Something to Think About

Howdy from hot and sweltering Texas, it must be JULY in the Northern hemisphere.   I have to remind myself that my friends, customers, and colleagues in the Southern hemisphere have the seasons the other way around.   July in Texas means Summer, while in Australia it is Winter.  I have a hard time imagining Christmas in the Summer time down under.

Anyway, something to think about.  I was talking with a sales lead the other day about cloud based computing.  He brought up something I hadn't even considered.  With all of the fall out of the intercept of communications by the USA National Security Agency, NSA, and gentleman reading others emails, he said and I quote "I don't want my data in the cloud for the government to have access to".  Interesting line of thought.  My take on it is the in the worlds 2nd oldest profession, spying, that "gentleman do no read other gentleman's mail".

Funny thing is, long long ago when I was fresh out of college, I actually applied to work at the NSA and also the CIA and several other three letter agencies.  I made it through the first two rounds of interviews and battery tests with the CIA.  I stopped the process as was told that the background checks would take twelve-eighteen months before the process could proceed any further.  At the time, EDS, Electronic Data Systems, you know Henri Ross Perot's company, made me an offer I couldn't refuse, but had to sign a four year contract.  So, I went the route with another three letter company, EDS instead.  EDS did a tremendous amount of work for three letter agencies.  Enough said.  I did get a kurt reply from the NSA saying, thanks, no thanks.  My math skills were just not enough as I stopped at Calculus I.

Anyway, all is well in the land of Synchro ERP.  New contracts signed, sealed, and delivered, and many more in the works. I'll be putting on my bowler hat and making even more sales leads.  Already looking forward to the upcoming exhibitions.  October will be a very busy month with both the ICI in Pittsburgh and the NFFS in Arizona.   I've already informed Simon that he will be the official Synchro ERP golf cart driver at the NFFS as I have little doubt that there will be a lot of golf played at the conference - at such a fine resort.   Talking Stick Golf Club  Of course, in America, and probably throughout the world, many business relationships are fostered on the golf course.

Well, until next time, see you on down the road...

Shane Allen
Head of Synchro ERP North American Operations