The 13 most valuable IT certifications today
By: Sarah White and Rich Hein In IT, experience is king. Yet IT certifications remain a valuable tool for advancing your career. IT certifications give junior-level workers an opportunity to gain more resume-worthy experience in the IT industry. For tenured employees, certifications help you continually grow and adapt your skillset to fit the changing landscape […]
5 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Systems You Should Consider
If your business is growing and you want to automate some of the back-office tasks that take a lot of time, implementing a good ERP software system will help you do that. The problem in purchasing such software is that there are many features to consider and certain software can prove to be unreliable. If […]
IRCE 2017 recap: Omnichannel, personalization, and how Microsoft Dynamics 365 answers both demands
By: Greg Williams Two of the most talked-about topics at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE 2017) in Chicago last week were personalization and omnichannel. Retail executives understand that they need to provide a consistent brand and buying experience from the store to the website to catalog and beyond, but they are not sure […]
Amazon’s Own Brands Are Becoming Super Popular Online
By: Jason Del Rey Amazon laid the groundwork for a massive line of in-house brands when it launched the AmazonBasics private label in 2009. Seven-plus years later, that launch is paying dividends. In batteries, for example, the AmazonBasics brand has become the most popular online, accounting for an estimated third of all digital sales in […]
Walmart Tests Delivery by Store Employees To Speed Online Orders
In its latest effort to compete with online giant Amazon, Walmart is testing a delivery service using its own store employees, who will deliver packages ordered online, while driving home from their regular work shifts. The “associate delivery” program would use Walmart’s 4,700 U.S. stores and roughly 1.2 million employees to speed delivery and cut […]
Inside Symantec’s bid to build the Amazon of cybersecurity tools
By: Clint Boulton If Sheila Jordan and the rest of Symantec’s senior leadership team complete their vision they will transform the company into the Amazon.com of cybersecurity, essentially a one-stop shop where CIOs and consumers alike can buy digital tools to protect their data assets. The Symantec CIO is deploying her IT department’s resources to […]
Planning for the end of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 & 2012 mainstream support: Extend, upgrade, or pray?
By: Stacie Broadway Microsoft has announced that several upcoming support deadlines for Dynamics AX 2009 and AX 2012. All Microsoft products have a lifecycle that begins when the product is released and ends when it’s no longer supported. Dynamics AX products are normally supported for 10 years from the release date. For exact dates of […]
Microsoft Dynamics Roundup: Healthcare engagement; D365 for apparel; Olympic e-signatures; Partner’s new cloud talent
By: Linda Rosencrance Tribridge Expands Healthcare Offerings on Microsoft AppSource with Health360 Engagement Center Tribridge has announced that its Health360 Engagement Center solution is now available on Microsoft AppSource. The Health360 Engagement Center module helps health practitioners better understand their patients’ behaviors, preferences, goals and challenges to create stronger relationships needed to deliver personalized care, […]
Pacejet Named 2017 NetSuite SuiteCloud Partner of the Year
Oracle NetSuite Global Business Unit, one of the world’s leading providers of cloud-based financials / ERP, HR, Professional Services Automation (PSA) and omnichannel commerce software suites, has recognized the multicarrier shipping software solution provider as the 2017 SuiteCloud Partner of the Year. NetSuite awarded Pacejet the 2017 SuiteCloud Partner of the Year honor, explaining, “an […]
The AI fight is escalating: This is the IT giants’ next move
By: Peter Sayer Artificial intelligence is where the competition is in IT, with Microsoft and Google both parading powerful, always-available AI tools for the enterprise at their respective developer conferences, Build and I/O, in May. It’s not just about work: AI software can now play chess, go, and some retro video games better than any […]