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APIs vs. File Transfers: A Brief Comparison

May 16, 2025 | 0 Comments | Michael Burns

In the world of data exchange between systems, two common methods stand out: Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and file transfers. Each has distinct use cases, advantages, and limitations, making them suitable for different scenarios depending on the needs of the system or organization. What is an API? An API is a set of rules that allows software applications to communicate with each other in real time. They are ideal for real-time, interactive data sharing and are commonly used in web applications, mobile apps, and cloud services. Pros of APIs: Real-time data access Can apply business logic in importing data Better error handling and […]

Scale AI

February 5, 2025 | 0 Comments | Michael Burns

Scale AI is Canada’s artificial intelligence (AI) Global Innovation Cluster dedicated to boosting industry performance by leveraging AI technologies to improve value chains, with a specific focus on building resilient and sustainable supply chains. Sale AI Funding Scale AI is funded from the Governments of Canada and Quebec as well from the private sector through membership fees and strategic partnerships. The Government of Canada’s contribution to Scale AI amounted to $230M over 5 years, from April 1, 2018 until March 31, 2023. Additional funding of $53.4M has been granted by the Government of Québec. They have already funded $700M in […]

National Technology Forum

April 5, 2019 | 0 Comments | 180systems

For the 2nd year, we have joined forces with CPA Canada in presenting the National Technology Forum (NTF). NTF will occur on May 22-24 with a conference for the 1st 2 days and workshops on the 3rd day. The conference is mostly about enterprise software (ERP, CPM, HR and BI) and emerging technology and is targeted to senior leaders who are responsible for technology investment decisions in industry and public practice. Conference Highlights ERP, HR, BI and CPM (Corporate Performance Management) sessions delivered for customers, by customers, featuring plenty of real-life experiences, lessons learned and valuable advice Industry challenges (manufacturing, […]

It’s 2018 so why isn’t my ERP vendor multi-tenant?

August 8, 2018 | 0 Comments | 180systems

August 7, 2018 from diginomica – “We may be at a point in the software space where application vendors that haven’t produced a multi-tenant suite may never do it. It matters and here’s why…” Click here to read the article. 180 View – Multi-tenant architecture allows one instance of a software system to serve multiple customers. The vendor is responsible for patching and updating the inevitable changes to a system. The article makes a persuasive case why multi-tenant matters but, in our opinion, it is just another criteria to make a decision. […]

How A Tesla Is Made

October 8, 2013 | 0 Comments | 180systems

From Devour – “Here’s a look inside the Fremont, California factory where an army of massive, robotic arms transform giant rolls of aluminum into a Tesla Model S.” See/hear more 180 View – Fascinating – a must see video. Too bad the Tesla is still so expensive. […]

How the internet works

June 26, 2013 | 1 Comments | 180systems

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10 Things You Just Gotta Have in Your Cloud Contract

June 17, 2012 | 0 Comments | 180systems

April 30, 2012 from CFO – “A CFO’s guide to the wild and wooly world of cloud services in which contracts are mutable, companies come and go, and politics a continent away could materially impact your business…” Read more 180 View –Although we don’t think that cloud computing contracts are as risky as the article indicates, there are still some good suggestions. […]