As digital commerce capabilities and sophistication grow, unified commerce across all sales channels becomes more important than ever The people over at B2B E-commerce World send out a regular newsletter. I’m a subscriber, and I often find interesting articles and … Read More
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders (DWB) is the real deal. From providing education for HIV prevention to delivering emergency medical treatment to injured civilians in war zones, like Aleppo, these volunteers are amazingly dedicated to helping their fellow human beings. They offer … Read More
The Obstacle is the Way: Creating the HotWax Commerce Platform
“To see an obstacle as a challenge, to make the best of it anyway, that is also a choice—a choice that is up to us.”–Ryan Holiday, “The Obstacle is the Way” Making the transition from a services-only company to a product company is not a trivial … Read More
HotWax Systems Professional Development: Thanks Kelly Abbott!
Over many years of both failures and successes, it has become clear to me that the first responsibility of a business is to its employees. Happy employees are dedicated to happy customers, whereas bored or unhappy employees are not. So, … Read More
The Open Source SAP Alternative You’ve Never Heard Of
Apache OFBiz is a flexible and powerful ERP and supply chain application development framework. You might say it’s the open source SAP alternative that most people have not yet discovered. Most have not, but many certainly have. This includes United … Read More
Apache Branding Project a Collaborative and Enriching Experience.
Now that the new Apache Software Foundation logo has been released and shared widely, I want to take a moment to reflect on the project and share a few observations. (You can see the current ASF press kit, including the … Read More
Congratulations on the promotion, Gibbons!
We have been fortunate to build a global team full of amazing people at HotWax Systems. One of the very best is Patrick Gibbons. Patrick is a client-facing ERP expert who has been working at HotWax for years, and I … Read More
Getting our SaaS on
Last week I had the chance to attend the 2016 SaaStr conference in San Francisco. I was mainly focused on a better understanding of the positioning of our HotWax Commerce cloud commerce platform within the broader SaaS marketplace, and was … Read More
HotWax Systems Looks Back at 2015
HotWax Systems Looks Back at 2015 2015 has been a year of tremendous learning and double digit growth for HotWax Systems. Our custom Apache OFBiz consulting group continues to offer the most skilled and experienced OFBiz development teams in the … Read More
#ApacheCon North America–the Epicenter of Open Source
If you have felt the software world rumbling a bit and are curious about the power and potential of open source software, or if you are already a believer, then I hope to see you in Austin at … Read More
