Business Solutions Blog

I am here in Beautiful Mesa Arizona at my First Southwest Fox.  Southwest Fox is a Visual Fox Pro Users convention that attracts people from all over the world to learn the latest and greatest techniques and concepts in Visual Fox Pro.

I spent the first two days of this conference in training with Rich Strahl from West Wind Web Connection.  This tool is a great framework to allow foxpro users to develop great tools for the web.    I am concentrating on the web development side of this conference this year to provide a more solid base of knowledge for many of the current and upcoming solutions that we will be providing for our clients.

Technologies including Jquery, Json, and JavaScript are going to allow us to provide a more robust and interactive web experience.   In the coming months i hope to deliver a Computer Connections Customer Interface that will allow for clients to check the status of their Computer Repairs as well as Business Clients to Check the status of Open cases and projects.

More updates to come on the great learning experiences provided here at Southwest Fox!

I recently hosted a training seminar for Timeslips by Sage Software, so blogging about the training and experience seems almost necessary.  Business Solutions is a Sage Software partner and employs a Certified Technician for Sage as well.  Timeslips is a program that is used by professionals that tracks time for billing, ie. Attorney’s and Clinic’s.  My most recent training class was offered for a local Law office, the paralegals and other administration employed there attended a 2 day course to show them the ropes of operating Timeslips by Sage; this is the first step in the system upgrades they are implementing this year.

Timeslips offers many features that are quickly uncovered once a few simple steps are learned.  One of the best features is the TSTimer.  This feature allows you to start a timer, for example if a phone call should come in, and it automatically creates a Timeslip (invoice) for it - all you have to do when you are done, is fill in the information needed, approve and print.  The TSTimer takes the manual entry out of creating a Timeslip for a customer.  If you want more information on Timeslips features and benefits, email Emily@ccwis.com.

Business Solutions has a full training facility able to hold up to 12 students.  We host several training and motivational seminars on a weekly basis.  The size of the lab allows for students to have great interaction with the instructor and other students, but also allows them to have their own space for learning.  Classes are able to be scheduled for public or private courses.  Please contact us for more information.