The year is 1424. You’re shipping goods across the world, and the ship in question gives you a bill of lading. It’s a piece of paper containing details about what your goods are, where you’re shipping them from, and where they’re headed. Fast forward to 2024. You’re shipping your goods across the world, and the shipping company gives you a bill of lading. It’s still (most likely) a piece of paper.

Enterprise computing goes through constant cycles of reinvention, often driven by the arrival of an innovation with the potential to change everything. As a service business models and GenAI are both great examples. As anyone in this space can attest, the pace of change can age you quickly. But at the same time, it’s what makes the business so exciting. And dare I say, it’s what keeps everyone in it young. It’s a bit of a conundrum if you think about it.

Welcome to the September edition of “What’s New in Loadero”! Along with various fixes we also have an announcement to make about something that is external to the app’s functionality - our blog!

For many Microsoft Dynamics NAV users, migrating to Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC) is a daunting prospect. It’s often perceived as a time-consuming and expensive process that disrupts day-to-day operations. However, delaying the migration is no longer an option. Microsoft discontinued development of NAV in 2018, and mainstream support ended in 2023. Extended support is limited, and without a timely upgrade, you risk losing functionality and performance.

Picture this: You are part of a BI team at a global garment manufacturer with dozens of factories, warehouses, and stores worldwide. Your team is tasked with extracting insights from company data. You begin the ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) process but find yourself struggling with the manual effort of understanding table structures and revisiting and modifying pipelines due to ongoing changes in data sources or business requirements.

Imagine having all your critical business metrics and project data seamlessly integrated within your favorite project management tool. For ClickUp users, this vision becomes a reality with the embedding of Databox dashboards. No more toggling between multiple platforms or juggling tools — embedding a Databox dashboard into ClickUp centralizes your insights, empowering you to make informed decisions without missing a beat.

Science fiction no longer defines Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a futuristic trend. It now forms an essential part of our everyday life, quietly but significantly impacting how society and businesses run. AI is changing businesses and paving the way for a new era of innovation and expansion. It does this by automating routine tasks and guiding complex decision-making processes.

The last decade has seen a giant shift by organizations into the cloud for software, storage, and compute, resulting in business benefits ranging from flexibility and lower up-front costs to easier maintenance. But lately we have seen more and more companies re-evaluating their cloud strategies and opting to move their data back to on-premises infrastructure due to several key factors.

Heuristics is the key to turn you into the Turkish Olympic guy. It is something that comes with experience. At a certain point, experts all develop that “sense” in their field of work. Repeated exposure to hundreds of problems helps them recognize patterns that beginners don’t easily see. Heuristics is not always foolproof, but it's good for immediate problem-solving.

Businesses face an ever-growing challenge: how to protect and manage their most valuable asset – their data. As organizations scale and digital transformation accelerates, the volume generated daily is staggering. IDC predicts that the global datasphere will grow to 175 zettabytes by 2025, requiring a substantial increase in storage capacity across the industry.