, and place hardware, software, cloud & subscription orders easily. You’re also able to initiate approval requests and track the real-time status of agreements & orders submitted. In 2018, OPS will roll out enhancements that make it easier for partners to register and complete deals online. For more details, review the OPS website or check with your regional OPSS team.

Oracle Sales Central 

On January 8th, Oracle will launch a partner-facing version of Oracle Sales Central – the online portal that provides easy access to curated sales and customer-facing content. By logging onto the Oracle PartnerNetwork, you will be able to access up-to-date information that is completely in-sync with the content Oracle sellers have access to, allowing you to increase and accelerate sales opportunities. More to come on January 8 – stay tuned!

There’s one more thing in addition to the goods above: Here is a valuable 2018 cloud prediction list from Forrester. It’s worth a read and Oracle is excited to be mentioned!

Thank you for making our list possible. Without you, our partners, these achievements would be mere ideas. Looking forward to more #cloud innovation in 2018!

Cheers to you and yours this holiday season,
Oracle PartnerNetwork

Oracle Blogs: How 2 Manufacturers Are Preparing for the Cloud


By Linda Tsan

When I hear the word manufacturing, my mind immediately shifts to sepia-toned steam-powered factories. But the adoption of innovative technology is putting that outdated image to rest. Digital technologies that have emerged in the last five or so years, like the Internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation, robotics, and data analytics have fundamentally changed the manufacturing sector. As Daniel Newman notes in a recent Forbes article about the top 5 digital transformation trends in manufacturing, “Not since Henry Ford introduced mass production has there been a revolution to this scale.”
As manufacturers look to make their operations leaner and more competitive, integrated cloud-ready IT systems like Oracle Engineered Systems have become crucial for effective digitization strategies—helping to manage operating costs, improve efficiency, and enable almost instantaneous responses to changing customer and market demands. 

Competing in the Digital Age Requires Significantly Better IT Systems 

That's a fact. In the digital age, we have high expectations for seamless experiences—making the business environment increasingly more competitive. This is especially true for manufacturers, who must manage ever-growing complexities to meet the needs of their customers. Manufacturers are constantly looking for ways to beat the competition by moving faster, cutting costs further, and winning customer loyalty. Modernization doesn't just happen by deploying a new web-based SaaS application. And it doesn't just happen by upgrading your critical systems to the latest version (although that is a place to start). IT systems are the backbone of every company's technological prowess; its how companies compete now.

These two real-world examples demonstrate how companies can leverage new cloud-ready technologies to adapt their existing IT systems for the digital age; improving application and reporting speeds, enabling real-time analytics, and reducing unplanned downtime of their most important business applications while preparing for the cloud shift. They both do this by leveraging Oracle Engineered Systems to enable their current enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to perform faster at maximum availability. The additional cost savings are just a cherry on top. 

Speeding Up Global Growth 

Worthington Industries, a rapidly growing diversified metals manufacturer, was experiencing growing pains as a result of global expansion. Worthington Industries had grown sales to US$2.8 billion, with 10,000 employees at more than 80 facilities in 11 countries. 

The company was looking to consolidate its financial management systems across multiple lines of business and wanted to reduce costs by standardizing operating procedures across the business. Worthington also wanted to improve its manufacturing processes while providing near real-time reporting to give managers the insights necessary to better manage the business. Higher system capacity, improved availability, and quicker disaster recovery were required to safeguard mission-critical systems. Worthington wanted to be able to do all of this without significantly increasing its IT team.

A coengineered IT system, with storage and applications designed to work together and purpose-built for Oracle Database, was Worthington’s solution to provide a foundation for global growth. The company upgraded its integrated ERP and supply chain management system on a managed-cloud services platform, implementing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 with Managed Cloud Services.

Worthington’s new system improves scalability as the business grows and expands through acquisitions. Most impressively, Worthington Industries was able to meet its goals and improve system availability to 99.8%. 

Manufacturing Downtime Equals Penalties and Lost Business 

Spain-based CELSA Group, a highly diversified manufacturer of forged, laminated, and processed steel, is the largest steel producer in Spain and one of the largest in Europe. With more than 50 companies operating on five continents, CELSA Group knew it needed to improve its IT infrastructure to support international growth. 

CELSA Group runs SAP ERP systems and was concerned about excessive downtime, which had delayed shipments of its steel products and exposed the company to late penalties and lost business. CELSA Group needed to be able to provide managers with better and timelier financial reporting and resource planning across its businesses, while optimizing its backup processes to reduce downtime.

CELSA implemented a new IT infrastructure based on Oracle SuperCluster and Oracle Exadata Database Machine. With diligent project planning, migration was accomplished seamlessly in less than a day.

Additionally, with the new engineered IT system, CELSA was able to improve on-time delivery by eliminating downtime, saved more than $650,000 annually in labor costs, optimized financial reporting across 2,000 users in 50 entities, and tripled backup speeds. 

Ready for the Cloud, Ready for the Future 

By upgrading and standardizing their IT infrastructure to an integrated, co-engineered technologies that are purpose-built for Oracle Database, these two companies have been able to realize tremendous improvements in efficiency. Because Oracle Engineered Systems have exact equivalents in the cloud (see Oracle Exadata Cloud at Customerand Oracle Exadata Cloud Service), both companies have gained flexibility unique to Oracle, allowing them to scale easily, cut costs, and gain a single view across the business for greater market agility. 

Learn more about how Oracle Engineered Systems and cloud-ready solutions can address today's problems and prepare you for the shifting market demands of tomorrow. Check out the CIO magazine and Oracle collaboration on cloud-ready infrastructure here:


Oracle Blogs: Government Agencies Call on Chatbots to Improve Customer Experience


By: Llinda Currey

Chatbots, those popular computerized personal assistants already hard at work answering customers’ questions in the retail, banking, and utilities industries, now are popping up in government to make citizen services more accessible.

Because they incorporate machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to answer questions without human intervention, chatbots are perfect for guiding citizens through routine interactions with government agencies, says Franco Amalfi, director of innovation for Oracle Public Sector North America.

Chatbots can help government agencies serve citizens faster and more efficiently, bridging the gap between the large number of citizens seeking information and the limited resources government agencies have to provide help. They can be particularly effective answering questions in large federal agencies that touch nearly every citizen.


“Citizens no longer need to be kept on hold for long periods of time as they wait for a live customer service agent to answer the phone,” Amalfi says. “Chatbots instantly give people the answers they need from their government.” Although most chatbots in government currently communicate via text, the ability to communicate via voice-activated devices such as Amazon’s Alexa is rapidly gaining traction, he says.

“Chatbots today can have highly meaningful and personalized conversations with citizens about complex topics such as tax regulations [and can help them] fill out complex applications for government housing and even convey their opinions in surveys about pressing issues such as public transportation,” adds Dan Kuenzig, Oracle SaaS cloud specialist for CX, public sector.

Amalfi and Kuenzig recently participated in the 10th annual Oracle Federal Forum, discussing the role of AI and virtual assistants in customer service with a panel that included industry expert Marc Mancher, principal at Deloitte Federal. The forum drew 1,800 registrants to Washington DC earlier this month.

Amalfi also describes early-adopter government agencies providing chatbot services in GCN, a newsletter about computer technology, tools, and tactics for government professionals in the public sector.

Citizens want more from their government agencies today, says Amalfi, including real-time access to information, and chatbots and other technology using AI “can give citizens just that—an effective means of communication and increased engagement with governmental agencies in an ever-connected world.”

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miércoles, 20 de diciembre de 2017

Oracle Press Release: Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium Selects Oracle to Streamline Operations


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GMHEC chooses Oracle Cloud Applications to improve operational efficiencies and embrace modern best practices

Redwood Shores, Calif.—Dec 20, 2017

The Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium (GMHEC) has selected Oracle Cloud Applications to modernize critical finance and human resources business processes to increase customer service levels while reducing administrative costs. With Oracle Human Capital Management (HCM) Cloud, Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud, GMHEC will be able to empower faculty, staff, and students to embrace modern best practices, drive institutional innovation and optimize the overall learning experience.

GMHEC is a collaborative endeavor of three Vermont colleges: Champlain College, Middlebury College and Saint Michael’s College. In order to continue to deliver the best possible student and staff experiences, GMHEC needed to replace its existing legacy on-premises business systems - which rely on manual processes and operate in a silo - with a unified business platform supporting modern best practices, real-time data insights, and transparent reporting across its campuses. After a careful evaluation of competing solutions, GMHEC selected Oracle ERP Cloud, Oracle EPM Cloud and Oracle HCM Cloud to modernize its finance, reporting, procurement, recruitment and on-boarding processes.

“GMHEC aims to create a collaborative environment where we are sharing best practices across all three colleges to directly address rising educational costs and continue to make higher education accessible and affordable to all students,” said Corinna Noelke, executive director, Green Mountain Higher Education Consortium. “Collectively, we selected Oracle as it has a proven history of success in the higher education market, as well as the resources to continue to drive innovation and to allow implementation of standardized best business practices within a single instance for all member colleges.”

With Oracle ERP Cloud, GMHEC will be able to leverage a complete, modern and secure solution to streamline and optimize financial processes. Oracle EPM Cloud will enable GMHEC to strategically analyze data for accurate forecasting. Oracle HCM Cloud will enable the HR teams of the GMHEC schools to spend less time on manual processes and more time on sourcing, developing and retaining top talent through self-service capabilities that empower employees to engage with each other.

“Higher-education institutions are constantly challenged to reduce their administrative costs and optimize business processes in order to meet rapidly changing student and faculty demands,” said Steve Miranda, executive vice president of applications development, Oracle. “With Oracle Cloud Applications, the GMHEC team will be able to improve operational efficiency and increase productivity in order to spend more time focused on the student and staff experience.”

Additional Information

To get the latest news and insights about Oracle ERP Cloud and Oracle EPM Cloud, follow @OracleERPCloud on Twitter or Facebook, @OracleEPMCloud on Twitter or Facebook, or read the Modern Finance Leader blog.

More information about Oracle HCM Cloud can be found on the Modern HR in the Cloud blog, follow @OracleHCM on Twitter or Facebook.

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Oracle PR
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LAOUC Resultado Elecciones Internas del Directorio Bianual 2018-2019


Como se viene realizando cada dos años desde el 2010, LAOUC Latinoamerican Oracle User Community, llevó acabo su elección interna para los puestos del directorio correspondientes al siguiente bianual.

15 embajadores de 12 países distintos, fueron los responsables de escoger de manera democrática y en total confidencialidad, el nuevo directorio

El directorio que estará a cargo del período 2018-2019 será.

PresidenteGustavo Gonzalez
VicepresidenteEdel Kammermann
Director de finanzasEduardo Hahn
Director de EducaciónFabian Castillo
Director de TecnologíaRolando Carrasco
Director de AplicacionesAriel Cruzado
Director de comunicaciones y membresíaAdrian Castillo
Director de Soporte de CalidadEdgardo Sanchez
Director de Eventos y MarketingClaudia Acosta
Desde el 2012, había ocupado el puesto de Director de Tecnologías en LAOUC y ahora toca al compañero Rolando Carrasco, con el cuál mantengo una excelente amistad, tomar dicha representación.

Mis más grandes deseos de éxitos a todos los nuevos miembros del directorio. De mi parte, esperaría continuar apoyando al directorio desde alguna de las comisiones de Comunicaciones, Aplicaciones ó Tecnología

martes, 19 de diciembre de 2017

Jennifer Nicholson Oracle Code Call for Papers Open

Hello again,
Below is the link to submit and I omitted New York City on March 8th.

Submit here:
Hello Oracle ACE Directors-
I wanted to let you know that the call for papers is open for Oracle Code for the following locations:

Location Date of event
Los Angeles  February 27
Hyderabad  April 4
Bengaluru  April 10
Boston  April 17
Singapore  May 17

You can apply to cities both inside and outside of your region and we can provide travel support even if you just have one session selected. Please note that each location requires a separate submission.

To get an idea of session topics, please see past Oracle Code agendas. I will email again when the dates for the remaining locations are announced.

Kind regards,
Jennifer Nicholson

Oracle Hot Topics: DBMS_OPTIM_BUNDLE: DIFFERENT BEHAVIOR FOR _FIX_CONTROL FOR NON-CDB AND CDB

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Oracle Press Release: Nonprofits Making a Bigger, Better Difference with NetSuite


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FH Canada, the Caring and Sharing Exchange, and the Legal Aid Society of Rochester, NY Streamline Processes to Do More Good with NetSuite Social Impact

SAN MATEO, Calif.—Dec 19, 2017

Oracle NetSuite, one of the world’s leading providers of cloud-based financials / ERP, HR, Professional Services Automation (PSA) and omnichannel commerce software suites, today announced three nonprofit customers that are leveraging the NetSuite platform to create efficiencies, raise additional funds and further their mission. Charitable organizations and social enterprises are abandoning entry-level desktop applications, disparate systems and manual work for more effective and streamlined operations in the cloud. Nonprofits such as FH Canada (Canadian Food for the Hungry), the Caring and Sharing Exchange, and the Legal Aid Society of Rochester are effectively tackling key challenges in program management, regulatory reporting, fundraising, and tracking donors and beneficiaries with NetSuite. These organizations are realizing sizable cost savings and operational efficiencies that they can channel into social impact programs for education, healthcare, clean water, sustainable agriculture, legal aid and other support for populations in need—whether in a nonprofit’s home city or halfway around the world.

Traditionally, nonprofits have been slower than other industries in adopting technology to improve their performance. Limitations in funding, working capital and IT resources create a barrier to entry that can be difficult to overcome. As a result, many nonprofits struggle with standalone Excel spreadsheets, Access databases and server-based applications to manage financials and constituents, driving up administrative costs. That also hurts a nonprofit’s accountability and transparency ratings on sites like Charity Navigator, which individual, corporate and philanthropic donors use when evaluating prospective beneficiaries. Ultimately, outdated technology and labor-intensive manual work can undermine a nonprofit’s fundraising and ability to fully achieve its mission.

Founded in 2006, the NetSuite Social Impact group is empowering nonprofits to use NetSuite to further their mission, regardless of their ability to pay. More than 1,000 nonprofits and social enterprises around the world are supported by NetSuite Social Impact, which makes available free and discounted software licensing to qualified organizations. The program also includes Suite Pro Bono, under which NetSuite employees provide their expertise to help nonprofits with training and customizations to make the most of the platform. To learn more about NetSuite Social Impact, please visit www.netsuite.com/socialimpact.

Nonprofits using NetSuite for such functions as fund accounting, grants management, FASB reporting, fundraising, constituent management, and program management are gaining greater efficiencies and visibility into operations. FH Canada, the Caring and Sharing Exchange and the Legal Aid Society of Rochester are among the many nonprofits to improve efficiency and heighten their social impact with NetSuite’s unified cloud business management platform.

Food for the Hungry Canada (FH Canada) (www.fhcanada.org), part of the global Food for the Hungry (FH) organization, works with communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America who end poverty and become self-sustaining through leadership training and programs to improve healthcare, education, clean water, agriculture and more. Since 1994, the Christian nonprofit has “graduated” 63 communities after 10 years of collaboration to address the root causes of poverty. Today, Food for the Hungry staff, the vast majority of whom are hired from local countries, work with communities in Burundi, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Uganda, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Haiti and Guatemala. FH Canada relies heavily on individual donors, who may sponsor a child or purchase a gift such as school supplies, gardening tools or livestock for recipients through FH Canada’s online store.

Live in 2005, NetSuite has given FH Canada a unified system for all key processes, including its ecommerce web store. Fundraising income has grown by over 20 percent annually in recent years as the nonprofit utilizes a central donor database for personalized communications. Reallocation of savings on IT personnel has allowed FH Canada to funnel resources into fulfilling its mission, while real-time data has markedly improved insights and collaboration across the 20-person organization. “Having everything integrated in a single system lets us re-purpose resources to our mission in supporting programs and fundraising,” said Mark Petzold, Director of Communications and Technology, FH Canada. “NetSuite makes it so much easier to maintain and build donor relationships with one snapshot across all interactions.”

The Caring and Sharing Exchange (www.caringandsharing.ca) since 1915 has made a big difference for needy people in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. Its flagship Christmas Exchange program helps about 20,000 people each holiday season with food hampers or vouchers. Since 2011, a program called Sharing in Student Success has equipped thousands of students with backpacks full of school supplies—more than 2,500 students in 2016. Importantly, the nonprofit serves as a data repository to identify duplicate recipients across 350 partner agencies to prevent recipient duplication—saving the community $600,000 a year and ensuring equitable distribution. With NetSuite live in 2013, Caring and Sharing is more effective than ever as need continues to grow. The nonprofit is saving $50,000 a year in bookkeeping and administrative staff, freeing funds for program work and fundraising. It estimates eliminating 1,000 hours a year in manual data entry. And fundraising income is up 20 percent a year with NetSuite supplying a unified donor database that supports more personalized outreach, while duplication checks are done faster and easier for both Caring and Sharing and partner agencies.

“To have everything in one place helps us run more efficiently and puts more resources where they are needed,” said Cindy Smith, Caring and Sharing Executive Director. “Because we’re able to spend more time on programs and fundraising, we’re able to make more of a difference where it really counts.”

The Legal Aid Society of Rochester, NY (LASROC) (www.lasroc.org), incorporated in 1921, provides pro bono and low-cost legal services in such areas as domestic violence, child support, housing and immigration for about 10,000 individuals a year in a nine-county region of Western New York. Like dozens of other Legal Aid chapters across the U.S., LASROC continuously juggles a rising caseload against limited resources and funding uncertainty. A staff of more than 80 committed legal and administrative professionals, as well as volunteers, are essential to LASROC’s success. So is identifying time and cost savings that enable LASROC to focus resources on social impact. NetSuite plays a key role, enabling LASROC to avoid about $50,000 a year in licensing, hardware and maintenance costs—nearly the salary of a full-time starting attorney who can handle up to 400 cases a year. Those savings are in addition to better efficiency and visibility across the organization. LASROC managers have real-time insights into costs vs. revenue, while accounting is far faster. For instance, payroll journal entries that previously took hours are complete in five minutes with NetSuite, giving finance personnel flexibility to contribute elsewhere across the organization.

“Because NetSuite is so efficient, we spend a lot less time on administration and put those savings directly into client services,” said Kathia Casion, Civil Division Director at LASROC. “If we don’t have to spend as much time on record-keeping, we’re able to help more clients.”

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lunes, 18 de diciembre de 2017

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