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    Keene Systems Blog | Lance Keene

    Articles by Lance Keene

    Lance Keene
    Lance Keene, the founder of Keene Systems, has 40 years’ experience in custom software development. Over the course of his career he and his team have written software for companies such as Mack Trucks, Bayer, Calvin Klein, Hershey, IBM, Kimberly Clark, Lindt, Sara Lee, Pfizer, BAE, L'oreal, Ocean Spray, Dana Farber, Tootsie Rolls, Guiness, Texas Instruments, and CVS. (see full client list)
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    10 minute read

    Classic ASP to ASP.NET Migration Benefits: A How-to Guide

    Lance Keene

    In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, keeping up with the latest web development technologies is crucial for businesses to stay competitive. Classic ASP, also known as Active Server Pages, was a popular ...

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    7 minute read

    Alternatives to Spreadsheets: Why Custom Web Applications are Better

    Lance Keene

    For many businesses, spreadsheets such as Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Zoho Sheet, and Smartsheet, are the go-to tools for managing data and workflow. They are convenient, ...

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    8 minute read

    Top 12 Benefits of Hiring a Dot Net Developer for Your Web Applications

    Lance Keene

    Web applications have become an essential part of modern business and having a skilled Dot Net developer to create and maintain them is crucial for success. One of the best ...

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    7 minute read

    What is ASP.NET?

    Lance Keene

    When it comes to building dynamic websites, dynamic web pages, web applications, and web services, millions of developers worldwide are turning to ASP.NET for its versatility. If ...

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    8 minute read

    Why You Need a Custom Software Development Company

    Lance Keene

    Every day, businesses of all types depend on custom software solutions to get things done. They use dedicated apps to not only communicate and collaborate among employees, but to ...

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    10 minute read

    Why Custom Software Development Services Create the Best IT Solutions

    Lance Keene

    A problem that businesses all over the country face time and time again is the fact that their processes do not align with the capabilities of off-the-shelf solutions available to ...

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    7 minute read

    The 12 essential C# Programmer skills for the best software development

    Lance Keene

    Let's say that your company needs C# (C Sharp) development or ASP.NET development in C#. How can you hire a C# developer with the right skills? If you're trying to develop C# ...

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    8 minute read

    What is an online database?

    Lance Keene

    An online database is a database that can be accessed via the Internet. For an enterprise, an online database is a method of keeping critical data accessible to employees—or even ...

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    8 minute read

    Why .NET Core Web Applications are Better Than Spreadsheets for Managing Data

    Lance Keene

    Web applications offer a number of advantages over traditional spreadsheet-based data management systems. First, the obvious: web applications are much more scalable and can ...

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    6 minute read

    What are ReactJS and React Native and why are they important for app development?

    Lance Keene

    ReactJS and React Native are both JavaScript-based systems for app development, intended to help web application developers create high-quality user interfaces and robust user ...

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    8 minute read

    Top 5 reasons why businesses need cloud application development to grow

    Lance Keene

    The cloud has become an integral part of business for many organizations. It's no longer a question of whether individual organizations will make a transition to the cloud; 90% of ...

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    9 minute read

    The Value of Software Maintenance to Business and Why It is Important

    Lance Keene

    What is Software Maintenance? Software maintenance is an essential component of the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Now more than ever, a software project is never fully ...

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    8 minute read

    Software development process - Your guide for a successful project

    Lance Keene

    There are many different process models and frameworks for managing the software development life cycle (SDLC), but all of them share some common stages: planning and software ...

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    8 minute read

    How to Leverage ASP.NET Core Web Applications to Improve Your Business

    Lance Keene

    ASP.NET Core is a framework for building web applications that can be used in a variety of ways, such as on Windows, Linux, and in the cloud. The ASP.NET Core framework is ...

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    7 minute read

    What is a software testing life cycle and why is it important?

    Lance Keene

    A software testing life cycle is a process that outlines the steps and requirements needed to test a piece of software. Testing is critical to the process of software development, ...

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    8 minute read

    How to find the best back-end development company for a web project

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important aspects of any web development project is choosing the right IT company to handle the back-end development. This is because the back-end is responsible ...

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    8 minute read

    Why Outsourcing Software Development is a Key Advantage for Businesses

    Lance Keene

    These days, it's common for most businesses to outsource some - or even all - of their custom business software development needs to a third-party provider. Sometimes they do this ...

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    9 minute read

    What is UI/UX Design and Why it Matters for Software Development

    Lance Keene

    What does UX design and UI design mean? UX design stands for user experience design, while UI design stands for user interface design. Both are important facets of the custom ...

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    8 minute read

    How to Choose a Reliable Web Developer Agency for Your Project

    Lance Keene

    Finding a Good Web Developer Agency When you are looking for a good web development agency, there are a few things that you should keep in mind. The first is that you want to find ...

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    8 minute read

    The Many Benefits of Hiring Remote Developers for Your IT Projects

    Lance Keene

    In the old days hiring new development resources consisted of running and ad, screening resumes, setting up interviews and interviewing people from the local area. This was fine ...

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    7 minute read

    The top advantages of DotNetNuke as a web content management system

    Lance Keene

    DotNetNuke (also known as DNN) is a web application content management system that was first developed in the early 2000s. It's one of the earliest content management systems to ...

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    6 minute read

    How to Transition a Software Development Project to a New Team and Win

    Lance Keene

    Handing off a software development project is always a challenge. But there are times when it's the most effective solution. Whether you're changing to a new tech partner or just ...

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    6 minute read

    PHP vs. ASP.NET - Which is better for web application development?

    Lance Keene

    PHP and ASP.NET are both popular choices for web applications. But which one is better? Both are robust languages with strong community backing—however there are a few reasons why ...

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    5 minute read

    The Top 12 .NET Programming Languages for Web Development

    Lance Keene

    Whether you're new to .NET or a .NET expert, it's worth it to understand some of the different languages that are used throughout the .NET software development process. Many ...

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    7 minute read

    The best free ASP.NET development tools for your project

    Lance Keene

    Microsoft's flagship web application framework, ASP.NET, is used by hundreds of thousands of applications on the web. Xfinity, MayoClinic, and MSN all use ASP.NET as their ...

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    6 minute read

    Full Stack Development: What It Is and Why It Matters for Every Business

    Lance Keene

    Regardless of the industry that you're talking about, any organization that looks to either develop or outsource the creation of a new business software system must make every ...

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    7 minute read

    Why businesses should migrate from Visual Basic to a new web application

    Lance Keene

    Many organizations have long developed their mission-critical applications internally, often using technology like Visual Basic. These apps are used to run elements of their ...

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    6 minute read

    Why Every Growing Business Needs Database Development Services

    Lance Keene

    At its core, database development is the process of coming to a better understanding of how mission-critical data will actually be stored once it has been automated. It's about ...

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    6 minute read

    The Many Benefits of Hiring an IT Consulting Firm for Your Business

    Lance Keene

    It doesn't matter what type of company you're running or even the industry that you're operating in - every business needs help with their operations every now and again. This is ...

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    5 minute read

    Why a Digital Transformation Strategy is Important For Your Business

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important things to understand about running a business is that you must never assume you've "done enough" to reach your peak potential. There are always ...

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    5 minute read

    The Business Benefits of Hiring a .NET Developer for IT Projects

    Lance Keene

    As organizations continue to both expand their business systems and automate more of their processes on a regular basis, there is a significant amount of value to be found in ...

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    5 minute read

    Why IT Consulting Services are Strategic for Any Company, Big or Small

    Lance Keene

    In recent years, the digitization of business processes has surged, and the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated this trend even further. Big and small businesses are turning to ...

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    5 minute read

    12 Smart Ways to Improve Business Efficiency for Your Company

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important ways in which businesses increase value for both shareholders and key stakeholders alike has to do with improving both their market share and their ...

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    5 minute read

    How ASP.NET can solve business process automation challenges

    Lance Keene

    While there may be a lot of organizations that are similar to your own in your industry, it's equally safe to say that nobody does what you do quite like how you do it. All ...

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    6 minute read

    13 Paper-Based Processes Worth Automating for Your Business

    Lance Keene

    For a moment, think back to what it was like to conduct business back during the 1980s. At the time, most businesses were still run almost exclusively using paper-based processes. ...

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    7 minute read

    How Software Streamlines Packaging Development for Improved Efficiency Across the Board

    Lance Keene

    Regardless of the type of business you're running or even the industry that you're operating in, every manufacturer has a basic need for packaging that safely encloses their ...

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    5 minute read

    The Top 13 Benefits of Business Process Automation in Manufacturing

    Lance Keene

    It doesn't matter what sized company you're running or how long you've been around - every manufacturer always has business processes that are unique to the products and services ...

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    5 minute read

    The Excel to Web App Conversion Process - How to Do It the Right Way

    Lance Keene

    Many small businesses who have been using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets as databases for their organizations, or who have been using them to manage information in general, have ...

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    8 minute read

    3 Solutions to Data Chaos: Spreadsheets vs. Off The Shelf Software vs. Customized Software

    Lance Keene

    Stop us when this starts to sound familiar: A potential new deal is introduced to your company and you're suddenly in charge of making it a success. But as is true in many of ...

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    5 minute read

    Why Custom Software Development Is and Will Always Be a Strategic Business Advantage

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important things to understand is that no two businesses are created in quite the same way. If you carefully examined your closest competitor, you'd probably be ...

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    5 minute read

    Why Data Management in the Construction Industry is Critically Important  

    Lance Keene

    To say that the construction industry involves very complex business operations is likely a bit of an understatement. Not only do projects need to be carefully managed to ...

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    5 minute read

    Why Businesses Need an Enterprise Content Management System  

    Lance Keene

    According to one recent study, the total amount of data that users are creating and working with on a daily basis increased to a massive 79 zettabytes in 2021. That number is ...

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    5 minute read

    Businesses Need a Microsoft Access Replacement. Here's the Best Alternative  

    Lance Keene

    Originally launched in November 1992, Microsoft Access is a database management system (also referred to as a DBMS for short) that has been used by software developers, data ...

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    5 minute read

    The Top 9 Characteristics of Great Web Application Development Companies

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important things to understand about web development companies is that not all providers are created equally. If your business is interested in pursuing custom web ...

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    5 minute read

    How Can a Web Portal Improve Your Business

    Lance Keene

    It can be difficult to remember, but in an era prior to the Internet people would actually have to call an establishment to understand what product offerings they had and what was ...

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    10 minute read

    How to Create an Online Database to Power Your Business

    Lance Keene

    According to one recent study, employees spend an average of about 1.8 hours every day searching for and gathering the information they need to do their jobs. That's almost two ...

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    6 minute read

    5 Reasons a database is better than a spreadsheet for business

    Lance Keene

    A very good friend of mine, who just happens to own a small winery here in New Hampshire, stopped in to see me this week. It was a friendly visit, but as usual we got talking ...

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    5 minute read

    How a Powerful, Web-Based Database Application Can Streamline Your Business

    Lance Keene

    In a business environment, data takes many forms. Before the advent of computers, data was all captured in a world of paper. But in 1979, the world’s first spreadsheet, VisiCalc ...

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    5 minute read

    Why Smart Businesses Always Convert Their Spreadsheets to Database Applications

    Lance Keene

    According to one recent study, the amount of data in the world was estimated to have hit about 44 zettabytes by the beginning of 2020. By as soon as 2025, the volume of data ...

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    5 minute read

    How Automated Field Data Collection Can Reduce Errors and Accelerate Project Invoicing

    Lance Keene

    Organizations that have teams of employees operating in the field often have a pressing need to report the result of each interaction. Not only is this invaluable in terms of ...

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    5 minute read

    Why Use ASP.NET to Develop Your Enterprise System?

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important things to understand about custom software development is that you don't just need a solution that will support your business over the short-term. Yes, ...

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    5 minute read

    6 Proven Steps to Successfully Onboard ASP.NET Development Resources

    Lance Keene

    Oftentimes, organizations have a very real need to expand their ASP.NET development resources beyond their current capacity. Sometimes this involves hiring an individual ...

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    4 minute read

    The Best ASP.NET Software Development Continuity Strategy: What You Need to Know

    Lance Keene

    It's always a difficult time for a business when a valued software developer leaves - taking their knowledge of your critical applications right along with them. Not only can this ...

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    5 minute read

    Best practice ASP.NET project management for on-time delivery

    Lance Keene

    In terms of software development, one of the most important qualities you'll want to embrace as often as possible ultimately comes down to predictability. Not only does ...

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    4 minute read

    Why a team is better than an individual ASP.NET developer.

    Lance Keene

    Whenever you're tasked with solving an IT problem, you often have an important choice to make. You can select an individual ASP.NET developer or enlist the services of an ASP.NET ...

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    4 minute read

    How to Outsource Your Agile ASP.NET Development to a High-Performance Team

    Lance Keene

    The web applications you invest in are supposed to support and empower your employees. They should make it possible for them to work "smarter, not harder" on a daily basis. If you ...

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    5 minute read

    The 12 Most Important Skills to Look for of Every ASP.NET Developer

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important things to understand about ASP.NET is that not all developers are created equally. At a bare minimum, any development partner you choose needs to possess ...

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    4 minute read

    The Benefits of Hiring Dedicated ASP.NET Development Services

    Lance Keene

    Even though ASP.NET has itself been around since 2002, ASP.NET - and the technology stack that supports productive development behind it - is growing more and more popular all the ...

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    4 minute read

    The Top 8 Reasons Why You Should Convert Your Desktop App to a Web App

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important things to understand about the modern customer is that, by and large, they expect all applications to be either web-based or fully mobile. This makes ...

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    4 minute read

    The Hidden Costs of Legacy Applications, and How to Eliminate Them Moving Forward

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important things to understand about legacy applications is that while your organization may save some money in the short-term over building something new from the ...

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    4 minute read

    ASP.NET App Maintenance & Performance Improvement Strategies to Know

    Lance Keene

    If you had to make a list of some of the most common pain points that a lot of businesses have, simply finding the IT resources necessary to both refactor and improve an ASP.NET ...

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    4 minute read

    Why It's Important to Modernize COBOL Systems for Improved Performance and Supportability

    Lance Keene

    One of the most important things to understand about your business' technology is that it's supposed to empower your people to do more with less. Investing in IT isn't something ...

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    4 minute read

    How to Modernize Legacy Database Systems into Modern Web Apps

    Lance Keene

    One of the major issues that most organizations run into when they still rely on old database systems is that by and large you're talking about single user systems that were only ...

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    5 minute read

    The Benefits and Challenges of Classic ASP to ASP.NET Migration

    Lance Keene

    ASP, or Active Server Pages, was Microsoft's first server-side scripting language and engine. It was first released in December of 1996, initially as an add-on to Internet ...

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    5 minute read

    The Power of Web Applications for Performance, Security & Accessibility

    Lance Keene

    Despite the advancements that have been made over the last decade, there are still a lot of enterprises out there running internal LAN-based applications that are not accessible ...

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    4 minute read

    Smart Legacy Business Application Modernization Techniques to Know

    Lance Keene

    In the vast majority of all situations, legacy applications aren't just difficult to maintain for businesses - oftentimes they're literally impossible to manage over the ...

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    4 minute read

    Why Transform a Single-User Spreadsheet into a Multi-User Web App?

    Lance Keene

    There was a time during the 1990s when most businesses still handled their important processes the exact same way: through a single threaded spreadsheet that could essentially ...

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    4 minute read

    How to Improve Inventory Management with a Web Application

    Lance Keene

    For most businesses, one of the biggest challenges when it comes to inventory management comes down to the fact that it often feels like you're trying to shoot an arrow at a ...

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    4 minute read

    5 Business Process Automation Examples That Improved Productivity

    Lance Keene

    By embracing business process automation, you're doing more than just eliminating those costly (not to mention time consuming) paper forms. You're also eliminating the use of ...

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    4 minute read

    The Top 10 Benefits of Converting a Manual Process Into a Web Application

    Lance Keene

    Regardless of industry, every business has manual processes that are a part of their daily operations. The issue is that not only are these processes inherently error prone, but ...

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    4 minute read

    Why Business Operations Software Drives Better Business Growth

    Lance Keene

    As a business owner, one of the most important things for you to realize is that sometimes scaling too quickly is just as bad as not scaling at all. Every organization wants to ...

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    4 minute read

    Spreadsheet to Web App

    Lance Keene

    In a lot of situations, businesses are still using spreadsheets as a database to capture key intelligence and other information - which is a decision that certainly brings with it ...

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    4 minute read

    7 Business Process Automation Steps to Streamline Manual Systems

    Lance Keene

    Generally speaking, manual processes are those that still rely on paper forms and "traditional" administrative processes to help information flow freely from one department in a ...

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    4 minute read

    What is Business Process Automation?

    Lance Keene

    When a lot of business leaders hear the term "business process automation," they typically assume that they're talking about a way to take the paper-based information they're used ...

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    2 minute read

    Why Finding the Right .NET Developer Is So Important

    Lance Keene

    .NET development services are in extremely high demand. Over the last few years, more and more companies are looking for developers with not just .NET experience, but .NET ...

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    2 minute read

    Why Off-the-Shelf Software Comes with an Expensive Learning Curve

    Lance Keene

    If you had a choice between ordering your meals off of the McDonald’s Dollar Menu or having your meals prepared from scratch by a personal chef, which would you choose? A gut ...

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    2 minute read

    Why you need to drop ASP.NET and use .NET Core instead

    Lance Keene

    The future of .NET is .NET Core, which will be soon replacing ASP.NET that we have come to know and love since 2002. But what are the primary advantages of .NET Core over the ...

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    2 minute read

    Custom Software: The Benefits After an Acquisition or Merger

    Lance Keene

    One of the major challenges that comes along when any business acquires or merges with another company is, ironically, change. After all - mergers and acquisitions are designed to ...

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    2 minute read

    Off-the-Shelf Software is Limiting Your Company’s Productivity

    Lance Keene

    Whenever company leaders look for new opportunities to increase employee productivity, they typically turn to software as a way to accomplish precisely that. "Our old systems ...

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    2 minute read

    Using Off-the-Shelf Software to Manage Customer Relationships

    Lance Keene

    You may think that the ultimate success of your company will live and die based on the quality of the products and services you offer... but from a certain perspective, you'd ...

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    2 minute read

    Manage Company Operations with ASP.NET Custom Software

    Lance Keene

    Over 43% of the world's population is connected to the Internet. Let’s face it, business is driven by the Internet, and the competition is stiff. Maintaining a competitive edge in ...

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    3 minute read

    Why Spreadsheets Aren’t the Answer for Managing Your Operations

    Lance Keene

    Your grandfather may have been the king of improvisation when working on a car or tasks around the house. Unable to find a screwdriver, he may have grabbed a knife you’re your ...

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    2 minute read

    Shortcuts Don't Save You Money in Business

    Lance Keene

    Many businesses are tempted to take shortcuts in order to save money. They believe that if they can pay less for certain products or services, they can boost their profits by ...

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    2 minute read

    Why Do I Need Customized Operations Management Software?

    Lance Keene

    One of the goals of every business should be to run efficiently. That cannot happen if the right employees, systems and processes are not in place. Ultimately, your entire ...

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    2 minute read

    Your Software Can Be a Competitive Advantage

    Lance Keene

    Every day you make many decisions for your business – those decisions range from budget and return on investment to growth and competitive advantage. Yes, as a business owner, you ...

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    2 minute read

    Can Software Hinder Innovation?

    Lance Keene

    Technology and innovation seem to be synonymous and, in many ways, they are. In the 90s we were all focused on the innovation known as the computer. We wanted the latest computer ...

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    3 minute read

    Finish Your Software Project Without Starting Over

    Lance Keene

    No software development project is fully without complications. Sometimes it can be as simple as evolving specifications, while other times it may be as momentous as losing your ...

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    2 minute read

    Your Operations and Software Are Vital to Your Business.

    Lance Keene

    If you had to make a list of all the elements that are most critical to your business, your operations - that is, the processes and procedures at the heart of it all - would be ...

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    2 minute read

    Consistent Software Delays and Issues? Here's How to Fix Them.

    Lance Keene

    Even the best software development projects can get delayed - anyone who has been in the business for any appreciable length of time can tell you just how true that is. Sometimes, ...

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    2 minute read

    Why Are Software Design & Planning So Important?

    Lance Keene

    Customization When you purchase software for your company you have two choices: custom software and packaged software. Purchasing software is much like purchasing a suit. The ...

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    2 minute read

    SMBs: Outsourcing Software Development Can Help to Grow Your Business

    Lance Keene

    As a small business, having in-house IT personnel can be costly. With consistent changes in technology, it may beneficial to consider outsourcing this function. Although when most ...

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    2 minute read

    Is Your Software Built for You or All Your Competitors?

    Lance Keene

    Technology companies have dominated the industry for the last ten years, offering solutions that cater to specific customers. This was previously seen as a benefit, as companies ...

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    2 minute read

    Processes Drive Your Business. Software Should Enable Them.

    Lance Keene

    As a business owner, having the right processes in place is an essential core part of your infrastructure. When implementing your systems and processes, customized software is ...

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    2 minute read

    Processes Slowing Down Your Business? Maybe it's Your Software.

    Lance Keene

    When you first start a business, so much of your time is devoted to figuring out the processes, workflows and procedures that you need to keep moving forward in the most efficient ...

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    2 minute read

    Myth: Custom Software is Expensive

    Lance Keene

    One of the most common myths about custom software that has existed for far too long is the idea that it is an unrealistic option for a lot of businesses due to the high costs ...

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    2 minute read

    Need a Collaboration Tool? Create One Specifically for Your Business.

    Lance Keene

    According to one recent study, roughly 75% of employers rate both teamwork and collaboration is "very important" qualities that directly contribute to the ongoing success of an ...

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    2 minute read

    3 Business Functions Best Suited for Custom Software

    Lance Keene

    Custom software should be aligned with your business goals and objectives. When considering these objectives, there are three functions that work best in this scenario: reporting, ...

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    2 minute read

    5 Pieces of Information You Should Have for Your Software Team

    Lance Keene

    To achieve the best results from systems and processes, organizations should seriously consider custom software solutions. This alternative will ensure the company gets the most ...

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    2 minute read

    Defining Efficiency as a Software Requirement

    Lance Keene

    As a business, increasing the efficiency of your systems is key in ensuring you get the maximum return on your efforts. Every system you employ should focus on having the best ...

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    2 minute read

    When to Change Outsourced Software Development Teams

    Lance Keene

    As we grow and mature we outgrow things. You may notice that your favorite clothing no longer fits you the way it once did. You might even notice that you’ve outgrown some ...

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    2 minute read

    Building a Solution for Importing Data

    Lance Keene

    What do you do when your company needs to manage large amounts of data and has outgrown the previous way of handling the needs of their clients? Find a way to address the ...

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    3 minute read

    How to Ease the Pain of Losing Your Programmer

    Lance Keene

    As companies grow, having programmers or software developers is almost a given. Customized software development and platforms that cater to your specific business model becomes a ...

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    3 minute read

    Best Practices for Tracking & Reporting Customer Information

    Lance Keene

    These days, data is everywhere - and this is one trend that shows absolutely no signs of reversing itself anytime soon. According to one recent study, more data was created in the ...

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    2 minute read

    Your Ability to Customize Spreadsheets is Limited

    Lance Keene

    Spreadsheets offer a low-cost option for organizing data. If you have a Microsoft Office package, you have access to Excel. Or, you may choose to use a free spreadsheet program ...

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    3 minute read

    Software Should Be a Strategic Purchase

    Lance Keene

    As a business leader, nearly every decision you're making on a daily basis has both a short-term and a long-term effect. The short-term effect involves how a particular move or ...

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    2 minute read

    How Spreadsheets Limit Strategic Growth

    Lance Keene

    According to one recent study, only about 80% of the businesses that open their doors today will survive to celebrate their one year anniversary. Of those that reach that ...

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    2 minute read

    The Software You're Familiar with Isn't Always the Best Choice

    Lance Keene

    Regardless of the type of business you're currently running or even the industry that you're operating in, one thing is for sure: you've likely taken a great deal of care to make ...

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    2 minute read

    Why Your Company Needs Custom Business Software

    Lance Keene

    There's a myth that is unfortunately all too common that tells us custom software is something that can only benefit certain types of organizations. Sure, a Fortune 500 company ...

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    2 minute read

    How To Remain Compliant Without Drastically Changing Your Processes

    Lance Keene

    Most industries must meet local, state and federal compliance standards (especially regarding privacy and documentation) to continue operating without interruption. Modifying your ...

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    2 minute read

    The Inefficiencies of Spreadsheets - Is there a better solution?

    Lance Keene

    If you examine the day-to-day processes of many early-stage companies, you'll often find that they have one thing in common: a lot of them use spreadsheets to manage a wide range ...

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    2 minute read

    Developing a Customized Reporting Plan For Your Company

    Lance Keene

    Every company has to collect and report on data, whether it's for their own internal management or client services. Also, every company is different, with unique needs regarding ...

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    3 minute read

    The Limitations of Using Spreadsheets for Compliance

    Lance Keene

    Businesses still use standard spreadsheet applications for a wide range of different reasons. Sometimes they're used for menial and administrative tasks like data entry, other ...

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    Eliminate Human Error in Your Operations Management

    Lance Keene

    Most people think that the IT issue that is preventing them from working is the result of failed technology. They jump to all kinds of conclusions: “It must be a bug in the ...

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    2 minute read

    The Hidden Costs of Off-the-Shelf Software

    Lance Keene

    Every business is a bit different from the next - they all have their own unique outcomes that they're trying to achieve and challenges that they're trying to solve. This, in ...

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    3 minute read

    How Custom Software Can Save You Time

    Lance Keene

    The major problem with off-the-shelf software and other types of pre-existing solutions is that they just aren't set up with your specific business in mind. Not only does your ...

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    2 minute read

    5 Reasons You Should Have Your Own Web Application Built

    Lance Keene

    You've been looking a long while for an application that suits your company's needs, but you haven't found the right app out there. At this point, you may be considering having a ...

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    5 minute read

    Creating Your Software Requirements

    Lance Keene

    Part 1: Defining Actors and Use Cases When deciding to have a custom software application developed, there are several things needed that do not fall under the responsibility of ...

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    6 minute read

    Railing the Derailed Project

    Lance Keene

    Anyone that has worked on projects long enough understands that it is not unheard of to have a project get off track. There are many modalities of defining “off track” and several ...

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    7 minute read

    The greatest programmer ever! Not only writing code but saving lives.

    Lance Keene

    You probably get a hundred spam email scams per week. They are usually easy to spot but the scammers are getting more creative.

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    13 minute read

    Questions to Ask When Interviewing a Development Team

    Lance Keene

    So you are responsible for hiring a team to work on a software application for your company. It’s an application that a majority of your fellow employees will be using on a daily ...

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    2 minute read

    Workflow: Improving Organizational Efficiency through Web Applications

    Lance Keene

    Whether it's allowing your sales support staff to manage financial transactions in the field or consolidating your customer information, web applications can improve your ...

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    2 minute read

    7 Reasons to use Visual Studio and ASP.NET

    Lance Keene

    These days it’s very tempting to use the latest and greatest framework or library to do web development, but this is a dangerous inclination if profits or success are the goal ...

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    2 Big Reasons Your Company Should Invest in Web App Development

    Lance Keene

    Anybody who doubts the popularity of web applications should consider the example of some of the most popular traditional desktop applications on the market. The latest versions ...

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    4 minute read

    Can’t make business decisions without the right data?

    Lance Keene

    “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” Of course, I’m referring to James Lovell’s call to the NASA control room at Johnson Space Center and the historic Apollo 13 mission in 1970. And, ...

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    2 minute read

    What is SQL Server?

    Lance Keene

    People learn from a very early age to organize large amounts of information into manageable groups based on relationship. Most information can be organized into lists. For the ...

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    3 minute read

    Meeting a Legend in Computer Science: Grace Murray Hopper

    Lance Keene

    The Google Doodle of Grace Hopper brought back fond memories of when I had an opportunity to meet her back in 1981 as a fresh graduate of the Army Computer Science School. She ...

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    2 minute read

    ASP.NET: Embrace New Technology Without Overhauling Your IT Department

    Lance Keene

    Just recently, we were approached by a regional marketing firm in New England with a rather unique, but solvable problem for one of their clients, a global manufacturer of ...

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    1 minute read

    ASP.NET: The Answer to the Construction Industry's Data Management

    Lance Keene

    ASP.NET is Microsoft’s premium web development tool. Keene Systems belief in Microsoft’s overall value to business operations has led us to become the leading ASP.NET development ...

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    Senator Scott Brown visits Keene Systems

    Lance Keene

    Former US Senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, visited Keene Systems. Scott wanted to see what we were doing to create jobs in the area.

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    Walt Havenstein, candidate for NH Governor pays Keene Systems a visit.

    Lance Keene

    Today Walt Havenstein stopped in to visit with Keene Systems. He and Lance Keene had a good discussion about the challenges of doing business in India. As director and chief ...

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    US Senator Kelley Ayotte Visits Keene Systems

    Lance Keene

    Today we welcomed United States US Senator Kelley Ayotte at the new Keene Systems office. We had discussions about what Keene Systems is doing to create new jobs in the area and ...

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    1 minute read

    Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster pays Keene Systems a visit.

    Lance Keene

    Today we welcomed United States Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster to the Keene Systems office. She stopped in to see how the 5 member businesses in the Enterprise Center are doing ...

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    4 minute read

    Advantages of Porting Legacy Desktop Applications to Web Applications

    Lance Keene

    If you're still using antiquated desktop systems, you may want to consider a move to a web application. Web applications have become incredibly popular for corporate use. With a ...

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    3 minute read

    Getting at the business intelligence you need to make decisions

    Lance Keene

    Acquiring timely and actionable business intelligence is an incredibly important component to a company's success. Business intelligence allows a company to react to new ...

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    3 minute read

    Outsourcing as a Solution for Overworked, Understaffed IT Departments

    Lance Keene

    With web technology dominating many areas of business today, companies are finding it difficult to continue supporting their office with their internal IT staff. As the ...

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    Keene Systems in the Manchester Union Leader

    Lance Keene

    Today Keene Systems was mentioned in the Manchester Union Leader in a story by Dan Seufert. Click Here for Story.

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    US Senator Jeanne Shaheen pays Keene Systems a visit.

    Lance Keene

    Today we welcomed United States Senator Jeanne Shaheen to the Keene Systems office. Jeanne Shaheen was the former governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003 but is now serving ...

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    2 minute read

    Why Move a Paper Process to a Web Application

    Lance Keene

    If you are frustrated because you can’t get reports and information about your business fast enough to make decisions or respond to customers, you’re not alone. Many companies ...

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    2 minute read

    Lance Keene MSNBC interview on creative financing for small businesses

    Lance Keene

    While attending a The Boston Business Expo this week I was asked to give an interview with MSNBC and give some advice to other entrepreneurs just starting off their businesses. I ...

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    Keene Systems Meets with Govenor of New Hampshire

    Lance Keene

    Yesterday I attended the grand opening of the Plymouth Enterprise Center in downtown Plymouth, NH. We will be moving Keene Systems to new office space in the Enterprise Center ...

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    2 minute read

    Outsourcing Your IT Needs: Is It Time?

    Lance Keene

    A tremendous amount of companies today are outsourcing their IT tasks. Technology has advanced to the point where outsourcing is an extremely viable and cost-effective option, and ...

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    3 minute read

    Why Are You Still Running the Company on Spreadsheets?

    Lance Keene

    Company productivity can skyrocket with the implementation of comprehensive software solutions. Nevertheless, some companies are still using outdated technology such as ...

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    3 minute read

    The Advantages of Mobile Data Entry for Project Management

    Lance Keene

    Project management is one of the most important components to a successful enterprise. Supervisors need to be able to check on their employees, the hours spent on each project, ...

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    2 minute read

    Mobile enabled web apps can reduce costs and improve productivity

    Lance Keene

    It goes without saying that easier access to business applications improves the productivity and responsiveness of a company’s road warriors, but extending access to business ...

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    2 minute read

    5 Business Process Re-Engineering Tips

    Lance Keene

    Here are 5 ways you can go through a business process re-engineering, develop custom software solutions and make your business not only more successful but have the decision ...

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