Michell Consulting Group, LLC Honored as Finalist for Technology Leaders of the Year Awards

 April 8, 2013

Michell Consulting Group, LLC has been named a Finalist for Technology Project of the Year by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce for developing an effective item matrix that fully integrated with an existing accounting and management system as well as point-of-sale system. This unique matrix allowed decision makers to see complex reports and details with the push of a button.

 Not only did this custom matrix save time, but it also saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by providing a mechanism for management to regulate item pricing and drastically lower inventory expenses without having to invest in an expensive new system and training. 

The 2013 Technology Leaders of the Year Awards luncheon will be held at Jungle Island on April 11, 2013. Awards will be presented in the following categories: Technology Executive, Technology Company, Technology Entrepreneur, Technology Organization, Technology Project, Bioscience Company, and Technology Student.

For six years we have made our home 3401 NW 82nd Avenue. Overtime though, as a result of your loyal support, the company has grown in staff complement and customer base. The result, crammed working spaces and limited parking for everyone. We are keen on hosting you, our valued customer, in the friendliest of environments; and so, over the past few months have been in search of a new home.

Today, it is with great pleasure that I write to inform you that the search is over. On the weekend of December 15, 2012 we will be moving to more spacious and comfortable surroundings at our new home located at 8240 NW 52 Terrace Suite 410 Miami, FL, and anyone familiar with the area will know the building has great access and excellent parking.

With this intended move, we ask that you make a note in your planner as effective December 15, 2012 we will not be operating from this location.  Bear in mind though, that our office numbers will remain the same.

Should you have any questions on the relocation, be sure to contact us so we can answer them. In the meantime, we look forward to seeing and serving you at the greatly improved office surroundings, Please refer to the flyer posted below.

Infor Commits $10,000 to Hurricane Sandy Relief

Efforts Underway to Help Customers Quickly Resume Business Operations

November 01, 2012-

Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today committed $10,000 to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts through The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City. In addition, Infor has reached out to customers affected by the storm to offer assistance with restoring servers, Infor business applications, storage, and data centers in an effort to minimize disruption.

"The devastation from Hurricane Sandy has impacted millions of lives, and our hearts go out to all affected.  Infor stands ready to help and is in contact with employees, customers, and partners to work together to help recover as quickly as possible," said Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor.

Infor's recently opened headquarters in lower Manhattan is without power, but other offices in the region are pitching in to help employees and customers with recovery efforts.

100 percent of donations to The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, a 501c3 charitable organization, will be dispersed directly to relief organizations. Companies and other donors who want to help the city's storm relief through the Fund can donate online at www.nyc.gov/fund.

Welcome Newest Employees to MCG Team

Newest Employees Add Value and Increase Productivity at MCG

November 5, 2012-

Welcome Chris to our Michell Consulting Group Family

Michell Consulting prides itself in meeting and exceeding our client's goals through the effective use of information technology. With that being said, we are eager to announce the addition of Christopher Coello to our organization as our Senior Service Manager. Providing unparalleled support and service is what Michell strives to do every day, with Chris on our team he will ensure this service is being provided. Chris has been adding value to organizations for the past 15 years and has an extensive knowledge of operations management due to prior experience. With this, we are confident Chris will add value to this organization and yours. He received his undergraduate degree from Barry University. He's a member of the Project Management Institute as well as a PMI member for the South Florida Chapter. He's currently studying for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, and has an extensive knowledge of operations management from his time working at Terremark Worldwide and Project Management working as a PM consultant. He loves spending time with family, friends, weight-lifting, and cooking. He has a passion for slow cooking (especially pork shoulders using his smoker). Him and his wife Alexis just became proud parents this past September to their newborn son Christopher Alberto. He's looking forward to providing top quality customer service for all of our clients.

Welcome Julian to our Michell Consulting Group Family

We are delighted to announce the latest addition to the Michell Consulting family, Julian Villegas. As a Systems Engineer, in charge of trouble shooting technical and system issues for our clients, either on site or remotely, he will manage complexity and reduce risks for users. As technology inevitably continues to advance we needed someone capable of quickly assimilating and applying new advances as they arise; Julian exceeds this. Due to prior experience for various management companies, Julian has developed a multitude of technical skills. Beyond thinking creatively, he has the tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty, making him the perfect asset for this company and our clients alike. He has an AA in Computer Science and will be getting his Bachelors degree in Information Technology from Florida International University. He has a background in I.T. support for various management companies, which helped him develop various technical skills. He loves spending quality time with his wife and two kids. He especially loves to find out about new products and technologies, as it is inevitably advancing every day.

Infor Named a 2012 Emerging Vendor by CRN

Infor Partner Network is formally recognized by global channel publication.

August 28, 2012-

I’m delighted to announce that Infor and the Infor Partner Network (IPN) have been selected by CRN (Computer Reseller News) and UBM Channel (CRN’s parent subsidiary) as a 2012 Emerging Technology vendor. 

The annual list features the most innovative vendors who not only deliver technology that is easy to use, but also provide partners world-class solutions to deliver to their customers. Among these Emerging Vendors are companies that have established themselves in their market segment and others that are already making an impact despite a recent launch. 

The emergence and fast-paced development of the IPN over the past year has generated significant noise and traction from global press and analysts throughout the IT industry. During this time, we’ve received a great deal of coverage from CRN, including this recent interview with Rick Whiting, one of their senior channel commentators.

This accolade recognizes that we’re making solid progress and further validates our strategy to ensure that the Infor Partner Network represents a truly world-class partner program.

The Infor corporate communications team will be distributing an external press release to coincide with this announcement.

Infor is a leading provider of business software and services, helping more than 70,000 customers in 164 countries improve operations and drive growth. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.

Infor Reports 17 Percent Annual Organic License Growth and 16 Percent Organic License Growth for the Most Recent Quarter

First Full Year with New Strategy and Management Team Accelerates Growth in Licenses, Subscriptions, Support, Margins, Innovation, and Customers

ATLANTA - Jan 03, 2012

Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, reported 17 percent license growth for the twelve months ended November 2011. The company also reported 16 percent organic license growth for its second fiscal quarter, which ended November 2011. EBITDA margins improved to 27 percent, and new customer additions and support subscriptions accelerated. Growth in Infor's core ERP business in the second fiscal quarter was up 25 percent over the previous year. This strong financial performance caps an exciting year of transformation driven by major investments in industry-specific business applications.

"Infor now has one of the largest engineering organizations in the world dedicated to innovating in business applications," said Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor. "Business processes have become more complex and dynamic while most of the software industry's investment drifted to infrastructure. Customers are responding to Infor's tidal wave of new industry features, consumer-grade user interfaces, and Infor10 pre-integrated suites. Infor plans to continue a disruptive strategy of delivering release after release of deep industry features that eliminate cumbersome customizations, productize geographic localizations, and provide in context business intelligence with projects measured in months and not years."

The last 12 Months at Infor:

• Customer Growth - Infor added more than 2500 new customers during 2011 and expanded its relationship with more than 12,000 existing customers. Infor also saw growth in support and consulting, with more than 500 customers re-engaged with Infor for support. New or existing customers that made significant investments in Infor products in 2011 include Ferrari, BAE Systems Military Air and Information, Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas, Inc., Greif, and Liberty Mutual.
• Investment in Engineering -Infor added more than 500 software engineers in 2011 and announced plans to hire an additional 75 developers in its Innovation Center, which will be housed at the company's new headquarters in New York City. Infor shipped 69 new products, 1904 new features and 2001 customer enhancement requests - up more than 70 percent from the previous year.
• New headquarters - In November Infor announced a relocation of its headquarters to New York City. The new office will feature an Innovation Center where software engineers and graphic designers will focus on building out Infor10's intuitive graphical user interface, and lead the integration of social applications into the enterprise.

Enhanced Product Offerings & Strategic Partnerships:

• Enhanced software platform - The company unveiled Infor10, its next generation enterprise software which offers an enhanced user experience and industry-specific functionality. On the front end, Infor10 Workspace provides customers with a single sign-on, common navigation and common look-and-feel across multiple applications. Infor10 ION, the company's lightweight middleware technology, connects and integrates Infor and third-party applications to increase the speed of business through improved data sharing.
• Strategic Partnerships - This year, Infor partnered with Salesforce.com, a leader in enterprise cloud computing to offer three new InForce applications that bring the power of the back office to the front office, and throughout the social enterprise, helping customers collaborate and drive growth. Additionally, Salesforce.com made a multi-million dollar investment in Infor as part of the agreement.

"As we look to the future, 2012 will be just as exciting for Infor," added Phillips. "We have a strong, motivated team, a market looking for new alternatives, and a customer-centric strategy that is working well and generating growth."

About Infor

Infor is a leading provider of business software and services, helping more than 70,000 customers in 164 countries improve operations and drive growth. To learn more about Infor, please visit www.infor.com.

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Infor Financials SunSystems 4.4 release is now generally available

Dear Infor Channel Partner—

Infor is pleased to announce that the latest release of Infor Financials SunSystems 4.4 is now generally available. The 4.4 release of SunSystems introduces the following new and enhanced functionality.

User Interface

New user experience: A new user interface has been introduced to provide quick and efficient access to SunSystems functions while allowing users to work with keyboard access and established shortcuts. Standard menu access for each operator is complemented by a "Favorites" option, allowing a user-defined menu with personalized entries. The traditional SunSystems modules are represented as tabs. Within each module/tab, the content is organized in newer-style categories represented with icons. The majority of forms have been enhanced to include descriptive content in dropdown boxes, calendar controls, and checkboxes for standard Yes/No options, but old-style character responses are preserved throughout.

Help for SunSystems 4 (core languages): The interconnected suite of Help files, which was available only in English in SunSystems 4.3.3, is now delivered in all languages in which the SunSystems 4.4 user interface is delivered (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese [Simplified], Chinese [Traditional], and Japanese).

Security and Control

SunSystems Security: The separate, centralized security facility introduced with SunSystems 4.3 (4.3.1) is now an integral part of SunSystems 4.4 with a single, combined installation routine.

Permission Control on Allocation Marker Updates: The application and removal of allocation markers in Account Allocation, On-Line Allocation, Journal Entry, Journal Import, and Reconciliation Manager can now be restricted by Operator Permissions. A new Allocation Marker Restrictions tab has been added to Operator Group Database Miscellaneous Restrictions in User Manager. Access to On-Line Allocation has also been made subject to Operator Permissions; a new action has been added to the Database Menu Selections for Journal Entry in Ledger Accounting.

Audit Reports: Reference and Transactional Audit Reports have been enhanced to include timestamp data.

Audit Control: Audit Control can now be configured for individual databases rather than functioning system-wide. A simple facility to copy existing audit control settings from one database to a second or all databases is available.

Customer-driven Enhancements

Account Allocation and Account Inquiry: Selection criteria to extract by due date have been added to these functions to facilitate better debtor and creditor control.

Sales Invoicing: A user's own bank details can be recorded and made available for inclusion on the sales invoice. Default own bank details can be defined on the "Own Address" Names and Address record. This can be overridden by alternative own bank details on individual customer Chart of Accounts records.

Portuguese Invoicing: Changes have been introduced to meet new sales invoicing regulations introduced by the Portuguese government at the beginning of 2011. This functionality is enabled by the introduction of a user hook and works using an encrypted hash total.

Technology

Platform Updates: Infor Financials SunSystems 4.4 is now available for Oracle 11g R2.

Windows Printing: Windows Printing has been reworked, enabling the user to identify and setup suitable Windows printers via User Manager and SunSystems for ad hoc print use. Local or network printers can be easily assigned to an existing SunSystems printer profile in a new User Manager dialog. Once Windows printing is enabled, a standard Windows print dialog is presented to the user when the print function is selected. Further amendments such as printer selection, number of copies, paper orientation, etc. may be made at this time before the print is confirmed.

Windows Database Collation: A native Windows database collation has been introduced. Data and screens now operate using a Windows collation and code page, replacing any previous DOS collation. European language users upgrading from earlier releases must convert SunSystems backup files generated from their previous SunSystems installation before restoring into version 4.4. A new CodePageConverter.exe utility has been made available for this purpose in the SunSystems program directory.

Add-on Operator Permissions: The previous version 4.3.3 super user ZO=Maintain Add On Op. Permissions has now been replaced. With the introduction of the new Navigator menu interface, the installation of add-on products now requires the addition of new modules and functions to both Navigator and User Manager. A new ThirdPartyInstaller.exe utility has been made available for this purpose in the SunSystems program directory. An XML file containing all required updates is required in conjunction with this utility.

MUMBAI, INDIA: Infor, a provider of business application software serving more than 70,000 customers, today announced that it will relocate its headquarters to New York City in the summer of 2012.

Located in "Silicon Alley," known for its high concentration of Internet and technology companies, Infor's new headquarters will feature an Innovation Center, where Infor will house newly-hired software engineers and graphic designers, said a press release.

"Infor's commitment to move its headquarters to New York is another sign that international, high tech companies see this state as the place to be," said Governor Andrew Cuomo. "I have repeatedly said that our number one mission is getting people back to work. This deal is an example of how we are working tirelessly to make sure companies know that New York is open for business."

Infor expects to have one of the largest software engineering teams in New York City and access the rich pool of technical talent in the region. The planned technology campus the City of New York is building in conjunction with major universities was also an attraction for the company, along with the city's accessibility for Infor customers from around the world, the release added.

"Infor's relocation of its headquarters to New York City is another vote of confidence in our booming tech sector," said Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.

He added that this growth in the tech industry demands a large, dedicated work force, and that's why our Applied Sciences initiative to build a new engineering school here is so important. It's just one of the ways we are supporting the tech sector so that companies like Infor can grow and create jobs in New York City.

"2011 has been a strong year for Infor, with three consecutive quarters of year-over-year double-digit growth that have fueled our decision to accelerate investment in product innovation by coming to New York's Silicon Alley," said Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor.

He added that this state-of-the-art facility will enable them to hire and house developers and graphic designers to enhance the user experience and integrate social applications into the workplace, further advancing the speed of business for their customers. They also plan to build a customer center that showcases these innovations in an environment as compelling as the technology itself.

Infor's new headquarters will be located at 641 Avenue of the Americas, and will feature an open, loft-style design. The layout will fuel product innovation by providing an environment conducive to collaboration and transparency, with no traditional executive corner offices.

Infor's current headquarters in Alpharetta, Ga. will continue to operate as its main shared services center, housing critical functions such as finance, human resources and tax.