Last Summer I jumped on a phone call with Patty Benitez from American Payments Solutions (APS) and Joni Girardi from DataSelf. They had an idea to create a community for ISV solutions in the Acumatica ecosystem.
I thought it was a great idea, but I didn’t have the bandwidth to participate in building it. So I was really happy to get an update during a session at Summit 2019.
Acu-Connect is now an official thing, with an official Website (click here), official Email address (click here), and official Twitter account (click here).
Acumatica is a great ERP solution, but, like any ERP solution, it doesn’t do EVERYTHING. That’s where ISV (Independent Software Vendor) solutions come in.
ISV solutions are an important part of the Acumatica ecosystem.
There’s a nice central page on Acumatica’s website that lists all of the ISV solutions. Thanks to Christian Lindberg and his team for putting this together:
https://www.acumatica.com/extensions/
But it can be challenging to work with ISV solutions because there are so many, many of them claim to do similar things, and it can be hard to tell what the differences are between them. Also, you have to enter into a separate contact with the 3rd party ISV provider so you have to understand their pricing structure.
That’s why Acu-Connect is important.
Learn. Share. Connect. The goal of Acu-Connect is to provide Acumatica partners (and eventually customers) with a centralized community that they can go to when they need answers or want to share best practices.
I attended the Acu-Connect session during Acumatica Summit 2019.
Here are my Twitter notes from the session:
About to attend this session on the acu-connect ISV community pic.twitter.com/XvSx6crbRt
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019
We've got a panel of people and a jar of cash. This should be interesting 🙂 #AcumaticaSummit pic.twitter.com/vg8ECTqETp
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019
The acu-connect Mission #AcumaticaSummit pic.twitter.com/pSaUSb2I0a
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019
Looks like @acu_connect already has a website and Twitter handle #AcumaticaSummit pic.twitter.com/OMm7gnK7p7
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019
Phase 2 goals of @acu_connect #AcumaticaSummit pic.twitter.com/prT9nrBPGa
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019
Phase 3 for @acu_connect will involve customers #AcumaticaSummit pic.twitter.com/Hn54TDnr3J
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019
Now the panel talking about @acu_connect #AcumaticaSummit pic.twitter.com/jiW3lAtWAY
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019
Acu-Connect is about Education, not Sales #AcumaticaSummit pic.twitter.com/B4BJXnP1It
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019
For more information about @acu_connect #AcumaticaSummit pic.twitter.com/o7mdU7CKPj
— Tim Rodman (@TimRodman) January 28, 2019