investing on outdated technology ? ? ?

Yesterday I was meeting a IT Manager of prospective company. It's a company which doing well in their industry. I was talking about ERP, CRM solutions which our company doing and etc etc. Suddenly I notice my prospects having some thng in my mind or something liek that. Then I let him to talk.

This IT Manager join six months back and he's in a process of implementing proper ICT infrastructure for the company. Then he told that they got an ERP. I told that we don't have any problem and I can provide the CRM which he was looking for. Still this person got something in his mind. Finally he share it with me.

THe ERP which they implemented two years back is a blunder. This person also don't have an idea why company invest on this. Because it's EPR on FoxPro which is a outdated technology.

This new IT Manager is helpless with this problem handover to him by the x- IT Manager. Aay way he has to take this atleast for few years.

This is a kind of common problem with some companies. Most of the people are not analysing the big picture behind these solutions. They are investing for out dated or solution which is not suitable to address their needs. Then they suffer from very first day. But they can't leave it since they invest lot on these solutions.

These kind of things occurs mainly due to lack of knowledge with decision makers and out dated knowledge of IT staff. Some IT guys trying to get a solutions on what they study ten years back. They think that is the best. But the real story is totally different.

Organizations need to avoid this kind of poor decisions. There for they need to work with a vendor who got experience and skills in latest technology. And the technology should be a proven technology.