Comments on: Software: Build or Buy? http://www.d-toolsblog.com/presidents-perspective/build-or-buy/ a view from the top Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:24:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fryeguy http://www.d-toolsblog.com/presidents-perspective/build-or-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-11 fryeguy Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:55:14 +0000 http://www.d-tools.us/wordpress/?p=90#comment-11 Some of us get frustrated by software that either doesn't do what we want or is broken. Some of us get frustrated and dream about how we could make it better. Most of us know better and realize that our frustration and dreaming can actually drive the process for changing and improving the software we love to hate. So more to your point, let's not forget about the bank roll that is behind AudioVisions' ProIntegrator software. They were purchased by Best Buy. Is it possible and does it make sense for the Best Buy/AudioVisions team to make an integrated software package that links all (or most) aspects of their business? Not only do I think it is possible but I beleive it is critical to their success. Efficiency is critical and they can't be efficient on the national level with a corporate backbone unless critical business information is available in a "dashboard" environment to those who want to see it. Now should a single location, $4-5 million business try to do the same thing? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Not only should they not do it, it isn't possible. So yes, we should continue to invest our resources in D-Tools, not because we love it, not because it is perfect, but simply because it is far better than anything else available and will continue to improve as we continue to invest our time and money in the product. My guess is that the PR release about ProIntegrator doesn't tell half of the story. I don't believe their proprietary software package is real or works as they claim. A few years down the road, maybe, today, unlikely. Some of us get frustrated by software that either doesn’t do what we want or is broken.
Some of us get frustrated and dream about how we could make it better.
Most of us know better and realize that our frustration and dreaming can actually drive the process for changing and improving the software we love to hate.

So more to your point, let’s not forget about the bank roll that is behind AudioVisions’ ProIntegrator software. They were purchased by Best Buy. Is it possible and does it make sense for the Best Buy/AudioVisions team to make an integrated software package that links all (or most) aspects of their business? Not only do I think it is possible but I beleive it is critical to their success. Efficiency is critical and they can’t be efficient on the national level with a corporate backbone unless critical business information is available in a “dashboard” environment to those who want to see it.
Now should a single location, $4-5 million business try to do the same thing? ABSOLUTELY NOT! Not only should they not do it, it isn’t possible.
So yes, we should continue to invest our resources in D-Tools, not because we love it, not because it is perfect, but simply because it is far better than anything else available and will continue to improve as we continue to invest our time and money in the product.
My guess is that the PR release about ProIntegrator doesn’t tell half of the story. I don’t believe their proprietary software package is real or works as they claim. A few years down the road, maybe, today, unlikely.

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