Microsoft server and tool upgrades demand CIOs' attention

25.05.2012

Western Data went live on NAV in 2006. Previously, the company did everything on paper, according to Delprado.

"The CEO, at the time, said 'You guys can use it, but don't expect me to be a part of that,' " Delprado said. But NAV's ease of use won over the CEO. "Now he uses the executive dashboard on a daily basis."

Western Data is currently running its server at an off-site hosting facility. It has no plans right now to shift to a cloud-style deployment, something that is possible now with some Dynamics partners and will be for NAV on Azure later this year.

But the reason isn't security or other oft-cited concerns expressed toward the cloud.

Instead, Delprado is worried he'd have to pay more money for NAV. Right now, Western Data has 15 concurrent user licenses that are shared over about 40 total users, who are on and off the system at different times.