Infor FACTS, CSD/SX.e, and A+ are built to support complex distribution and manufacturing operations. But when performance slows, downtime increases, or systems feel harder to manage, the root cause often isn’t the ERP—it’s the infrastructure behind it.
In high-volume environments, even small disruptions can impact order processing, inventory accuracy, and customer experience.
This session focuses on how distribution and manufacturing companies are rethinking IT to support operational performance—not just maintain systems.
We’ll discuss:
We’ll also walk through how UltimatePLUS Managed IT Services provides a proactive, fully managed approach to monitoring, security, support, and long-term infrastructure planning.
If your system works—but your environment feels strained—this session will help you understand why.
Infor FACTS, CSD/SX.e, and A+ are built to support complex distribution and manufacturing operations. But when performance slows, downtime increases, or systems feel harder to manage, the root cause often isn’t the ERP—it’s the infrastructure behind it.
In high-volume environments, even small disruptions can impact order processing, inventory accuracy, and customer experience.
This session focuses on how distribution and manufacturing companies are rethinking IT to support operational performance—not just maintain systems.
We’ll discuss:
We’ll also walk through how UltimatePLUS Managed IT Services provides a proactive, fully managed approach to monitoring, security, support, and long-term infrastructure planning.
If your system works—but your environment feels strained—this session will help you understand why.
Deltek Vision and Vantagepoint are designed to provide real-time insight across projects, people, and financials. But when systems feel slow, inconsistent, or difficult to manage, the issue often lies outside the ERP.
AEC firms today operate across offices, jobsites, and remote teams—placing greater demands on infrastructure, security, and system availability than ever before.
In this session, we’ll explore how firms are shifting their focus from reactive IT support to a more strategic, proactive approach.
Topics include:
We’ll also highlight UltimatePLUS Managed IT Services, which combines 24×7 monitoring, real-time optimization, security, and expert support to create a more stable and scalable environment.
If you’re looking to get more out of your Deltek investment without adding complexity, this session is for you.
Sage solutions—whether Sage 100, Sage 300 CRE, or Sage Intacct Construction—are built to support growing businesses. But as operations expand, many organizations find that their IT environment isn’t keeping pace.
The result?
Performance issues, increased downtime, security concerns, and IT teams stuck in reactive mode.
This session focuses on how organizations across construction, finance, and operations are modernizing their IT strategy to better support their Sage systems.
We’ll cover:
We’ll also introduce UltimatePLUS Managed IT Services, which delivers continuous monitoring, preventative maintenance, security, and support—all designed to keep your systems running predictably and efficiently.
If your Sage system is critical to your business, this session will help ensure the environment behind it is just as strong.
For years, VMware has been the backbone of virtualization for organizations of every size. It was reliable, flexible, and accessible whether you were a Fortune 500 company or a regional business with a single rack of servers. That balance shifted in 2025, when Broadcom restructured VMware’s business model to focus more on the enterprise market, leaving many small and mid-sized businesses to re-evaluate their long-term strategies.
A License Model That Raises the Stakes
One of the biggest changes has been VMware’s move from a 16-core to a 72-core licensing minimum. For smaller environments, this adjustment translates into annual support costs that can climb from around $2,000 to $10,000 or more.
Other updates have reshaped how customers consume VMware technology:
Partner Program Realignment
Broadcom has also streamlined the VMware partner program, reducing the number of smaller resellers and emphasizing Select, Premier, and Pinnacle partners with advanced VMware Cloud Foundation capabilities.
This realignment ensures consistent enterprise expertise across VMware’s partner ecosystem, but it also means that many customers are now working with larger providers instead of local or regional IT firms. For some organizations, that can translate into:
Why It Matters
Broadcom’s strategy is designed to maximize the long-term value of its $69 billion VMware acquisition. The focus is clearly on enterprise-scale customers. For small and mid-market organizations, this signals that VMware may no longer be the most cost-effective or flexible choice over time.
The impact isn’t just financial. It’s about having the right level of support, predictability in operations, and flexibility to align IT decisions with business goals.
Exploring Alternatives
The positive outcome of this disruption is that it has accelerated interest in alternative platforms. Several options are already proving themselves as strong candidates for organizations looking to transition:
We’re already seeing increased adoption of Hyper-V, Scale Computing, and cloud-native migrations. Even Microsoft 365 services are filling roles for smaller organizations where VMware once served as the backbone.
A Moment to Plan With the Right Partner
Migrating away from VMware, or even optimizing how it fits into your environment today, isn’t something that can be done overnight. It takes planning, testing, and a clear roadmap. The landscape is shifting quickly, and waiting too long can mean facing higher costs, renewal surprises, or fewer partner options.
At Aktion, we understand the challenges this creates for small and mid-market organizations. Our team works every day with businesses navigating infrastructure changes, whether that means evaluating public cloud options, designing a hybrid strategy, or moving to hyperconverged platforms.
We believe the right path forward isn’t one-size-fits-all. It’s about understanding your workloads, your budget, and your growth goals, then building a technology strategy that supports them. VMware remains a powerful solution for the right use cases, but the broader message is clear: organizations need to be proactive. Aktion is here to help guide you through the uncertainty, evaluate alternatives, and create a roadmap that keeps your IT aligned with the future of your business.
If audits feel scary and cyber risk keeps you up at night, this fast‑paced session is for you. On Thursday, October 16, 2025, 12:00–12:45 PM ET (9:00–9:45 AM PT) we’ll walk through a six‑stage, no‑nonsense roadmap that takes you from reactive firefighting to resilience—just in time for Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Why a Roadmap (Not Just More Tools)
Tool sprawl, ad‑hoc projects, and last‑minute audit scrambles can turn your environment into haunted‑house IT. A structured roadmap fixes that. Each stage builds practical proof points (artifacts, reports, and remediations) that leadership and insurers actually care about – without detours or rework.
What You’ll Learn in this 45 Minutes Webinar
The 6‑Stage Risk → Resilience Roadmap
1) Discovery & Awareness — See what attackers already know.
Phishing Snapshot/Simulation, Dark Web Credential Check, BECA (Employee Secure Score). You’ll get quantified people/credential risk and an executive‑level readout.
2) Credential & Access Hardening — Close the crypt.
MFA rollout (incl. admins), password manager adoption, RDP/attack‑surface cleanup. Reduce privileged pathways and stop easy break‑ins.
3) Email & Communication Security — Keep the door shut.
SPF/DKIM/DMARC alignment, auto‑forward rule audit/monitoring. Block spoofing and silent exfiltration through inbox rules.
4) Data Resilience & Recovery — Raise your data from the grave.
Test restores, validate RPO/RTO, ensure cloud/endpoints are covered. Prove recovery is possible before ransomware strikes.
5) Baseline Security & Compliance — From hocus‑pocus → to hard evidence.
Tenant baseline (e.g., M365/Azure AD), firewall cleanup, public storage exposure checks. Produce artifacts auditors and insurers accept.
6) Resilience & Strategic Prep — When the lights flicker, everyone knows what to do.
Vuln scan + remediation sprint; Incident Response plan (roles, comms, call trees); tabletop test outline; policy pack mapped to CIS v8 IG1.
Register now (Oct 16, 12pm ET)
Who Should Attend
Why Now
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month – a perfect time to align leadership, budget, and projects around a clear plan. This session is short, practical, and geared toward immediate next steps, with take‑home checklists and a 30‑minute optional follow‑up briefing.
Event Details & Registration
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2025
As a distributor, the challenges you face today, force you to rethink how you do business. Challenges that can include new customer expectations, the need for big data insight as well as adjusting to a more technologically familiar workforce and their expanding expectations. Old processes and approaches just don’t cut it anymore.
You need a solution that drives the rest of your business to be even more agile than the people and processes it supports. We are here to help prepare and to assist you in transitioning to Infor CloudSuite Distribution.
Register and reserve your place today.
In the distribution industry, uptime isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity. From warehouse automation to connected inventory systems, every second counts. But as technology advances, so do the risks, and many distributors are learning the hard way that cyber insurance doesn’t always cover what they think it does.
In our upcoming Cyber Insurance Readiness Webinar, we explore how your answers on cyber insurance applications can directly impact claim approvals, policy premiums, and even your operational continuity. Here’s what every distribution business needs to know.
Cyberattacks can cripple warehouse operations, delay shipments, and compromise vendor or customer data. And yet, many distributors unknowingly jeopardize their cyber insurance coverage by misrepresenting their network security posture.
For example, saying “yes” to having backup and recovery procedures in place means more than backing up data once a month. In the Distribution Industry, this should include automated and encrypted backups of key operational systems, such as order processing, inventory management, and ERP platforms, with tested restoration protocols to minimize downtime during ransomware or system failure.
Here are the five most common areas where distributors fall short, yet still check “yes” on insurance forms:
During the webinar, we will share how a distributor reported full MFA coverage but had only deployed it for the finance team. A phishing attack targeting their warehouse management system led to data theft and significant delivery delays. Their claim was denied due to misrepresentation.
One Wrong Answer Could Cost You Coverage – Stay protected and insurable.
At Aktion, we specialize in supporting the security needs of ERP-driven distributors. Our cybersecurity risk management services include:
Get Ahead of What You Need to be Prepared:
Join our webinar “Understanding the Questions On Cyber Insurance Forms” – June 18 @ 12:00 pm ET – Register Today
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Schedule a security consultation with Aktion to strengthen your defenses and protect your coverage. Schedule My Review
As a distributor, the challenges you face today, force you to rethink how you do business. Challenges that can include new customer expectations, the need for big data insight as well as adjusting to a more technologically familiar workforce and their expanding expectations. Old processes and approaches just don’t cut it anymore.
You need a solution that drives the rest of your business to be even more agile than the people and processes it supports. We are here to help prepare and to assist you in transitioning to Infor CloudSuite Distribution.
Register and reserve your place today.
In today’s digital landscape, no business is safe from cyber threats. Join our summit to learn how to protect your company from devastating cyberattacks.
In this informative session, you’ll learn:
This event is ideal for business owners, IT professionals, and security managers who are dedicated to protecting their company’s data and reputation.
Cyberattacks are becoming increasingly more prominent. You might think that your data isn’t valuable – We will help you learn why that thinking may change. Empower yourself with the knowledge and tools to protect your most valuable asset – your company data!
Don’t wait until it’s too late. Register now to secure your spot at the Cybersecurity Awareness Summit and protect your business from cyber threats!
