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The Axonom and California Manufacturing Technology Consulting® (CMTC) program offers small and medium-size manufacturers (SMMs) in southern California with comprehensive implementation services, cloud-based CRM, and world-class Powertrak software such as sales quoting and ordering, interactive 2D/3D visual product configurations, customer/partner portals, and sales forecasting.

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I ran an update on a single organization on a multi-tenant deployment and one org had an issue (most likely a deleted security role). As a result, the upgrade failed over and over, and I couldn’t run it manually.

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With outside sales reps spending about half of their day selling remotely, your mobile customer relationship management (CRM) is a crucial tool for your company’s success. Mobile CRM solutions, such as iPad CRM are changing the sales landscape in a number of ways.

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In Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, there seems to be a bug with the First Things First pop-up window. After clicking the “don’t show me this again” checkbox, the window will appear the next time I log in. I have found that no matter how many times I check the box, the pop-up window continues to reappear.

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ID1073: A CryptographicException occurred when attempting to decrypt the cookie using the ProtectedData API (see inner exception for details). If you are using IIS 7.5, this could be due to the loadUserProfile setting on the Application Pool being set to false.

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Every single second, there are 9,100 tweets posted on Twitter. Last month we waded through the ocean of tweets and located the best sales experts to follow who have tactical, inspirational, or managerial insight. This month we’re looking at the top sales tips and advice from those experts—their best catches, if you will—that can help you and your sales team be motivated, act with intentionality and perform better.

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We will be sponsoring and exhibiting our advanced Configure-Price-Quote software for Microsoft Dynamics CRM customers. Visit our booth to see how to build sales and product quotes and orders inside Dynamics CRM or externally via the Powertrak Portal. In addition, we will demonstrate our dynamic, interactive 2D and 3D product configuration solution – a first of its kind for Dynamics CRM users!

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This post answers the most frequently asked questions about Powertrak’s advanced product configuration feature called Interactive 2D/3D Designer. Continue reading to discover who’s the best candidate to use 2D or 3D Product Configurator, what are the art and product data requirements, acceptable image file formats, or where to obtain art assets, and integration questions.

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There are 58 million tweets sent per day. If each tweet takes you eight seconds to read, it would take you almost 14 years to read each and every one. How do you filter through the barrage of tweets to discover which ones might actually be useful? Whether you’re looking for sales motivation that will speak to your team or insight into how your team can better connect with customers, we did some leg work to help.

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At Convergence 2014, Microsoft selected ten Dynamics’ customers to be featured in an on-camera interview showcasing how Microsoft Dynamics and its independent software vendor, together, bring great value to their business.

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Abstract: I have a temporary fix to an error received when using a custom identity to run the Microsoft Dynamics CRM application pool. If you receive the error: Exception message: Could not find entry for server: $ With SearchFilter: samAccountName, continue to read how I resolved this issue, consider this a band aid solution until Microsoft gets back to me.

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Axonom delivers Partner Portals, Configure-Price-Quote, Product Configurator, Forecasting, and Design Win solutions to global high-tech manufacturers in California. With over 13 years of implementing Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Powertrak’s industry-specific solutions to some of the largest tech companies in California, you could say that we’re quite familiar on how to solve manufacturers’ business pains.

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To say that we made our presence felt at Convergence 2014 is an understatement. Our Powertrak Portal and CPQ software were named to and demonstrated at the session: Top 10 Solutions on the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace.

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Axonom’s VP of Sales and Marketing, Mike Belongie, was a featured guest in Silverpop and CoreMotives’ booth at Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2013 in New Orleans. Mr. Belongie discussed his experience with CoreMotives’ marketing solution and the value they bring to email marketing automation.

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Powertrak Design Win, powered by Microsoft Dynamics CRM, is the leading platform supporting lead management, design registration, and opportunity management for semiconductor and electronic manufacturers.

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Read this case study on Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ERP partner, Vertical Cloud Service, selection of Powertrak's partner channel solution to power its rapidly-growing partner channel program.

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Today, we unveiled our advanced product configuration feature called Interactive 2D/3D Designer at the Microsoft Dynamics Convergence conference in Atlanta, GA.

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HelpSystems replaces homegrown system with Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Powertrak CPQ software to power sales configuration and quoting processes. The company's sales staff experiences an 80% reduction in quote generation time with Powertrak.

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On March 4-6, 2014, Axonom will be an exhibitor and bronze sponsor at Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2014 (#CONV14) in Atlanta, GA. We are showcasing our entire Powertrak solution suite for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Online and On-premises.

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We encourage Convergence attendees to attend the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Concurrent Session: Top 10 solutions from the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace on Thursday, March 6th, from 5:00-6:00pm. In this session, Gareth Sullivan, Business Solutions Consultant at Microsoft, will showcase the Top 10 ISV solutions for Dynamics CRM on the market today. Powertrak has been named to this list and will read more